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In looking at the box office for 2010, it's clear that numbers don't tell the whole story.
Final figures for domestic B.O. are due this week, since the three-day weekend of Dec. 31 will be counted for 2010; international actuals also will arrive this week. So far, box office seems to be chugging along at a steady pace, down less than 1% from the 2009 record-setting tally as of Dec. 27.
But, in fact, those "steady" numbers disguise major upheavals within the industry. The seeds were planted for changes in moviegoing and movie presentation that will affect the industry in 2011 and beyond.
This year's domestic box office posed burning questions about theatrical windows and 3D sustainability without providing many concrete answers.
Thanks to more media outlets and online marketing, there is increased box office awareness. But most of those B.O. pundits tend to concentrate on domestic opening weekends, which are actually just a small part of the overall picture. Pics like "Shrek Forever After" and "Grown Ups" proved it's not always important to start with a bang, but that the ultimate test is steady legs — or as the studios like to call it, playability.
And B.O. cumes can be misleading, depending on films' budgets. The real question is profitability, and 2010 offered sharp examples of positive budget-to-gross ratios (e.g., "The Expendables") and negative ratios ("How Do You Know").
There are other key areas indicating big shifts.
A year where less was more?
Even with fewer studio releases (110 vs. the previous year's 121), 2010 stayed in step with 2009's tally. But the box office was buoyed by the $477 million earned in 2010 by 2009 holdover "Avatar," while increased prices in 3D tickets also provided a key boost. Though admissions were down 8% at the end of the summer, the 2010 drop is expected to end up between 4%-6%, based on year-end projections.
Still, most studio execs aren't complaining about the year's perf. In fact, several highlights proved that less was more, as cheaper summer pics helped line studio pockets, while less-than-stellar openings didn't necessarily lead to smaller cumes.
In terms of profitability, Lionsgate offered several examples of smart ventures, with "The Expendables" grossing $103 million domestically and "The Last Exorcism" nabbing $41 million. Both pics far surpassed what Lionsgate paid to acquire them — $15 million and $1 million, respectively. Even with marketing and other costs added in, the pics were hugely profitable for Lionsgate.
Paramount's "Paranormal Activity 2," with higher production costs than the first microbudget effort, took in $85 million at the domestic B.O., more than recouping its estimated production budget of $3 million and the studio's marketing costs.
On the other hand, with hefty pricetags, Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and Sony's "How Do You Know" rank as two of the year's more dubious misfires.
Still, those studios had their share of hits; namely "Alice in Wonderland" and "Toy Story 3" for Disney, and Sony's string of summer performers, including "Grown Ups," "The Other Guys," "The Karate Kid," "Easy A" and "Salt."
Based on B.O. performance of the past few years, midrange films — those costing upwards of $60 million or "the type of movie that fed the distribution pipeline for all these years," according to an insider — will struggle to be greenlit. Instead, studio execs will look for lower-budget pics with specific appeal like teen comedy "Easy A" or chillers like "The Last Exorcism" to fill their slates, along with the usual four-quadrant blockbusters.
The specialty biz saw a slowdown this year, as more commercial fare like "The Social Network" and "The Town" appealed to broader adult audiences. Indies had their star players, too, including Focus Features' "The Kids Are All Right" and Music Box's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," as well as year-end fare "127 Hours," "Black Swan" (both from Fox Searchlight) and the Weinstein Co.'s "The King's Speech."
The list of hits points to sturdy legs at the multiplexes, where plenty of pics never landed the No. 1 spot but went on to see fantastic results.
Animated fare, led by "Toy Story 3," "Despicable Me," "Shrek Forever After" and "How to Train Your Dragon" proved most potent over the long haul. Toons typically have long legs, though this year's animated powerhouses, boosted by 3D, seemed to vastly overshadow most live-action tenderfoots.
A year with muddied windows
For most bizzers, one of the biggest advantages of 3D was its reinforcement of the theatrical experience — at least until 3D TVs really take off.
The irony, however, was that Disney's 3D "Alice" started a simmering feud between studios and exhibitors about a proposed shortened theatrical window. Just prior to "Alice's" worldwide launch March 5, Disney announced plans to release the 3D fantasy on DVD only 12 weeks after the film's theatrical bow, instead of the standard 16 weeks.
While the Mouse House ultimately compromised on a 13-week gap ("Alice" hit DVD shelves June 1), the shorter-than-usual theatrical window not only left an opening for other studios to follow suit but also left several questions unanswered until early 2011.
The issue around windows that's gaining most traction is the prospect of premium video-on-demand releases becoming available shortly after theatrical bows. Paramount execs said in December that they wouldn't look to premium-priced VOD bows. Other congloms like Time Warner are considering the idea, but not without first addressing which films to release, at what price and what length of window after the theatrical bow.
In June, the National Assn. of Theater Owners made its opinion clear about shortened theatrical windows when it placed an ad in the trades — including the June 16 edition of Daily Variety — describing shortened windows and price points as "a potentially destabilizing change in the existing windows platform."
