I _hoped_ the person that wrote the post was also not the person that submitted this atrocious headline, but wasn't surprised when they were the same. Why would you expect a lot of traffic from TC? First of all, maybe not many people read it. Second, they provide stories, not links; so maybe people read the story and realized they did not give a sh*t (see what I did there?). Third, (this is the only one that I will give you some credit on) TC business model requires keeping people on their site, not visiting other sites. Poor taste in headline, maybe next time you should not bad mouth for the sake of more PR.
headline changed :) I didn't mean to put TC down, as I am a reader there everyday. The point of the post was to showcase how much more traction a hacker news link can create than a TC article. I think there is thought by many startups that being published on TC is the answer to success. I illustrated that its not the case.
HackerNews is built around click-throughs.
Techcrunch tells stories and wants to keep the reader.
Needless to say it will always drive less traffic.
The question is rather how many people see the post and how much image transfer you can achieve. You want to be on TC for credibility and awareness.
Best example is TC Europe. Less CTR than any good tumblr blog. But people read it and approach you positivly because of it.
BTW in my experience the best partner to drive quality audience are small to middle sized niche blogs.
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a graph w/ no numbers does not seem "totally transparent."
Needless to say it will always drive less traffic. The question is rather how many people see the post and how much image transfer you can achieve. You want to be on TC for credibility and awareness.
Best example is TC Europe. Less CTR than any good tumblr blog. But people read it and approach you positivly because of it.
BTW in my experience the best partner to drive quality audience are small to middle sized niche blogs.