Why is Matt Drudge still so damn popular!

[veracity]

Matt Druge, Mr. Sleaze of the Clinton era...has a meaningless - half page of non-news links, - but still is in the top 250 of the most active links on the Intenet. That means millions of hits a day. Geez.

Drudge: Dangerous and Dastardly...
http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/dangerous_drudge.html

[MattNC]

1. good site

for people just looking for quick news - nothing wrong with that.

[RebelOne]

7. I agree. I check into his site every day.

Plus, he has some really bizarre items.

[Bushknew]

12. Use Latest Breaking News here at DU instead.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

2. It just shows how bogus those statistics are.

Anyone who understands the way the Internet works will realize there is actually no way to measure what the 'most active links on the Internet' are. It's nothing but marketing BS.

[GregW]

3. Probably because so many DUers ...

... feel compelled to link to his site. DU probably accounts for 30% of his hits.

[Loonman]

4. He's piling on O'Reilly a lot

Which is good.

[Tempest]

5. Drudge is not popular, his links are

I go there just to get a quick summary of the news and to follow up with the links.

I don't read anything he has to say.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Exactly

[Zuni]

8. He has an incredible amount of articles and links

You can really find a lot of stuff there. He also puts up a bunch of weird stuff.

[mouse7]

9. That's easy. Pure Sex Appeal.

People want his hot bod.

[loudnclear]

10. "Popular?" I think his site is a great resource, but I don't like Drudge

and don't put any stock in his editorializing but he has some great links.

[bigwoody]

11. I think it's those dorky "detective" hats he wears. And the sword

swallowing is quite popular ultracon/repressed sexuality crowd!:toast: