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Hey guys, if any one else has other data points it will be great to know if their experiences match mine (as far as getting covered by TC is concerned).

My key lessons:

* Sent less traffic than I expected

* Converted less than average site traffic

* Engaged with site more than average site traffic

* Generated some indirect interest in the company/product

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I got 5k visits for a little project (aggregator) which got covered in a different time of the week, so I expect the traffic sent is about par for the course. I was surprised there wasn't a bigger 'techcrunch effect' too; I guess not many of those 4M subscribers are particularly engaged!

Thanks for sharing your info. I haven't sought coverage by those tech startup blogs since my customers aren't going to be visiting those kind of blogs.

Looking back on my referral log, the highest is from a blog called geckoandfly which I've never heard from. It generate consistent traffic for the last 3 months!

My coverage from Computer World was a spike like TC, with peak at 5k and dropped to zero after a few days.

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