tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post6516944272021606150..comments2024-03-29T04:57:59.779-07:00Comments on Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row: Bering opens at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda (Photos)Robert Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-72340859574700886072017-10-11T05:04:38.526-07:002017-10-11T05:04:38.526-07:00Yeah, because you're JUST.THAT.IMPORTANT.
All...Yeah, because you're JUST.THAT.IMPORTANT.<br /><br />All the places that are allegedly paying people to dis you.<br />All the publications that allegedly have policies that block your name from their reportings.<br />All the sources that ignore you because they allegedly are paid by the other media outlets to leave you out.<br /><br />Your opinion is <i>your</i> opinion and your perception is <i>your perception</i>. <br />Don't confuse them with facts or truths.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-25073638085967567962017-10-10T19:34:04.791-07:002017-10-10T19:34:04.791-07:001:14: Not only have you left out the many "lo...1:14: Not only have you left out the many "long reads" I've published that you comment "TLDR" on (can you make up your mind?), but you're very much in the minority in wanting to read bloated articles with filler to pad word counts (although you have other options in town, if you like that).<br /><br />As I coincidentally just commented on another post, I consider the early years of USA Today to be the gold standard of news reporting and style - concise and to-the-point.<br /><br />Google News includes many, many sites that publish articles shorter than mine. Not only are my articles "long enough," but they would be hypocritical to claim that there is any standard for word count.<br /><br />"This comment alone has a word count that is more than double that number." Yes, we know that you spend your days and nights hanging out here posting very lengthy troll comments. And that you are clearly either being paid to do so as part of your job for the MoCo political cartel or development firm, or are simply a psychotic stalker. Helluva choice.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-30197100897317542502017-10-10T13:14:09.828-07:002017-10-10T13:14:09.828-07:00It looks like a key reason that Robert Dyer's ...It looks like a key reason that Robert Dyer's blog is not considered a "news site" is because the articles are too small, per the consensus of comments at the Google News Help Forum.<br /><br />Let's look at the word counts of this week's articles:<br /><br />"A must-read for Montgomery County Council staffers" - 52 words<br /><br />"Bethesda construction update: West Lane Apartments (Photos)" - 110 words<br /><br />"Bering opens at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda (Photos)" - 49 words<br /><br />"Taste of Bethesda 2017 Photo Gallery + Video" - 18 words in body text, 137 words if photo captions are included<br /><br />"Hyatt Regency Bethesda to add Starbucks" - 146 words<br /><br />"Pines of Rome to open today in new Bethesda location"/"Pines of Rome returns in Bethesda today" (2 identical copies of the same article) - 67 words<br /><br />So it looks like the average word count for the articles on Robert Dyer's blog this week is 74 words per article. (This comment alone has a word count that is more than double that number.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-41786743120434435842017-10-10T11:52:27.547-07:002017-10-10T11:52:27.547-07:00"The idea of having a "jump" for ea..."The idea of having a "jump" for each article (used by many sites to double their clicks) makes no sense in the context of Google News"<br /><br />The reason they suggested it is because it's simply good web design. Sites don't use jumps to "double their clicks," they use them so they can fit more content on the main page. Design 101.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-18049498389612676862017-10-10T10:41:38.420-07:002017-10-10T10:41:38.420-07:00And poof, logic enters the blog, Dyer disappears. ...And poof, logic enters the blog, Dyer disappears. Some things never change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-78610740665880335412017-10-10T09:53:50.711-07:002017-10-10T09:53:50.711-07:00If the plural of "sign" is "signage...If the plural of "sign" is "signage", then is the plural of "crane", "craneage"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-3485080410437999232017-10-10T09:42:51.259-07:002017-10-10T09:42:51.259-07:00"t makes it much harder for the reader to qui..."t makes it much harder for the reader to quickly scan for the articles s/he wants to read."<br /><br />It is necessary to understand that Robert Dyer believes that everyone who reads his site wants to read every single one of his articles. And in the order that they are presented.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-47182172022793827142017-10-10T09:18:34.863-07:002017-10-10T09:18:34.863-07:00"you are going to individual articles when yo..."you are going to individual articles when you click on a link in Google News; what does it matter what the main landing page of the site looks like?"<br /><br />Because it takes the homepage much longer to load, and it makes it much harder for the reader to quickly scan for the articles s/he wants to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-80314349196626963072017-10-10T09:16:55.623-07:002017-10-10T09:16:55.623-07:00"I took a quick look and see a few posts that..."I took a quick look and see a few posts that probably wouldn't be considered "newsworthy" by a reviewer. These articles would not appear in Google News regardless of inclusion status because they are not long enough." <br /><br />http://robertdyer.blogspot.com/2014/03/signs-installed-at-dunkin-donutsbaskin.html<br /><br />LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-5875275271808510422017-10-10T09:06:54.344-07:002017-10-10T09:06:54.344-07:008:57: The idea of having a "jump" for ea...8:57: The idea of having a "jump" for each article (used by many sites to double their clicks) makes no sense in the context of Google News - you are going to individual articles when you click on a link in Google News; what does it matter what the main landing page of the site looks like?<br /><br />I am no more in a blog format than Bethesda Magazine or Bethesda Now were! We have exactly the same vertical format!<br /><br />Print newspapers have sections. Websites don't have to.