Consumers are increasingly interested in viewing titles at home on VOD, with nine of the top 10 pics on VOD available day-and-date with their retail DVD releases. Only indie distribs have jumped into releasing their films simultaneously on VOD with a theatrical release, with IFC, Magnolia, Oscilloscope and Tribeca Films seeing promising results from early VOD bows.
Looking forward, moviegoers likely will have more ways than ever to watch films, but studios may continue to make fewer of them. This slimmer model leaves potentially bigger pieces of the pie for those in the market in any given frame, and spreads the wealth to smaller sectors.
A year in 3D, full-force
In 2010, 3D hit its stride, and garnered plenty of headlines, both for and against the technology. There were 23 wide 3D releases in 2010, more than doubling 2009's count, while the biz saw a 127% hike in North American 3D screens as of Dec. 6, from 3,556 to 8,069.
The top 10 earners in 2010 included six 3D titles, led by Fox's "Avatar," "Toy Story 3" and "Alice in Wonderland"; 3D toons (Universal's "Despicable Me," and the DreamWorks Animation duo "Shrek Forever After" and "How to Train Your Dragon") rounded out 2010's highest-grossing pics.
Whether this suggests that moviegoers embraced 3D as the preferred format, or that studio tentpoles saw boosted sales from higher 3D ticket prices, 3D became one of the year's hot topics as average ticket prices rose and 3D shares continued to fluctuate. The format fueled the biggest hike in average ticket prices since 2001, which jumped to $7.95 after the first quarter vs. the comparable period's $7.35.
Those prices have been declining, however, as 3D shares taper off. NATO reported the average domestic ticket price at $7.85 by the end of the third quarter.
"Avatar" and "Alice" ignited aud interest in the format, with the films' 3D shares (83% and 71%, respectively) far outweighing subsequent releases like "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" and "Yogi Bear" (whose 3D shares hovered in the 50% range). But those latter two pics tapped fewer 3D screens, competing with other year-end 3D titles like "Tangled" and "Gulliver's Travels." "Tron: Legacy" (which earned 82% from 3D in its opening weekend) benefited from added Imax screens, with Imax contributing a bigger share of the pic's total opening gross than it did even for "Avatar."
"Good movies still find their way to the top," notes Imax prexy Greg Foster. Thanks largely to 3D, Imax is on track to double last year's market share, with totals that should reach north of $500 million.
The rush of 3D product further squeezed available 3D screens — 2010 saw the first weekend with two dueling 3D wide releases ("Tron" and "Yogi Bear"). "Gulliver's Travels" launched Christmas Day, securing just 958 3D locations, compared with 2009 holiday entries "Avatar" and "A Christmas Carol," which both had slightly more than 2,000.
But the lack of screens was only part of this year's 3D equation.
"The upside for a (successful) 3D movie is higher than 2D, no doubt about it," Foster says. "But if a 3D or 2D movie doesn't work, it really doesn't matter what dimension it's in."
3D retrofits, including "Clash of the Titans" and "The Last Airbender," had critics questioning the ethics of 3D pricing, asking whether execs were concerned more with raking in extra coin than putting out a quality product. Warner Bros. earned positive press when it decided to forgo a 3D version of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1," citing the lack of time needed to finish the 3D satisfactorily as its primary reason.
Warners execs may be regretting the loss of 3D coin, even after a boffo $273 million domestic take for the 2D "Hallows," as the studio plans to go forward with a 3D version of "Hallows: Part 2," just one of 2011's 31 pics so far slated for 3D.


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Lindback, Bolts Overcome Injuries For Win Against Maple Leafs 3-0
A backup goalie doesn?t lead the life of luxury in the NHL. He is usually the guy who has to be ready at a moment?s notice but then never used. He is the guy staying late in practice so guys can work on shooting pucks at him.
He?s also the guy who has to come in and win a game when the starting goalie is injured and for the Tampa Bay Lightning, he is Anders Lindback.
Lindback, whose struggles have been noted to the point of ad nauseum, came in for relief when Bolt?s starting goalie Ben Bishop went down with an upper body injury. Not having much time to warm up, Lindback stopped all 25 shots he faced in relief and earned himself a shutout and the confidence of coach Jon Cooper.
Bishop?s injury is unknown as of yet and according to Cooper, Lindback was going to start against the Philadelphia Flyers anyway but it?s always nice to go into the next game with the goalie getting a shutout in a big moment, especially after the starter has gone down with an injury.
The team rallied around Lindback and played a clean cut structured game against a Toronto Maple Leafs team who was fighting for their playoff lives. While the team around Lindback played well, he contributed to the success as well by making great kick saves when needed on second and third looks and playing the puck smartly. He never seemed to lose his focus or overplay during the game, something he had struggled with lately.
?The last time that Lindy[Lindback] played against Pittsburgh he was great,? D Victor Hedman said. ?We don?t know how long Ben[Bishop] is going to be out, but we know we can rely on Lindy and he is going to be there for us. Lindback getting the shutout was big.?
Cooper feels that he can rely on his backup goalie to come in as well.
