Comments on: Blogs, Law Reviews, and the Economics of Superstars http://truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Wed, 30 May 2012 11:20:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sale http://truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5216 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:49:34 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5216 Great Post!
I have been reading your blog most links- I wonder how you’ll keep up this amazing flow of brilliant content. That is awesome!
We will be linking soon.

]]> By: TRUTH ON THE MARKET » Should Lexis and Westlaw License Google PageRank? http://truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5215 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:31:18 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5215 [...] A few days ago, I proposed an analogy between blog entries and law review articles. I noted that searching the blogosphere is similar to searching the law review databases in Lexis or Westlaw in the sense that search results of both types are largely content-driven rather than reputation-based. Only relevant content, not past popularity, can generate search hits. [...]

]]> By: Dan http://truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5214 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:36:14 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5214 I completely agree with the law blog/law review analogy. Wasn’t it John Stuart Mills … Welcome to the blogosphere. http://www.ChinaLawBlog.com

]]> By: LexBlog Blog http://truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5213 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:21:31 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5213 Law professor blogs and are law reviews in the making…

Keith Sharfman, a law professor at Rutgers posts that blogs are comparable to law reviews. Law reviews provide an instructive analogy. Self-doubt often accompanies the launch of a new law journal. First issue law review volumes abound with short pieces…

]]> By: Keith http://truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5212 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:32:04 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5212 It’s great to hear from Ted, a very talented guy who (as usual)
is right. Content is only one factor among many. Readership matters too.
That’s why I say that market share is “largely” search-driven.
But really good content *can* be sufficient in itself.
If an entry is especially good, it *will* be linked to,
and it *will* come up in Google searches, even without a committed
regular readership.

]]> By: Ted http://truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5211 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:14:37 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/01/17/blogs-law-reviews-and-the-economics-of-superstars/#comment-5211 A blogger’s reputation cannot in itself trigger search hits in the absence of search-relevant content.

This merely states that search-relevant content is necessary. It hardly supports your argument that it’s sufficient. If the blog doesn’t have regular readership, the page doesn’t get linked to, and the post gets pushed down the Google search rankings — otherwise, all of the splogs that pollute Technorati searches would overwhelm Google searches.

Still, glad to see yet another Easterbrook clerk blogging. Looking forward to reading future posts.

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