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	<title>Comments on: Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards Nominations Open</title>
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		<title>By: Richard Silverstein</title>
		<link>http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/04/17/jewish-and-israeli-blog-awards-nominations-open/#comment-17105</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Silverstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dave: I should hope both of us have been cited in the media as that's what we bloggers try to do.  The NYT interviewed me on the inside pg. of its story about blog harassment.  It brought me very little site traffic.  The Seattle Post Intelligencer also wrote a story about my Steven Plaut blog assault.  How much traffic do you think the Seattle PI brings to your site?  Again, very little.  That's all the coverage I've gotten so far on this matter.  I got much more traffic from Gary Kamiya's link in his Salon article to my post about John Hagee at the AIPAC conference.  I got some traffic when Eric Alterman of Altercation and The Forward linked to my Azmi Bishara posts.  I got a little traffic when Jim Besser linked to me in Jewish Week again on AIPAC and a little perhaps when The Forward linked to my outing of Allyson Rowen Taylor.  The point is that Tikun Olam doesn't only get into the media based on Steven Plaut's harassment.  And if you're not getting into the media as much as I am then you're  doing something wrong.  Besides, those Alexa numbers are over a 3 month period &#038; if I've gotten a bump from the NYT coverage (which is a false assumption anyway) this happened only a few wks. ago.  Nice try, but excuses, excuses.

Saying yr site's been down is a copout.  My site's been down too.  Everybody's site goes down.

Comments are closed for you on this post.  I think 6 in this thread are quite enough for you.  Do you ever stop to wonder why I've only published 2 comments at yr blog ever &#038; never more than 1 in a thread while you've published scores of comments here?  Don't you think you might emulate my restraint?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dave: I should hope both of us have been cited in the media as that&#8217;s what we bloggers try to do.  The NYT interviewed me on the inside pg. of its story about blog harassment.  It brought me very little site traffic.  The Seattle Post Intelligencer also wrote a story about my Steven Plaut blog assault.  How much traffic do you think the Seattle PI brings to your site?  Again, very little.  That&#8217;s all the coverage I&#8217;ve gotten so far on this matter.  I got much more traffic from Gary Kamiya&#8217;s link in his Salon article to my post about John Hagee at the AIPAC conference.  I got some traffic when Eric Alterman of Altercation and The Forward linked to my Azmi Bishara posts.  I got a little traffic when Jim Besser linked to me in Jewish Week again on AIPAC and a little perhaps when The Forward linked to my outing of Allyson Rowen Taylor.  The point is that Tikun Olam doesn&#8217;t only get into the media based on Steven Plaut&#8217;s harassment.  And if you&#8217;re not getting into the media as much as I am then you&#8217;re  doing something wrong.  Besides, those Alexa numbers are over a 3 month period &#038; if I&#8217;ve gotten a bump from the NYT coverage (which is a false assumption anyway) this happened only a few wks. ago.  Nice try, but excuses, excuses.</p>
<p>Saying yr site&#8217;s been down is a copout.  My site&#8217;s been down too.  Everybody&#8217;s site goes down.</p>
<p>Comments are closed for you on this post.  I think 6 in this thread are quite enough for you.  Do you ever stop to wonder why I&#8217;ve only published 2 comments at yr blog ever &#038; never more than 1 in a thread while you&#8217;ve published scores of comments here?  Don&#8217;t you think you might emulate my restraint?</p>
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		<title>By: Aussie Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator>Aussie Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hehe...I love  how you try to find a way to slant the stats your way. The fact of the matter is you were cited in a number of reports (unustifiably in my view, since as I have shown, you are not one to talk of good onlone conduct), and this is why you have had an upward trend in traffic recently. At the same time, my site has been down alot, yet I'm still well ahead.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hehe&#8230;I love  how you try to find a way to slant the stats your way. The fact of the matter is you were cited in a number of reports (unustifiably in my view, since as I have shown, you are not one to talk of good onlone conduct), and this is why you have had an upward trend in traffic recently. At the same time, my site has been down alot, yet I&#8217;m still well ahead.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Silverstein</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Silverstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is fun, Dave.  Thanks for giving me the opportunity to prove you wrong again.  Taking your advice &#038; reviewing Alexa, your site barely beats me in a few categories, but my site is trending upward and yours downward, alas.  And if you keep going that way I'll be superceding you shortly:

