Comments on: The curse and blessings of a small native language http://blog.abrenna.com/the-curse-and-blessings-of-a-small-native-language/ Norwegian IT journalist Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:58:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: abrenna http://blog.abrenna.com/the-curse-and-blessings-of-a-small-native-language/#comment-126 abrenna Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:24:18 +0000 http://blog.abrenna.com/?p=3#comment-126 @Kristine TNS Gallup filters out traffic from foreign IT-addresses, so they don't count. Our sales department focuses on Norwegian advertisers, and it would probably be too expensive to hire additional staff for English site. Ad-Words and similar solutions doesn't pay enough, and we probably would not get enough traffic to attract other external advertising sales. @Pål H It might, but I'm not convinced. I try to write English versions of exclusive Norwegian stories here. It's a hobby project, and I don't want to spend my free time writing about something that's already covered by someone else. The net is already filled up with too much redundant reporting. It's becoming annoying to read the same stories everywhere. @Kristine
TNS Gallup filters out traffic from foreign IT-addresses, so they don’t count. Our sales department focuses on Norwegian advertisers, and it would probably be too expensive to hire additional staff for English site.

Ad-Words and similar solutions doesn’t pay enough, and we probably would not get enough traffic to attract other external advertising sales.

@Pål H
It might, but I’m not convinced. I try to write English versions of exclusive Norwegian stories here. It’s a hobby project, and I don’t want to spend my free time writing about something that’s already covered by someone else.

The net is already filled up with too much redundant reporting. It’s becoming annoying to read the same stories everywhere.

]]> By: Pål H http://blog.abrenna.com/the-curse-and-blessings-of-a-small-native-language/#comment-125 Pål H Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:52:51 +0000 http://blog.abrenna.com/?p=3#comment-125 Could it be that an english blog for IT news and commentaries could be something to explore? Could it be that an english blog for IT news and commentaries could be something to explore?

]]> By: Kristine http://blog.abrenna.com/the-curse-and-blessings-of-a-small-native-language/#comment-123 Kristine Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:41:39 +0000 http://blog.abrenna.com/?p=3#comment-123 Interesting. Many issues to be explored here. As a journalist who work for both Norwegian and English/American clients I'm often struck by all the things international media miss. Newswires, for instance, tend to focus on the 20 biggest companies in Norway and miss sooo many stories 'cause all economies are relational, some of the most interesting things often happen on the margins: that's where you'll spot the interesting trends first. Perhaps there's a market for an english-language IT-news service from Norway, perhaps IT companies are so focused on english-speaking world that they make sure their news are out there. Not sure as it's not my beat. Could you have an english section on your site for instance? Would there be any business potential in that? Interesting. Many issues to be explored here. As a journalist who work for both Norwegian and English/American clients I’m often struck by all the things international media miss. Newswires, for instance, tend to focus on the 20 biggest companies in Norway and miss sooo many stories ’cause all economies are relational, some of the most interesting things often happen on the margins: that’s where you’ll spot the interesting trends first. Perhaps there’s a market for an english-language IT-news service from Norway, perhaps IT companies are so focused on english-speaking world that they make sure their news are out there. Not sure as it’s not my beat. Could you have an english section on your site for instance? Would there be any business potential in that?

]]> By: I interviewed Steve Ballmer today | Anders Brenna http://blog.abrenna.com/the-curse-and-blessings-of-a-small-native-language/#comment-115 I interviewed Steve Ballmer today | Anders Brenna Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:41:30 +0000 http://blog.abrenna.com/?p=3#comment-115 [...] I only got to talk to him for a minute or two, but it was a fun experience. I wish I could get the opportunity to sit down with him and do a real thorough interview, but it’s hard to get that kind of access to him when you represent a national news site in a small country like Norway. [...] […] I only got to talk to him for a minute or two, but it was a fun experience. I wish I could get the opportunity to sit down with him and do a real thorough interview, but it’s hard to get that kind of access to him when you represent a national news site in a small country like Norway. […]

]]> By: Twitter journalism | Anders Brenna http://blog.abrenna.com/the-curse-and-blessings-of-a-small-native-language/#comment-32 Twitter journalism | Anders Brenna Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:30:57 +0000 http://blog.abrenna.com/?p=3#comment-32 [...] prefer manually visiting the home page of the sites they read (Norway is different, read my post The curse and blessings of a small native language for more on [...] […] prefer manually visiting the home page of the sites they read (Norway is different, read my post The curse and blessings of a small native language for more on […]

]]> By: Anders Brenna http://blog.abrenna.com/the-curse-and-blessings-of-a-small-native-language/#comment-31 Anders Brenna Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:01:53 +0000 http://blog.abrenna.com/?p=3#comment-31 The Norwegian media-market is truly different. This is the way it works here. It might of course change in the future, but it will change much slower than in the English world. I'm at a conference today, and will be writing a new post from a session by Schibsted's director of strategy. He goes a little deeper into this subject. I just have to write it in Norwegian first :-) BTW: The newest numbers for VG Nett is 3. million unique each week. The Norwegian media-market is truly different. This is the way it works here. It might of course change in the future, but it will change much slower than in the English world.

I’m at a conference today, and will be writing a new post from a session by Schibsted’s director of strategy. He goes a little deeper into this subject. I just have to write it in Norwegian first :-)

BTW: The newest numbers for VG Nett is 3. million unique each week.

]]> By: Christian http://blog.abrenna.com/the-curse-and-blessings-of-a-small-native-language/#comment-30 Christian Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:03:57 +0000 http://blog.abrenna.com/?p=3#comment-30 Regarding traffic from search engines: do you work actively with these numbers? I feel your conclusion that the norwegian market won't find news through Google searches is a bit rushed. My experience tells me that being conscious about your digital visibility and actively working with building links, and other digital marketing techniques (ppc ads for one) should give you alot more traffic from the search engines, even for norwegian services. That being said, I feel your frustration in writing articles in Norwegian that may be interesting to others as well. Regarding traffic from search engines: do you work actively with these numbers? I feel your conclusion that the norwegian market won’t find news through Google searches is a bit rushed.

My experience tells me that being conscious about your digital visibility and actively working with building links, and other digital marketing techniques (ppc ads for one) should give you alot more traffic from the search engines, even for norwegian services.

That being said, I feel your frustration in writing articles in Norwegian that may be interesting to others as well.

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