The Secrets of Drudge Inc.

Business2.com (via CNN Money) ^ | April 3, 2003 | Geoff Keighley

[gcruse]

That was part and parcel of alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater, which soared towards the end, but now is left to the anarchist hacks battling the left wing foam-jobs.

[mickie]

"Pop-ups in my face"

You got that right.....thats the reason I never, ever go to Drudge.

[Fighting Irish]

Me also.........PING for Drudge!

[Maedhros]

get rid of popups; download mozilla

[Maedhros]

What's his dad's site?

[lainie]

refdesk.com. And you're right about Mozilla.

[Maedhros]

refdesk, eh? I wonder why he doesn't link to them; perhaps to avoid the hint of nepotism.

[Mr. Morals]

His father's site can be found at http://www.refdesk.com/.

[F16Fighter]

"Matt, if you're reading, thanks for getting a bunch of us to Free Republic."

Ditto

[BunnySlippers]

Good for Matt. Except for the fact that he is the king of pop up ads, I have to wish him well. I, too, found FR by a link on his early page.

[lainie]

It's there -- on the lower right, under drudge archives.

[Maedhros]

I know, but I meant linking to specific refdesk articles. Maybe they're not current enough to be of interest.

[Centurion2000]

The OTHER secret of Drudge ... I'd bet a LOT of $$ that he's a lurker here.

[floriduh voter]

I email Drudge sometimes, like the moment the Arnett story was breaking on Fox because he didn't have anything on his page. Zip - zero. I bet he got numerous emails last Sunday night. He did have Arnett's aiding and abetting story on his radio show that night.

I call him "Matt" instead of Drudge. I found Free Republic because of him. I still go there but this is always my first stop - and longest stop.

[floriduh voter]

The way I see it is that the disruptors are temporarily absent from Free Republic. I haven't been flamed for a very long time. They'll be back when the war is over and it's election season. It's a refreshing pause that we aren't insulting each other. I mean, it can get pretty contemptuous in here.

[Fred Mertz]

Drudge, you rock!

[TechJunkYard]

$68.5K per month! I no longer feel the least bit guilty about blocking all of his ads with my JunkBuster proxy.

[Tribune7]

ping

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Did anyone notice that Drudge cracked 10-million hits per 24-hrs this past week? And a day or two later, he cracked 11-million. (How does THAT happen?) I almost posted a thread about it, but figured if no one else bothered, then I wouldn't either. He's now at 10,849,213.

Are these hits from 11-million "unique users"? Or does he add up the multiple hits from each computer? The latter would make more sense, since we're all checking for the latest breaking news.

However, you'd think he'd make an effort to change his headlines more often. Drudge has become like a habit. You do it, but it's not necessarily satisfying.

[Constitution Day]

!!Ping!!