Twitter Spat! Gawker Editors Trade Jabs Over Traffic

Gabriel Snyder, now head of Atlantic Wire, who was fired to make room for current Gawker editor Remy Stern, incited the wrath of his successor last night — by wondering about the traffic results of Gawker’s takedown of Congressman Chris Lee. To the digital record!

Gawker’s latest scalp didn’t come with eyeballs: Sitemeter shows slight traffic bump http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s;=sm5gawkerless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone

Gabriel Snyder
gabrielsnyder

@gabrielsnyder Sitemeter hasn’t been working since the redesign took effect. Nice try.Thu Feb 10 04:24:39 via web

Remy Stern
remystern

@remystern Hmm. Recent trend on SItemeter http://t.co/Lkr0m8j seems to track with Quantcast http://t.co/vJucULjless than a minute ago via Twitter for Mac

Gabriel Snyder
gabrielsnyder

@gabrielsnyder Here’s the spectacular, record-setting growth of the last 11 months. Enjoy! http://bit.ly/gA3RScThu Feb 10 04:25:21 via web

Remy Stern
remystern

@remystern That is an impressive graph. Kudos! If Google Analytics is your stat of choice, can we see the week since the redesign launched?less than a minute ago via Twitter for Mac

Gabriel Snyder
gabrielsnyder

@remystern @gabrielsnyder if it wasn’t working, wouldn’t it register zero rather than a over a million pageviews per day?Thu Feb 10 04:26:45 via TweetDeck

Anthony De Rosa
AntDeRosa

@AntDeRosa Apparently the ajax is making it difficult for the counters to track traffic properly.Thu Feb 10 04:41:32 via web

Remy Stern
remystern

@remystern how about your google juice? shouldn’t you guys be getting a better ranking there for this story?Thu Feb 10 04:45:45 via TweetDeck

Anthony De Rosa
AntDeRosa

@AntDeRosa The link to us at the top of Drudge which has been up for hours would normally show a much bigger impactThu Feb 10 04:43:47 via web

Remy Stern
remystern

@gabrielsnyder Thanks! Thought you’d enjoy seeing what amazing success we’ve enjoyed since your departure.Thu Feb 10 05:45:35 via web

Remy Stern
remystern

Uh oh. Seems like I touched a nerve. @maureenoco should be very proud of her scoop, no matter the numbers.less than a minute ago via Twitter for Mac

Gabriel Snyder
gabrielsnyder

@remystern @gabrielsnyder id bet on long term future of a site based on quality of content not quantity of visitors and in that regard…Thu Feb 10 05:20:08 via web

Hunter Walker
hunterw

@hunterw Content has never been better. Can’t say the same for The Daily. A total embarrassment.Thu Feb 10 05:34:06 via web

Remy Stern
remystern

@gabrielsnyder If the ajax is affecting the ability to track stats, that impacts all site measurement tools. Duh.Thu Feb 10 05:44:14 via web

Remy Stern
remystern

@remystern @hunterw @gabrielsnyder YOU GUYS. Stop it. Don’t make me come over there.Thu Feb 10 05:53:42 via web

Jessica Pressler
jpressler

@jpressler Ha, okay. I’ll keep quiet now.Thu Feb 10 06:10:25 via web

Remy Stern
remystern

@remystern @gabrielsnyder Why are you stopping? It was just getting fun 🙁Thu Feb 10 06:22:23 via web

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