?He hasn?t been in a ton but I think you could just see how confident he was. He was confident playing the puck and was just a calm, calm goalie. Our team was feeding off of it,? Cooper said. ?It?s his turn now.?
The stats don?t bear out how good Lindback has been this year and he hasn?t had the best season but it looks like now he has the opportunity to springboard off this and shine.
He's off to a good start as a shutout,especially in relief, is something to be noted.
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Explosion visit Saginaw in meeting of CIFL unbeatens
The CIFL's two remaining unbeaten teams meet today when the Erie Explosion play at the Saginaw Sting in a rematch of last season's league championship game.
Kickoff is at 4 p.m. at The Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Mich.
The Explosion beat the Sting 37-36 in last year's CIFL title game to complete a perfect season.
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Have just gone through that entire troubleshooting guide, it hasn't happened with any previous trainers from CH. That's mainly why I was like 'wtf...'
Pretty much I hit 'F1' and it says the trainer was activated. Hit single player and it doesn't even fade to a white screen - just stops dead in its tracks.
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After overcoming an incumbent quarterback, an internal soap opera and an inconsistent cast of offensive talent, the Jets quarterback has made some impressive strides this year.
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?He?s come a million miles,? Jets coach Rex Ryan said of Smith, via Rich Cimini of ESPNNewYork.com. ?The young man never flinched.?
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Every Revolution has a Vision
I was up on stage and gazed out at the large space we occupied in NYC at Grand Central Terminal and later at Times Square, where hundreds of people braved the cold and marched to see us ring the closing bell at NASDAQ. I saw people that were listening, experiencing, sharing, learning, crying, smiling and defiant about the number two cancer-related killer of men and women in the U.S. I literally had to pinch myself as I couldn't believe I was here again, taking an active part in this well-coordinated event to kick off March and raise awareness in the prevention of Colon and Rectal Cancer.
This was my second colorectal cancer event for One Million Strong in NYC. Last year we spent much of the time outdoors. This year, luckily, we were inside for most of the happenings, which meant there was no loss of toes and fingers from the bitter cold and let me tell you, it was bone-chilling.
I was asked during an interview: "Why are you here? Who are you marching for?" Before I answered, I thought about how Fight Colorectal Cancer brings people from different regions of the country and their experiences together. I also thought about how emotional of a happening One Million Strong is for others. And then I answered,
"I'm marching for all the survivors, caregivers, providers and patients so they can come together with others who share their experience; helping them develop a support system, an extended family. I march so these people have a stage that allows us to speak for those who no longer have a voice."
I reflect now on that question and I think I have a new answer.
After seeing the faces, feeling the passion and desire of this group, our partners, our team that puts a voice to this movement, I think the answer is simpler then I relayed during the interview . . .
I'm there for the hugs."
I'm not kidding.
There was something so special about getting hugs from so many folks who I only knew from online or conference and web calls, or folks I haven't seen in a year . . . the outpouring of love and affection moved me.
Last spring when I lost my mom it was a difficult period for me. I got through it by immersing myself in work and burying the grief. I realized as I was in that vast room with all those fighters, we are in this together.
We need each other because our combined voices makes us better and stronger, provided we are united.
Those that were there representing loved ones or themselves were an inspiration. The made me want to raise my voice even louder! We are One Million Strong and we have a vision!
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Insider: Orlando Magic Fired Stan Van Gundy
The ?Orlando Magic? announced in a?press release that? Stan Van Gundy has been fired??as the ?Head Coach of the ?Orlando Magic.
Van Gundy was named head coach on June 7, 2007, becoming the ninth head coach in franchise history.
Van Gundy has a career NBA head coaching regular season record of 371-208 (.641), including 259-135 (.657) in five seasons in Orlando.? Van Gundy ?led Orlando to five postseason berths, three Southeast Division titles?, Eastern Conference title? and a trip to the NBA Finals in 2009. Prior to coming to Orlando he served as head coach of the Miami Heat for two-plus seasons.
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I picked up the latest copy of Country Living magazine when I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store. I was starving and fell for the photo of the halloween-themed chocolate cake on the front cover. The magazine promised that it was "Scrumptious!" and "Sooooo moist!" And how could I resist the cute orange frosting and dark chocolate glaze. The truth is that I am very easily swayed by advertising when I'm hungry.
After I got home and ate lunch, I really wasn't that interested in the magazine anymore. In fact, I kind of forgot about it for a day or two. When I finally got around to thumbing through it, I realized the cake recipe was for a Chocolate Pumpkin Cake. "Mmmmmm," I thought. "Possibly even better than just plain chocolate!" I've never combined chocolate and pumpkin before and I was instantly intrigued.
The problem was that I could feel the pounds piling on just by reading the recipe! A stick and a half of butter…two cups of sugar…4 eggs…and frosting made with both cream cheese and whipped cream. Wow! Normally I don't worry too much about trying to lighten up desserts. Desserts are desserts and they're supposed to be fattening. But I've been baking a lot lately and we've been eating way too much sugar. I think my body is at it's limit because the amount of butter and sugar in that recipe was just not appealing to me.
