Comments on: Kevin Marshall’s departure makes the print edition of the Times Union

By: Tonybarbaro

Tonybarbaro — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:16:00 +0000

this is like the ex-patriot club……I feel like I should quit the TU and hang w/ you guys….but I have no soul. ;)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:14:00 +0000

Of course, the excerpted stuff in the TU often does not represent the heart of what I wanted to say, either. I’ve learned to live with it.
And you won’t have that problem anymore.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:10:00 +0000

Of course, KM seemed to do that already on the TU site, so what’s the diff?

By: Rob Madeo

Rob Madeo — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:33:00 +0000

Whitewash my fence, blogger.

By: Roz Nella Cucina

Roz Nella Cucina — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:31:00 +0000

The exact quote is “When you blog with us, you’re reaching way more peeps than friends/family,” which Mr. Huber stated on Twitter on October 29, 2010. – Roz

By: J Eric Smith

J Eric Smith — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:52:00 +0000

Archived = they take your link off of the portal page, but everything remains as is, otherwise (I’m still there, a year later), so, yes, it does create search conflicts when the same posts appear in multiple places with the same publication dates. I originally got the TU export too, and put all of my TU posts up on my own website, but then decided to wipe them all and just go forward with (mostly) new material at Indie Albany. It seemed to me that having it in both places somehow indicated to searchers who saw the same articles appearing in multiple/related spaces in their search results that I somehow endorsed or cross-promoted my material still being on the TU, which of course I don’t. (I’m not advocating such an approach for Kevin, mind you, since he left under different terms than I did, but rather just noting how I dealt with the SEO conflict myself . . . ).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:34:00 +0000

Yep! It’s one of the few perks granted. You don’t get pay, but you do get exposure and you share the content, so to speak. And it was actually very quick: I asked for the export file (when I realized such a thing existed and I needed it) late on Friday and had it by Sunday.

By: -S

-S — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:27:00 +0000

Woah they give you all your contents back. Interesting SEO situation. Gee, I just used the S word again.

By: J. Eric Smith

J. Eric Smith — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:07:00 +0000

No shit: I just googled “times union blogs friends and family” to see if I could find the germane quote for Roz above, and look what was top response to that post: http://blog.timesunion.com/michaelhuber/goodbye-nina-and-kevin-hello-jodie-gina-joe-deanna-and-vera/1299/ . . .

By: R

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:21:00 +0000

The “nobody but your friends and family” comment turned out to be a blessing for IndieAlbany, as I recall. ;) -Roz