&lt;a href="http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=israellycool.com&#038;x=25&#038;y=17" rel="nofollow"&gt;Israellycool&lt;/a&gt;

% internet users (last 3 mos.) .000315
3 mos. change -30%

Traffic rank (3 mo. avg.) 402,000
3 mos. change -83,000

&lt;a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tikun Olam&lt;/a&gt;

% internet users (last 3 mos.) .000295
3 mos. change +136

Traffic rank (3 mos. avg.) 450,000
3 mos. change +361,000</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is fun, Dave.  Thanks for giving me the opportunity to prove you wrong again.  Taking your advice &#038; reviewing Alexa, your site barely beats me in a few categories, but my site is trending upward and yours downward, alas.  And if you keep going that way I&#8217;ll be superceding you shortly:</p>
<p><a href="http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=israellycool.com&#038;x=25&#038;y=17" rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/comment/http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=israellycool.com&#038;x=25&#038;y=17');">Israellycool</a></p>
<p>% internet users (last 3 mos.) .000315<br />
3 mos. change -30%</p>
<p>Traffic rank (3 mo. avg.) 402,000<br />
3 mos. change -83,000</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam.com" rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/comment/http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam.com');">Tikun Olam</a></p>
<p>% internet users (last 3 mos.) .000295<br />
3 mos. change +136</p>
<p>Traffic rank (3 mos. avg.) 450,000<br />
3 mos. change +361,000</p>
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		<title>By: Aussie Dave</title>
		<link>http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/04/17/jewish-and-israeli-blog-awards-nominations-open/#comment-17099</link>
		<dc:creator>Aussie Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding traffic, my site was experiencing technical problems last week, but is running smoother now. If you really insist on continuing this kindergarten exercise, see Alexa as I already mentioned</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding traffic, my site was experiencing technical problems last week, but is running smoother now. If you really insist on continuing this kindergarten exercise, see Alexa as I already mentioned</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Silverstein</title>
		<link>http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/04/17/jewish-and-israeli-blog-awards-nominations-open/#comment-17081</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Silverstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;an old trick of yours, isn’t it? An old trick for an old dog.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Talk about old tricks.  One of yrs is a feeble attempt to play on my alleged age as if you're never going to be my age.  BTW, insulting someone's age as you constantly do is contrary to our tradition which honors age.
&lt;blockquote&gt;For what it’s worth, I get higher traffic than you.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Either you're lying or ignorant.  I'll be charitable &#038; assume you're just ignorant.  So let's compare our stats:

Israellycool

695 avg. daily lifetime
4,425 last wk.
21,303 last month

Tikun Olam

525 avg. daily lifetime
5,000 last week
29,677 last month

The only stat where you beat me is lifetime daily avg. but at the rate my site is trending compared to yours you won't be more popular that I in that category either before long.

Care to amend yr earlier statement?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>an old trick of yours, isn’t it? An old trick for an old dog.</p></blockquote>
<p>Talk about old tricks.  One of yrs is a feeble attempt to play on my alleged age as if you&#8217;re never going to be my age.  BTW, insulting someone&#8217;s age as you constantly do is contrary to our tradition which honors age.</p>
<blockquote><p>For what it’s worth, I get higher traffic than you.</p></blockquote>
<p>Either you&#8217;re lying or ignorant.  I&#8217;ll be charitable &#038; assume you&#8217;re just ignorant.  So let&#8217;s compare our stats:</p>
<p>Israellycool</p>
<p>695 avg. daily lifetime<br />
4,425 last wk.<br />
21,303 last month</p>
<p>Tikun Olam</p>
<p>525 avg. daily lifetime<br />
5,000 last week<br />
29,677 last month</p>
<p>The only stat where you beat me is lifetime daily avg. but at the rate my site is trending compared to yours you won&#8217;t be more popular that I in that category either before long.</p>
<p>Care to amend yr earlier statement?</p>
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		<title>By: Aussie Dave</title>
		<link>http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/04/17/jewish-and-israeli-blog-awards-nominations-open/#comment-16988</link>
		<dc:creator>Aussie Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love how you amended your comment re: the traffic of your site vis-a-vis mine well after the comment first appeared, not allowing me the right to respond. But this is an old trick of yours, isn't it? An old trick for an old dog.