So, I lightened it up. With the canned pumpkin in the recipe, I knew I could reduce the butter and still end up with a moist cake. I substitute fruit and vegetable purees for fat in my muffins all the time and it works great. So my first recipe 'fix' was to increase the pumpkin and decrease the butter.
I decided that the sugar could also be reduced since the frosting would be so sweet. I wasn't really sure how much to reduce it so I went big and reduced it by half.
The other change I made was to substitute yogurt for buttermilk. I only did this because I happened to have a bunch of plain yogurt in the fridge and no buttermilk. Since I don't think yogurt is quite as acidic as buttermilk (maybe I'm wrong, I never bothered to look it up), I threw in a teaspoon of white vinegar so that the baking soda in the recipe would have something to work with.
After scratching and scribbling for a while, I finally came up with a recipe that seemed like it would work. When I tried it, I baked a 9″x13″ sheet cake. It tasted good and was moist and tender, but I felt like I had cut the sugar a bit too much. The recipe has so much cocoa powder that my sugar reduction left the cake just a bit bitter. My husband actually liked it a lot, but I knew I wanted add more sugar next time.
The other thought I had when I tasted the first version was that it would be great with some chocolate chips in it! So much for reducing calories!
I also decided I wanted to try it in cupcake form the second time around. By adding a bit more sugar back in the recipe, along with some mini chocolate chips, I ended up with some really great cupcakes that may or may not be lighter than the original recipe.
And then came the frosting!
I did not use the frosting recipe from the magazine. I like my cream cheese frosting to taste like cream cheese so I didn't think it needed to have all that whipped cream folded in. I used a fairly standard cream cheese frosting recipe but added cinnamon and nutmeg as was suggested by javagirlkt. The frosting turned out great and really complimented the chocolate pumpkin cupcakes!
The thing about mixing chocolate with fruit (or vegetable purees) is that the chocolate really covers up all other flavors. If you don't believe me, try my Double Dark Chocolate Beet Muffins! These chocolate pumpkin cupcakes taste like a chocolate cake but there's just a little something extra. The spices in the frosting seem to bring out the pumpkin flavor even though the cake itself isn't spiced. It's a little hard to explain but trust me, it works!
I did end up reducing the butter by 1/3 and the sugar by 1/4. If you leave out the chocolate chips and go light on frosting, these are definitely much better for you than the original cake. But I have to say that the chocolate chips are great and it is hard to go light on the cream cheese frosting! Oh well, I tried!
The candy corns on top are optional, of course! They just happen to be my favorite fall candy and I thought they looked really cute on these cupcakes! Turns out they make caramel candy corns now…I think I'm in heaven!
- Double Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes
- 1 1/2 C. cake flour
- 2/3 C. cocoa powder
- 2 t. baking powder
- 1 t. baking soda
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1 C. plain lowfat yogurt
- 1 3/4 C. canned pumpkin (15 oz. can)
- 1 t. white vinegar
- 2 t. vanilla extract
- 1/2 C. unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 C. lightly-packed light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 24 cupcake cups with paper liners.
- 2. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt together; set aside. In a separate bowl, stir together the yogurt, pumpkin, vinegar, and vanilla extract, set aside.
- 3. In a large mixing bowl, and using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Alternately beat in the flour and pumpkin mixtures in thirds (for example, beat in 1/3 flour mixture followed by 1/3 pumpkin mixture and repeat until everything is combined). Fold in the mini chocolate chips.
- 4. Working quickly, spoon batter into cupcake cups, filling each about 3/4 full. Place cupcake pans in the center of the preheated 350 degree oven and bake approximately 25 minutes. Cupcakes are done when they spring back when lightly touched or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool pans on wire racks for 10 minutes then remove cupcakes from pans and let cool completely on the wire racks.
- 5. While cupcakes are cooling, prepare cream cheese frosting (recipe follows). When cupcakes are completely cool, spread with frosting.
- Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 C. unsalted butter, softened
- 2 C. powdered sugar
- 1/4. t. vanilla extract
- 1/8 t. ground cinnamon
- 1/8 t. fresh ground nutmeg
- In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. If frosting is too soft, chill in fridge for 15-20 minutes.
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I love chocolate, and I love pumpkin… so this recipe looked like a slice of heaven to me! I tried them out last week and they were a hit! I brought them to a work baby shower and I had one lady come up and hug me she loved them so much! I've never had that happen before 🙂 I saved a couple for my boyfriend's parents – who I was meeting for the first time – and I am pretty sure that was the icing on the cake (pun intended) for winning them over! I want to try this again and do it as a loaf – any thoughts on how long it should cook for?
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@Allie – would love to know how much pumpkin is used for the box chocolate cake… that sounds great!12:13 pm Nov 14th, 2009
I just came across this because I was searching for chocolate pumpkin recipes. Some how I missed it back in Oct! Glad I found it now. Thanks for the inspiration. You be happy to know this recipe come up first in google when I typed chocolate pumpkin recipe GREG9:51 am Nov 21st, 2009
I'm going to make this cake for my granny's birthday!7:20 am Nov 26th, 2009
May I use mascarpone cheese instead of cream cheese for the frosting? What adjustments should I make or do I simply replace one for the other?
