Comments on: Don’t get bitten on the bum by the long tail! http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/10/17/dont-get-bitten-on-the-bum-by-the-long-tail/ Andrew looks at Blogging and Blog Life Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:00:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: AndrewBoyd http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/10/17/dont-get-bitten-on-the-bum-by-the-long-tail/#comment-919 AndrewBoyd Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:19:33 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/10/17/dont-get-bitten-on-the-bum-by-the-long-tail/#comment-919 Hi John, thank you for your comment. 1. I am not sure I do dig it, but if I read it right I don't really agree with the premise that hard to find items will always be more profitable for large retailers than popular items :) 2. Thank you for that, and I can see how the term would apply, and I can also see how it would be the subject of much debate. 3. Thank you, and if there ever was a best practice in usability, "go with what works for everyone" would surely be it. Best regards, Andrew Hi John,

thank you for your comment.

1. I am not sure I do dig it, but if I read it right I don’t really agree with the premise that hard to find items will always be more profitable for large retailers than popular items :)
2. Thank you for that, and I can see how the term would apply, and I can also see how it would be the subject of much debate.
3. Thank you, and if there ever was a best practice in usability, “go with what works for everyone” would surely be it.

Best regards, Andrew

]]> By: John W. Furst http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/10/17/dont-get-bitten-on-the-bum-by-the-long-tail/#comment-916 John W. Furst Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:11:45 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/10/17/dont-get-bitten-on-the-bum-by-the-long-tail/#comment-916 1. "Businesses with distribution power can sell a greater volume of otherwise hard to find items at small volumes than of popular items at large volumes." Do you dig this sentence? 2. "Long Tail" also refers to long, multi-word keyword phrases, which of course have less volume. There is a never ending debate, if you should focus on the long tail for organic search results or not. 3. You are right all sorts of browsers and operating systems should be supported. Best usability practice is simply to ignore the latest features in any language spec that is only supported on "some" browsers. Stick with the older -- more widely supported -- standard and you save a lot of energy that would be otherwise wasted with browserhacks, upgrading, .. Focus on the content is a much better investment. 1. “Businesses with distribution power can sell a greater volume of otherwise hard to find items at small volumes than of popular items at large volumes.”
Do you dig this sentence?

2. “Long Tail” also refers to long, multi-word keyword phrases, which of course have less volume. There is a never ending debate, if you should focus on the long tail for organic search results or not.

3. You are right all sorts of browsers and operating systems should be supported. Best usability practice is simply to ignore the latest features in any language spec that is only supported on “some” browsers. Stick with the older — more widely supported — standard and you save a lot of energy that would be otherwise wasted with browserhacks, upgrading, ..
Focus on the content is a much better investment.

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