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-28732552199712533582017-10-10T08:53:43.382-07:002017-10-10T08:53:43.382-07:00Dyer just pulled a Kevin Durant! Baba Booey! Dyer just pulled a Kevin Durant! Baba Booey! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-19352737353056059502017-10-10T08:53:25.568-07:002017-10-10T08:53:25.568-07:00http://nypost.com/2017/08/04/infamous-graffiti-art...http://nypost.com/2017/08/04/infamous-graffiti-artist-busted-by-cops-is-also-a-city-employee/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-89872214346899559022017-10-10T08:47:49.090-07:002017-10-10T08:47:49.090-07:00Why not use this domain name to compile all your b...Why not use this domain name to compile all your blogs information on to one site. Then create a new blog called BethesdaRow and post your Bethesda news. Then divide your news into sections like openings and closings, council updates etc. I believe that is what they were suggesting you do. However, you are still using a blog format instead of a news format, hence why you aren't part of Google News.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-53866863148358126662017-10-10T08:46:14.648-07:002017-10-10T08:46:14.648-07:00Other requirements were to not have the entire art...Other requirements were to not have the entire articles, including dozens of images, load on the homepage. And not have the entire archives on the homepage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-59880151438493794212017-10-10T08:44:10.165-07:002017-10-10T08:44:10.165-07:008:37: Careful...you now have made the claim that e...8:37: Careful...you now have made the claim that every site in Google News has an "events calendar." Good luck winning on that claim. My Saul Alinsky tactics really annoyed those low-energy stiffs Google puts up to doing that crap on there. "No one can possibly follow all of their own rules."<br /><br />For example, they zeroed in on an article that only had so many words, and said, "Aha! That's why you didn't get in." Then I showed them a Huffington Post article with even less words. Foiled on each point, they eventually say, "Stop talking about other people's sites and let's talk about yours!" LOL<br /><br />Filthy lying criminal hacks.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-76165717356877051702017-10-10T08:39:31.603-07:002017-10-10T08:39:31.603-07:00Stop posting that article or I will keep deleting ...Stop posting that article or I will keep deleting you.Elmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-32667142747576738132017-10-10T08:38:00.334-07:002017-10-10T08:38:00.334-07:00time zone error thing could be fixed easily as wel...time zone error thing could be fixed easily as well......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-30339608501885973872017-10-10T08:37:28.024-07:002017-10-10T08:37:28.024-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/news/e8A3Ha5vvXcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-40278394779934545902017-10-10T08:33:11.068-07:002017-10-10T08:33:11.068-07:008:23: The "suggestions" were ridiculous,...8:23: The "suggestions" were ridiculous, and Bethesda Now, Bethesda Magazine and others do not incorporate many of the so-called "requirements" that are arbitrarily put on me. Yet they were added to Google News immediately. Meanwhile, I've been publishing local news for years and years, and my legitimate site that meets all of the requirements the others do can't get in? Come on. <br /><br />Google doesn't "ask" you for money, because like Twitter, they would be in big trouble if these pay-to-play policies were public knowledge.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-4563681455236944972017-10-10T08:23:15.411-07:002017-10-10T08:23:15.411-07:00Is there any evidence that Google asked you for mo...Is there any evidence that Google asked you for money to become part of Google news? I read the forum comment that was deleted and it looks like they had some decent suggestions that you just refused to make. It sucks, but the suggestions seemed valid and those other sites do meet a lot of those standards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-45192611910368383362017-10-10T08:13:11.835-07:002017-10-10T08:13:11.835-07:00I am glad there is one honorable person in this co...I am glad there is one honorable person in this county. I support you 100%.Roaldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-11365455459730524442017-10-10T08:05:31.807-07:002017-10-10T08:05:31.807-07:007:50: I know you like to post it. I knew when I ty...7:50: I know you like to post it. I knew when I typed it that it would public, and composed it accordingly. But it has nothing to do with the topic of this article.<br /><br />Understandably, the Google folks get defensive when they realize I'm on to the fact that you have to pay them to get into Google News. Bethesda Now and that recent Silver Spring site that claims no one is currently reporting on Silver Spring(!!) were both accepted within days of launch. Both violated several of the so-called "rules" for Google News, and were instantly accepted with no track record. Meanwhile, the list of "requirements" for me gets longer and longer the more I comply with the last set of "requirements" I was previously cited. None of these so-called requirements are posted anywhere or codified, conveniently. <br /><br />Bottom line: You must pay to get into Google News, just like you can buy verified Twitter accounts for $13,000, as Bethesda Now did.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-42110308978798180472017-10-10T07:50:29.374-07:002017-10-10T07:50:29.374-07:00does someone need to link to you fighting with Goo...does someone need to link to you fighting with Google reps about whether or not your site is news? They gave you very clear instructions how to optimize your blog into a more credible news site that could appear on google searches<br /><br />id be happy to post it if you don't recall....<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-72948835057572331712017-10-10T07:45:12.948-07:002017-10-10T07:45:12.948-07:007:09: Because it had already been linked to from e...7:09: Because it had already been linked to from elsewhere.<br /><br />7:22: Maybe you should ask Sundar Pichai, because he controls that.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-41210960481094992772017-10-10T07:22:14.278-07:002017-10-10T07:22:14.278-07:00Why do your links on Facebook say "robertdyer...Why do your links on Facebook say "robertdyer.blogspot.pe"?<br /><br />".pe" is Peru.<br /><br />#ItIsAMysteryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com