I found your recipes when I was searching the internet for something sweet to make with half a pumpkin that wasn't pumpkin pie! I grew my own pumpkins last year and I was using up the last one to make soup, but it was enormous so I only used half of it. I'd already chopped the whole thing so I wanted something I could bake with the ingredients I already had in the house, so I decided to give this recipe a go. I live in England and we don't use pumpkins very much at all, basically they're in the shops for a couple of weeks around Halloween and that's it, and it's pretty much impossible to buy canned pumpkin puree here, so I boiled the pumpkin and then liquidised it to make the puree, and I had to make a few other substitutions for things I didn't have – I used creme fraiche instead of yogurt, dark brown sugar instead of light, and cake flour doesn't exist here so I just used plain white flour. I also left them in the oven for about 10 minutes extra. The cupcakes rose beautifully in the oven but then sank in the middle when I took them out, and when we ate them (still warm – we couldn't wait!) we discovered that they were quite gooey in the middle – no bad thing, just unexpected! I'm looking forward to seeing what they're like when they're cold and have frosting on them. Thanks for the recipe!12:01 am Feb 28th, 2010
It isn't often that you see a recipe that has both chocolate & pumpkin. It looks delicious & I cannot wait to try it. Thanks for the recipe!8:14 am Oct 8th, 2010
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I made these for Thanksgiving instead of a pie when my hubby and I visited my folks for Thanksgiving part 2. When these came out of the oven we were playing card and pretty heavy into the sweet wines and by then end of the night only two cupcakes were left… there were only 5 of us. Needless to say they were a big hit! I used fresh pumpkin instead of canned, buttermilk, skipped the chocolate chips, and didn't have cake flour…. So I ended up having to do several substitutions, even so these were amazing. Chocolate and pumpkin and cinnamon… all the things I love, now together.2:01 pm Nov 30th, 2012
These cupcakes were way better than I had expected. No offense at all, I just wasn't sure how the pumpkin would turn out with the chocolate and the cocoa powder. I made them for bible study tonight and they were a hit. Very moist and just the right amount of chocolate without being overly sweet.10:34 pm Jan 17th, 2013
Loved the cinnamon and nutmeg addition to the frosting-it certainly gave it a little something extra. I gave these a 10/10 (and I don't hand out those ratings easily!)
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A couple of weeks ago, super smarty and witty Jay Dolan wrote a blog post about closing off blog comments.
His reason?
Spam (well, that and he was finding no meaningful conversation in the comments).
He knew bloggers (like me) would disagree with this approach so he had a message to us in the post: Too bad (in more colorful language).
Because I like him a whole bunch, I didn't make a big deal of it at the time.
In fact, I probably wouldn't have even mentioned it except, earlier this week, Copyblogger did the exact, same thing (clearly copying Jay, we decided during a Twitter conversation).
Yes, one of the biggest – and most popular – blogs in the marketing world is closing their blog comments.
I, I…just…wow.
Because I disagree so vehemently with this approach, I set out to keep an open mind. I read the blog post. Six times.
And I kept thinking about it. And I talked to some friends (namely Livefyre) whose jobs are to keep comments moving.
Shutting Off Blog Comments
A couple of weeks ago, we had a conversation about where you should build your community.
I stand very firmly on the side of building it in a place that you own vs. renting it out to one of your social networks.
But Copyblogger is doing the complete opposite.
We're fortunate enough (mainly because we've been around for so long now) that we have a lot of thriving "outposts" where conversation happens, particularly Google+ and Twitter.
So we're going to take the conversation there (and more important, to your own blogs), and see how that works.
They'll continue to use the social networks to promote their new content, but will use Google+ and Twitter as an outpost for the former blog comments.
The blog will no longer be a destination for their readers.
It's admirable and a curious test. I don't agree, but it is interesting and I want to see what happens.
Is Spam Really the Problem?
But here's the real reason this move bothers me: They say they spend too much time filtering out the spam.
In a little over eight years, Copyblogger has published more than 130,000 approved comments. Which is pretty amazing, right?
But over that period, that's only about 4% of the comments that were left on the site. The remaining 96% were pointless, time-wasting spam.
Of course, we've had a lot of help fighting that deluge from our spam filters. But spammers have gotten smarter, and the practice has evolved to the point where it takes a decent amount of mental effort to figure out the intent behind comments that are actually cleverly-disguised spam.
Based on those statistics, I set out to look at the same for Spin Sucks.
In seven years of blogging, we have 122,443 approved comments. These are all real comments. There isn't a single spam comment in there.
Another 12,096 comments were spam, but we've never seen them nor have we had to moderate the majority of them.
Every once in a while, one or two will get through. Once a week I go through the blog comments and send a handful of to spam. But it takes me just a couple of minutes.
What that means is, of 134,539 blog comments, only 11 percent are spam. Nearly the complete opposite of Copyblogger.
Where Livefyre Helps
Sure, we're not as big or popular as Copyblogger. The traffic numbers probably don't compare. They're a much bigger target than we are.
