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Re:A visual history of 11 successful blogs by MicahWedemeyer on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @01:39PM (#339136)
In every single case, ads went from 0-10% of the space to usually around 40-60%. In most cases, the best above-the-fold space was re-purposed for ads.
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Re:A visual history of 11 successful blogs by timcederman on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @01:47PM (#339140)
Hah, that's exactly what I noticed and came back to comment on. I don't think it's specific just to successful blogs though -- it's amazing how different online advertising has become even in the last 3 years.
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Re:A visual history of 11 successful blogs by 0xdefec8 on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @03:45PM (#339279)
"Initially it was a zine started in 1988 by Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair, then in 1995 it became a website, and in 2000 it became a blog."

heh I wonder if the site ever changed or just the buzzwords

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Re:A visual history of 11 successful blogs by dexter on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @02:05PM (#339165)
Wow, TechCrunch used to look good.
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Re:A visual history of 11 successful blogs by bayleo on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @02:15PM (#339176)
Precisely my first thought on glancing over this article. What happened w/ the redesign?
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Re:A visual history of 11 successful blogs by unalone on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @05:17PM (#339384)
Same with Gizmodo and Engadget. So much cleaner.

EDIT: And Huffington Post and SmashingMag to some degree.

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