tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939740.post8714244827928652897..comments2007-05-10T16:46:57.493ZDan Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14353661015592665890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939740.post-19819386013445424572007-05-10T16:38:00.000Z2007-05-10T16:38:00.000Zru·mi·nate (rū'mə-nāt') pronunciation<BR/><BR/>v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.<BR/><BR/>v.intr.<BR/><BR/> 1. To turn a matter over and over in the mind.<BR/> 2. To chew cud.<BR/><BR/>So, provided one is not a cow or similar, brief rumination is certainly possible under definition 1, but as with cud-chewing, is likely to be more productive if engaged in for longer.....<BR/><BR/>Big Pa / PedantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939740.post-54952848823723082212007-05-07T16:41:00.000Z2007-05-07T16:41:00.000ZCertainly agree that moving from sheer numbers to an engagement model is interesting, but I do think that you can't really have this discussion without talking about RSS and what that does to online metrics. I read most of my blogs through a reader, so I think that none of my site visits effectively "count" for anything.Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17917442239241569953noreply@blogger.com