But I credit Livefyre for the ability to create content and build community without having to worry about spam.
Since we started using it for our commenting platform in 2009, we haven't had to moderate, delete, or spend time working through all the crud.
I asked Kristin Hersant, the vice president of marketing at Livefyre, why Copyblogger has had such a problem with spam and we have not.
We want our customers to focus on what matters – writing your blog – which is why we've built real-time moderation tools that automatically filter out spam, profanity, insults, hate speech and other types of bad content.
Spin Sucks and all of our blog customers get to use the same tools we've built to support major media sites such as Fox News and Fox Sports, which are frequently targets of similar troll attacks as Copyblogger. Whether you're a blog or a major media site, you shouldn't have to give up ownership of your community because of spam.
You shouldn't have to give up ownership of your community because of spam.
Now it's your turn. How do you feel about blog comments? Do you land on the side of Copyblogger or of Spin Sucks?
Leave a Reply
157 Comments on "Why We Won't Shut Off Blog Comments"
I honestly think that it's a link building scheme, not about spam at all. If they get others to get into the habit of commenting on their personal sites, then hey, more links!
I love Livefyre and thank you for suggesting it as a good thing to put on my blog ginidietrich. Since I added it, I've had no spam at all. I certainly don't have anywhere near the traffic that you have but still it's a relief! I don't like when I get to a blog, have something to say, and the comments are closed. Thanks for keeping yours open!
ThePaulSutton Yes, the debate over on Mark's blog really attests to the value of comments.
Also, Jay Baer announced there that he's going to discontinue comments as well.
chelpixie I think you nailed it.
RobBiesenbach Really? Is it some kind of in-joke among the power players? How come you've not been invited, Gini?!
ClayMorgan Well said Clay.
ClayMorgan People made that very point in the Schaffer thread and I totally agree. Sometimes I'll read the comments as much as the blog to get a reality check and other perspectives on the blogger's point of view.
Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks, right?
I've read Copyblogger for years and I've never left a comment on one of their posts. The tone and style of their team's writing style (and guest contributors, for that matter) don't often encourage active participation and dialogue, but Copyblogger content gets distributed far and wide, referenced in new blog posts. Comments aren't central to their business model, IMO, especially as they've moved from a blog into a media and product company.
To me, it's the difference between sitting at a presentation or joining friends at a coffeehouse to discuss a topic. I'd much rather go to the coffeehouse and will less regularly attend a presentation. I do think the community has to be genuine in order to garner comments. SS does a great job of replying to comments and eliciting engagement. I've made friends by connecting with other community members on SS and I try to model the same behavior in my own blog community.
RobBiesenbach ThePaulSutton Wow. I'm impressed with what comes off the top of your head!
RobBiesenbach ThePaulSutton This needs to be a post in itself!
ThePaulSutton I think the "community" thing is also an important point. There is the advantage at Spin Sucks that the community here, I believe, is made up mostly of marketers, communicators and PR people. So it's natural that people would bond and interact.
At copyblogger—and I haven't checked out the comments in some time, so I could be wrong—my sense is the audience is business owners who are taking the marketing onus upon themselves. So a more diverse group.
jolynndeal Okay, it's something I've been mulling, so not completely top-of-head thoughts!
jasonkonopinski I think that's just it… they've moved from being social media ( a blog) to just plain old-fashioned media. Not necessarily anything wrong with that… just not particularly appealing if you're into engaging conversations and give and take versus media monologue.
jolynndeal RobBiesenbach ThePaulSutton I second that!
The irony that I see is saying the comments are closed because of spam, and moving to G+ and Twitter to continue the conversations there. Except… Livefyre already pulls in Twitter. Using a plugin like https://wordpress.org/plugins/gplus-comments/ (which I have on my blog) allows you to have both Livefyre (with Twitter) and G+ Comments at the same time. On your own blog.
So, for me, there's no real issue with spam (heck, I've had over 300,000 spam comments in six years and comments remain open).
By all means, do what's right for you, but the spam reasoning seems kinda weak.
jolynndeal RobBiesenbach ThePaulSutton Me too;)
ThePaulSutton RobBiesenbach Nah, it's more like the big Twitter UnFollow a few years back. Gets people talking about it for awhile, then disappears. Meh.
creativeoncall Aye. Like others have noted, the spam reasoning seems to be pretty weak. Copyblogger content is well-written, researched, and useful, but I think it's pretty clear that building a thriving, engaged community was a primary objective. This discussion would be taking on a whole new direction if there were actually a community to speak of.
I enjoy as much from comments as I do from blogs. Not to say that's the case with every post, but enough that I feel more connected to the community and bloggers if I can be part of the conversation either by actively participating in comments or passively by just reading them.
This should have been a blog post on your site linking to SpinSucks, Mark Schaffer's blog and the Copyblogger post 🙂
Man, I blew it!
RobBiesenbach hat tip sir. that's almost exactly how I've approached commenting these many years. Very well said.
