A visual history of 11 successful blogs

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by tomh • 18 years ago

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In every single case, ads went from 0-10% of the space to usually around 40-60%. In most cases, the best above-the-fold space was re-purposed for ads.

timcederman• 18 years ago

Hah, that's exactly what I noticed and came back to comment on. I don't think it's specific just to successful blogs though -- it's amazing how different online advertising has become even in the last 3 years.

dexter• 18 years ago

Wow, TechCrunch used to look good.

bayleo• 18 years ago

Precisely my first thought on glancing over this article. What happened w/ the redesign?

unalone• 18 years ago

Same with Gizmodo and Engadget. So much cleaner.

EDIT: And Huffington Post and SmashingMag to some degree.

0xdefec8• 18 years ago

"Initially it was a zine started in 1988 by Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair, then in 1995 it became a website, and in 2000 it became a blog."

heh I wonder if the site ever changed or just the buzzwords

A visual history of 11 successful blogs

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