But I'll repeat what I said in my comment section in response to your &lt;a href="http://www.israellycool.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/23/2900076.html#902423" rel="nofollow"&gt;obnoxious comment&lt;/a&gt;:
"Oh gee, do I feel foolish. You have so clearly shown from your comment how you are not a nasty person at all, but rather a kindhearted soul.

BTW, Extreme Tracking shows the traffic average over time. Sitemeter is more accurate for current traffic figures. And you might also want to check out Alexa..."

For what it's worth, I get higher traffic than you. Definitely not near the traffic of LGF. Deal with it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love how you amended your comment re: the traffic of your site vis-a-vis mine well after the comment first appeared, not allowing me the right to respond. But this is an old trick of yours, isn&#8217;t it? An old trick for an old dog.</p>
<p>But I&#8217;ll repeat what I said in my comment section in response to your <a href="http://www.israellycool.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/23/2900076.html#902423" rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/comment/http://www.israellycool.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/23/2900076.html#902423');">obnoxious comment</a>:<br />
&#8220;Oh gee, do I feel foolish. You have so clearly shown from your comment how you are not a nasty person at all, but rather a kindhearted soul.</p>
<p>BTW, Extreme Tracking shows the traffic average over time. Sitemeter is more accurate for current traffic figures. And you might also want to check out Alexa&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>For what it&#8217;s worth, I get higher traffic than you. Definitely not near the traffic of LGF. Deal with it.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Silverstein</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Silverstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;It is a way for you to stop attacks on your character&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Why are you so dim?  Wishing cancer on me is not an attack on my character.  It is an attack on my physical person.  The code of conduct is not designed to prevent people from disliking or disagreeing with ea. other as we both mutually do.

Since you clearly don't have anything further to say on the subject that is new or englightening &#038; so enjoy lengthy mud wrestles, I'm turning off your commenting till you cool down a bit and find something else here that ticks you off enough to return.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>It is a way for you to stop attacks on your character</p></blockquote>
<p>Why are you so dim?  Wishing cancer on me is not an attack on my character.  It is an attack on my physical person.  The code of conduct is not designed to prevent people from disliking or disagreeing with ea. other as we both mutually do.</p>
<p>Since you clearly don&#8217;t have anything further to say on the subject that is new or englightening &#038; so enjoy lengthy mud wrestles, I&#8217;m turning off your commenting till you cool down a bit and find something else here that ticks you off enough to return.</p>
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		<title>By: Aussie Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator>Aussie Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"our ideas are so fossilized it’s impossible to have a reasonable discussion. But they’re welcome to it."

Heh. It's funny seeing the word "fossilized" come from you.

The fact that you can't see how I could have many Arab readers is not my problem..it's yours. 

As for the code of conduct, I completely understand what it is about. It is a way for you to stop attacks on your character, but allow you to continue your attacks on the characters of others since - as you admit - you "call ‘em as you see ‘em."</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;our ideas are so fossilized it’s impossible to have a reasonable discussion. But they’re welcome to it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Heh. It&#8217;s funny seeing the word &#8220;fossilized&#8221; come from you.</p>
<p>The fact that you can&#8217;t see how I could have many Arab readers is not my problem..it&#8217;s yours. </p>
<p>As for the code of conduct, I completely understand what it is about. It is a way for you to stop attacks on your character, but allow you to continue your attacks on the characters of others since - as you admit - you &#8220;call ‘em as you see ‘em.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Silverstein</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Silverstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Take my friend Esra’a of the Middle East Youth site who is an avid reader&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Wow, you have a single Arab reader!  Cool!
&lt;blockquote&gt;there are many others&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Why anyone sharing half-way progressive views on this conflict would want to actually read yr blog &#038; take the time to argue with you there is beyond me.  Your ideas are so fossilized it's impossible to have a reasonable discussion.  But they're welcome to it.
&lt;blockquote&gt;I’m not just singing to the choir, as I suspect you are.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
You don't have a clue what's in my comment threads.  I get more response from those who disagree with me than with those who agree.
&lt;blockquote&gt;The reason you don’t get much in the way of courtesy from me is the nasty and vitiolic way you have attacked me.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I call 'em as I see 'em.
&lt;blockquote&gt;you have the chutzpah to whine about the lack of a blogger code of conduct. What a joke!&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Is there a vestige of humanity in you?  The day when one of yr readers wishes cancer of the rectum on you so you won't be able to enjoy sex any longer--that's the day you can deride me for wishing to exert some control on the monstrous individuals lurking out there in the hardline Kahanist/settler community.  But far be it fr. you to have any sense of decency or empathy w. someone like me.

