Micro Persuasion: Skype, Firefox Build Following Through Word of Blog

Friday, April 01, 2005

Skype, Firefox Build Following Through Word of Blog

At the end of last year, the voice over IP Skype service was mentioned in .015 to .020 percent of blogs. Then something changed and word started to spread. Six months later, Skype buzz is solidly in the 0.045% range, according to Skype Journal. To put this in perspective "Bush" was discussed on 22% of all blogs when he was reelected (1000 times more popular a topic).

Meanwhile, on a related note, InformationWeek reports that bloggers are spreading the Firefox love.

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