Danny Brown I send you spam quite frequently.
jolynndeal That's a GREAT analogy, Jolynn. 🙂
jolynndeal RobBiesenbach ThePaulSutton Me too! 😉
This certainly does seem to be "the latest trend" for all the cool kids (except for JayDolan – he's not very cool), as Danny Brown mentions below. I love love love our community and can't imagine having a "no comments allowed" policy. Frankly, when I reach the end of a post, and realize the company/author doesn't have a commenting system in place, it leaves me cold, and instantly negates what I've just read – no matter how great the piece was. Weird, eh? I guess to ME it feels a bit insulting.
chelpixie I think not just link building — but social site gaming too. As Facebook tries to set up a tollway for brand pages having increased interaction on those sites will enable their posts there to get more views.
It's a strategy that says the social views we get are more important than the community in the comments — which for Copyblogger might be true!
RobBiesenbach ThePaulSutton Amen. Well said!
Does anyone think this is due in part to driving their Google ranking? By having a really active Google+ page, what does that do for their analytics and ranking? Just curious.
belllindsay Thank you, Lindsay. 🙂
annelizhannan It's for our GLOBAL HEALTH. Isn't that all that needs to be said? 🙂
RobBiesenbach ThePaulSutton great bullet points re: commenter responsibilities!
ThePaulSutton RobBiesenbach One of the interns probably lost the invitation …… now they'll get fired.
makeaner1 Probably…but it sounds like they already have a really active page. I guess they want to drive more conversation there. I may do a test to see if that will actually affect your ranking. Hmmm…
chelpixie Wow. My brain just does not work that way. I don't sit around and think, "Let's find a way to get people to link to us!" But it totally, totally makes sense.
blfarris chelpixie So, Brad, you think if they're driving more people to engage with them on the social networks, they'll be able to bypass the pay-for-play Facebook is moving toward?
ClayMorgan Look at you, you tease!
LauriRottmayer I don't like it either. I'm not going to go to a social network to engage an author in conversation about something they just wrote. But I guess I'm not the norm.
RobBiesenbach ThePaulSutton WHAT?!?! Jay, too? I quit.
ThePaulSutton RobBiesenbach Seriously! I'm glad I haven't been invited.
ThePaulSutton What do you think is the real reason behind it?
ginidietrich and to answer the original question re: which side I'm on .. to me it's not exactly a side — I think each of you has reasons you believe in strongly. As a "small" blogger, I always say I write to flex my writing muscle mainly but oh how a comment thrills me! (that includes yours recently Gini and ps the sham is in the mail from Baton Rouge, LA but I digress!!). And this community is proof of how to do it right …. I wouldn't trade the SS model for anything.
RobBiesenbach Guest post! Guest post! Guest post!


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|Palos de la Frontera, Spain
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|Official page on the site of the government of Huelva.
The Wharf of the Caravels (Spanish: Muelle de las Carabelas) is a museum in Palos de la Frontera, in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Its most prominent exhibits are replicas of Christopher Columbus's boats for his first voyage to the Americas, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María. These were built in 1992 for the Celebration of the Fifth Centenary of the Discovery of America. The replica caravels were built between 1990 and 1992, put through shakedown voyages[1] and then, in 1992, sailed the route of Columbus's voyage.
The museum is operated by the province of Huelva, and has an area of 11,500 square metres (124,000 sq ft).
Throughout 1992 there were many celebrations of the fifth centenary of the Discovery of America. Among these, in Spain, was the launching of replicas of the ships in which Columbus and a crew that included the Pinzón Brothers of Palos de la Frontera, the Niño Brothers of Moguer, and other mariners from the region made the voyage that is generally accounted as the discovery of the Americas by Europeans. These three boats formed part of the Seville Expo '92,[2] and were part of numerous expositions throughout Europe and the Americas.
After they had been used in all manner of activities—including being used in filming 1492: Conquest of Paradise[3]—the Andalusian Autonomous Government acquired the replicas as part of the project Andalucía 92.[2] The key to this project was the construction of the Wharf of the Caravels near La Rábida Monastery in Palos de la Frontera, one of the key Lugares colombinos, sites associated with the preparation and launching of Columbus's first voyage. The resulting museum, inaugurated in 1994, is managed by the Diputación de Huelva, the government of Huelva province.[4]
Since the, the Wharf of the Caravels has been open to the public, with the number of visitors increasing each year.[5] In 2007, nearly 200,000 people visited, roughly 550 people a day.[5] It is the third most visited tourist site in Andalusia.[6] August is the busiest month in terms of visitors.[7]
Interpretive Center[edit]
The Wharf of the Caravels is entered through a vestibule with a ticket window. Beginning there, one can visit, through rotating modules, an exhibit about 15th century society and numerous exhibits related to Columbus's voyage of discovery: replicas of maps, arms, treaties such as the Tratado de Tordesillas and the Treaty of Alcáçovas.[8] The upper part of the building holds an exhibit of Pre-Columbian art.
One of the featured exhibits is an Audio-visual production about half an hour in length, shown in a hall with a capacity of 120 viewers.[9] After a brief piece on other important local tourist sites such as the La Rábida Monastery and the Forum of the Organization of Ibero-American States (Foro Iberoamericano de La Rábida).[9] The narration is from the point of view of the sailors who made the voyage.
