The numbers are modest by broadcast, print, or even my own blogs’ standards.Yet nearly 300 people checked out my live blogging of the South Dakota Democratic Convention on CoverItLive live blogging software.
The statistics:
Live Blog StatsI figured everyone who was interested in the event was in the room. And there were folks in the room with laptops and Cedar Shore Resort had pretty good wireless access, so maybe some of those hits came from inside the room.
Live Blog Statistics
Email Reminders Set Up: 0
Total Blog Page Hits: 629
Total Unique Viewers: 276
Avg. Unique Viewer Duration on Blog: 11 min.Chat TextHost Chat Messages: 67Post Blog StatsReplays Viewed: 0
Viewer Chat Messages Sent: 1
Viewer Chat Messages Published: 1
But most of the hits probably came from the outside. And people stuck around for an average of 11 minutes.
I suggest that we have a live blogger at the next convention give the play by play. I’m in and out as a delegate plus, frankly, I have my own biases. Someone just reporting the proceedings without editorial comment would be great. I think people would tune in (and out) and catch up.
I also Twittered as much as I could given Twitter having problems and short battery lifes of my computer and Motorola Q.
I think this is another way to bring politics to the people. I have just scratched the surface of what the future might hold.