You don't have the foggiest notion of what the code of conduct IS.  It isn't designed to prevent people from disagreeing with each other as I do with you.  It's meant to discourage people from engaging in anti social behavior online; from using violent or assaultive language, threatening each other or using racism or other such invective in debate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Take my friend Esra’a of the Middle East Youth site who is an avid reader</p></blockquote>
<p>Wow, you have a single Arab reader!  Cool!</p>
<blockquote><p>there are many others</p></blockquote>
<p>Why anyone sharing half-way progressive views on this conflict would want to actually read yr blog &#038; take the time to argue with you there is beyond me.  Your ideas are so fossilized it&#8217;s impossible to have a reasonable discussion.  But they&#8217;re welcome to it.</p>
<blockquote><p>I’m not just singing to the choir, as I suspect you are.</p></blockquote>
<p>You don&#8217;t have a clue what&#8217;s in my comment threads.  I get more response from those who disagree with me than with those who agree.</p>
<blockquote><p>The reason you don’t get much in the way of courtesy from me is the nasty and vitiolic way you have attacked me.</p></blockquote>
<p>I call &#8216;em as I see &#8216;em.</p>
<blockquote><p>you have the chutzpah to whine about the lack of a blogger code of conduct. What a joke!</p></blockquote>
<p>Is there a vestige of humanity in you?  The day when one of yr readers wishes cancer of the rectum on you so you won&#8217;t be able to enjoy sex any longer&#8211;that&#8217;s the day you can deride me for wishing to exert some control on the monstrous individuals lurking out there in the hardline Kahanist/settler community.  But far be it fr. you to have any sense of decency or empathy w. someone like me.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have the foggiest notion of what the code of conduct IS.  It isn&#8217;t designed to prevent people from disagreeing with each other as I do with you.  It&#8217;s meant to discourage people from engaging in anti social behavior online; from using violent or assaultive language, threatening each other or using racism or other such invective in debate.</p>
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		<title>By: Aussie Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator>Aussie Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For a start, they are called the JIBs. Not JIBA. 

As for my readership, you are dead wrong. I'm not just singing to the choir, as I suspect you are. Take my friend Esra'a of the Middle East Youth site who is an avid reader (and who does not share many of my views). And there are many others, because I can hold an argument and provide entertaining content. And whoever is respectful, and disagrees in a civil manner is more than welcome. The reason you don't get much in the way of courtesy from me is the nasty and vitiolic way you have attacked me. I only ever found about this blog after I was alerted to your nasty attacks. Yet you have the chutzpah to whine about the lack of a blogger code of conduct. What a joke!

Feel free to debate me on the facts, because I am pretty confident you would come off second best.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For a start, they are called the JIBs. Not JIBA. </p>
<p>As for my readership, you are dead wrong. I&#8217;m not just singing to the choir, as I suspect you are. Take my friend Esra&#8217;a of the Middle East Youth site who is an avid reader (and who does not share many of my views). And there are many others, because I can hold an argument and provide entertaining content. And whoever is respectful, and disagrees in a civil manner is more than welcome. The reason you don&#8217;t get much in the way of courtesy from me is the nasty and vitiolic way you have attacked me. I only ever found about this blog after I was alerted to your nasty attacks. Yet you have the chutzpah to whine about the lack of a blogger code of conduct. What a joke!</p>
<p>Feel free to debate me on the facts, because I am pretty confident you would come off second best.</p>
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