Replicas of the ships[edit]
The chief draw of the museum is the trio of replica ships: the Pinta, Niña, and Santa María. The replicas were fashioned in the fishing port of Isla Cristina in western Huelva province as part of the celebrations of the fifth centenary of the Discovery of America, and were the principle motive to create the Wharf of the Caravels.[2][4] They are now located at a semicircular dock. Visitors can board and tour each ship for a firsthand view of their holds and cabins.[9] The Pinta and Niña are on the ends, flanking the Santa María. Although the historical reproductions were rigorous in terms of the general lines of the ships,[4] to facilitate visitor access the Pinta has one small, deliberate deviation from what was indicated in the sources: a staircase to the ship's hold. The hold of the Niña cannot be visited, because its design, more faithful to history, would not allow a means to reach the hold that would be safe enough to open to the general public. The larger Santa María features Columbus's cabin, with a man impersonating a scribe, as well as access to the bowels of the ship.
Medieval neighborhood[edit]
Near the dock that is the Barrio Medieval, a reproduction of a medieval port neighborhood, reconstructing the environment in which common people lived around the time of the voyage of discovery, by means of such elements of daily life as a market, a pottery factory, and numerous carts, and a recreated tavern where museumgoers can buy food and drink.[10] This area is a loose recreation of the medieval port of Palos de la Frontera (some 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) away),[10] in line with the spirit that can be seen throughout the museum: to recognize the contributions of this area to the discovery of America. The neighborhood has the capacity for more visitors at a time than any other part of the museum.[10]
Many objects in the market—ceramics, ironwork, objects made from espartofiber—are there to give the outlines of what would have been carried in the holds of ships. Also on display is fruit-in fact, plastic replicas of fruit-typical of the region at that time.
Isla del Encuentro[edit]
The Isla del Encuentro ("Island of the Encounter") attempts to recreate the world the crew of Columbus's first voyage encountered on their arrival at the island of Guanahani, where they first made landfall in the Americas.[11] An effort has been made to represent the indigenous culture. On the one side is a cottage with wood framing and reed walls; on the other, the people living on the island are represented by statues, representing people going about such ordinary activities as fishing or cooking; various objects of daily life are also on display, as are replicas of fauna typical of the Caribbean, including tortoises, parrots and various species of fish.[11]
The museum as film set and event location[edit]
The Wharf of the Caravels, and especially the three replica ships, has been used for its ambience or details in several films related to Columbus's voyage. Vicente Aranda has used the museum as a set in two if his films, Mad Love and Tirant lo Blanc.[12] In 2003, the Spanish folk metal band Mägo de Oz used the museum for the photo session of their album Gaia, in which they appear dressed as pirates.[13]
Also, various other events have been held at the museum, especially commemorations related to the voyage of discovery.[14] Because the museum is open year-round,[15] events can be held there on August 3 (the day of Columbus's departure), March 15 (the day of Columbus's return) and October 12 (landfall in the Americas),[4] among others. The museum is also used as a location for other events that have little to do with the voyage of discovery.[16]
- ^ La nao y las dos carabelas del V Centenario zarparán el 3 de agosto en un viaje de prueba, El País, 1990-07-26.
- ^ a b c Las Carabelas del 92, Photos and discussion at Expo '92 forum site, www.expo92.es
- ^ 1492: La conquista del paraíso, Filmaffinity
- ^ a b c d "Presentación Muelle de las Carabelas". Diputación de Huelva. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ a b Cientos de personas en el Muelle de Carabelas en el 515 aniversario del regreso de Colón, Soitu.es, 2008-03-16.
- ^ "El muelle de las carabelas bate el récord de visitas el 3 de agosto y duplica las del año pasado" (in Spanish). EcoDiario. 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-05. External link in
- ^ Comienza la programación especial de agosto en el Muelle de las Carabelas con la jornada de puertas abiertas, en Metro
- ^ "Sala Exposición Siglo XV". Diputación de Huelva. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ a b c Muelle de las Carabelas / Parque Botánico, Visithuelva
- ^ a b c "Barrio Medieval". Diputación de Huelva. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ a b "La Isla". Diputación de Huelva. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Vicente Aranda escoge de nuevo el Muelle de las Carabelas (Huelva) para rodar escenas de su película "Tirante el blanco", Lukor.com, 2005-09-23.
- ^ Gaia, de Mägo de Oz, Rockestatal. Available archived 2008-06-23 on the Internet Archive.
- ^ Jornada de puertas abiertas en el Muelle de las Carabelas, Diario Córdoba. Cannot access 2009-01-08.
- ^ Muelle de las Carabelas, en Guia del Ocio, Huelva
- ^ Del ferial al Muelle de las Carabelas, Huelva Información.
External links[edit]
- (Spanish) Official page on the site of the government of Huelva.
- (Spanish) Muelle de las Carabelas on turismoyarte.com.
- (Spanish) Muelle de las Carabelas on andalucia.org.
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