http://andrewchen.disqus.com/Analysis on viral marketing, user experience, game design, and online advertisingenMon, 25 Aug 2008 20:23:40 -0000http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2008/08/youtube-and-webkinz-as-case-studies-of-new-technology-adoption.html#comment-1842223<p>Great, interesting post. But it does seem obvious, as you conclude, to be about the growth pattern of a physical product against the growth of a digital product. For Webkinz, the maps almost follow a map of UPS hubs. As demand volume grew across the northeast, it also lowered their cost of adding retailers who were farther away (2-3 hubs).</p><p>What's also interesting, as my children have recently grown from heavy Webkinz users to heavy YouTube users (my six year old can type "cats" once and be set for an entire visit) is the same in-person group approach to visiting these sites. They use these sites on their own, and when they get together for playdates, they open the computer and share favorites together.</p>Michael LeisMon, 25 Aug 2008 20:23:40 -0000http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2008/08/youtube-and-webkinz-as-case-studies-of-new-technology-adoption.html#comment-1623771<p>Great examination, Andrew -- the way you framed the data made me think of an epidemic, so I animated the data alongside a bit of the script for Outbreak.</p><p><a href="http://www.mattgriswold.com/post/46494885/outbreak-the-birth-of-youtube" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.mattgriswold.com/post/46494885/outbreak-the-birth-of-youtube">http://www.mattgriswold.com...</a></p><p>I enjoy these site-by-site comparisons, and am curious to find the actual visitor data to see how close your assumptions for using search volume play out. It would also be interesting to examine the spread of a site as it makes its way around the world.<br></p>GriswoldMon, 18 Aug 2008 23:28:42 -0000http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2008/08/youtube-and-webkinz-as-case-studies-of-new-technology-adoption.html#comment-1211302<p>i found it funny that sex is most popular in pakistan, with a big focus on uptight countries. <br><a href="http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=&amp;q=sex&amp;geo=&amp;date=&amp;clp=&amp;cmpt=q" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=&amp;q=sex&amp;geo=&amp;date=&amp;clp=&amp;cmpt=q">http://www.google.com/insig...</a></p>-dc-Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:59:25 -0000http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2008/08/youtube-and-webkinz-as-case-studies-of-new-technology-adoption.html#comment-1209912<p>Great post and thanks for the insight. Looking forward to exploring these comparisons some more.</p>john ratcliffe-leeWed, 13 Aug 2008 11:46:13 -0000