Common Craft Blog
The Verdict (and stats) on the RSS Video
By leelefever on May 28, 2007 - 2:54pm
The Verdict: Exceeded Expectations
You're going to have to forgive me, I'm about to spew all sorts of facts and figures while at the same time stroking my ego. I fear that it will sound like bragging , but we were completely blown away by the success of the RSS in Plain English Video and I want to share.
The video was posted on April 23rd, 2007. Today is May 28th and in just over a month the video has been...
- Viewed over 80,000 times across three hosts (Blip.tv, YouTube and DotSub)
- Translated into 9 languages (subtitles)
- Commented on 160 times (across sites)
- Dugg 975 times
- Added to Del.icio.us 795 times
- Linked-to over 680 times (says Technorati)
Of course, all this has been quite good for the Common Craft web site. In the same month, the site has...
- Gained over 400 new RSS subscribers
- Reached Technorati Authority of 980, Rank of 2146
- The blog entry containing the video has been viewed 46,000+ times and has over 100 comments
- Gained more visitors by maybe 20%
And this all culminates in one big objective for us: Let's try to do THAT again!
We have been working on making The Common Craft Show page more usable and of course, creating a new video which is just a couple of days from release. More info soon. Here is the banner for the new page.
I'm really trying to lower my expectations for the sophomore effort, but I can't help myself. I enjoy making and sharing these videos so much that it scares me.
Congrats Lee
That's great, Lee. Well deserved. Glad I could help in a small way. Looking forward to the 2nd one. I am sure it'll be linkworthy too.
Thanks for the stats
Lee -- thanks for completing the loop and reporting back with stats -- very helpful to those of us advocating for this type of thing in the trenches.
The Numbers
Thanks Lee for sharing the stats Lee. Hope the Wiki video surpasses these numbers.
Earned Your Right
You earned your right to brag. Keep up the excellent work!
stats
Technorati Authority Rank of 2961
good stats! Thanks
Translated into 9 languages
Translated into 9 languages (subtitles) that's quite a bit of hard work going on there
Awesome, that's quite a load
Awesome, that's quite a load of work put into it.
I can't wait for what's to come :P
Your right to exploit your
Your right to exploit your success with a new entry! Huzzah!