I like del.icio.us. It’s usually the first place I go when google fails me after 2 or 3 pages of search results. But the most valuable thing I’ve taken away from del.icio.us is not the content itself.
See, I’ve been coming to a very slow realization. A product of countless front-page delicious skims. And that realization is…
The Best Information Comes In Groups of between 8 and 430.
For example, at this very moment, skimming delicious:
11 iPhone Apps That Will Clean Out Your Junk Drawer
11 Things You Shouldn’t Leave For School Without | @ Dumb Little Man
40 Places for College Students to Find Free Unabridged Books Online — Education-Portal.com
25 Internet Startups That Bombed Miserably | Business Pundit
Whoops… just refreshed. A new entry appeared at the top:
Neatorama » Blog Archive » 10 Things You Should Know About the Internet
Two more just caught my eye over on the right column, but I digress.
See, people today need their factoids. I don’t want the whole darn research paper… just give me the summary. I don’t want to know how you did the problem, I just want the answer. If it cannot be consummed within 30 seconds per chunk (be it a TV commercial, news article, factoid, etc), it’s not worth knowing about.
….
Hmm.
I was hoping to come up with 7 more great ideas for increasing internet popularity before I got to the end of the post, but seeing as I AM at the end of the post, and have no more great ideas, an apology will have to suffice. I’m sorry.
Tags: blogging, del.icio.us, great titles, internet marketing
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