DISQUS

Louis Gray · 1 year ago

Oddly, you were able to track this before me. When I tried to use the product, it didn't work. And yes, I would easily argue that this is the wrong metric to compare. Scoble beats me in every category, period.

GeekMommy · 1 year ago

well I've got 23 under GeekMommy - but I'm not telling the other IDs I use! ;)

Still... what a neat little app!

Mona N. · 1 year ago

Hey Lucretia!

@Jesse: I echo GeekMommy, that IS a neat app!
Now if only I can come up with a handle... lol

Digital Biographer · 1 year ago

I think from my own experience Robert Scoble certainly (we met in Amsterdam in April at The Next Web Conference) and Louis Gray most probably (yet to meet) are both individuals who have an extraordinary level of curiosity, energy and enthusiasm, as well as the kind of intellects that allow them to be objective. That's why people follow them, and that's how they manage to engage across many platforms and networks.

They both work hard at being visible, and spend time engaging others - nobody would tolerate the noise if they had nothing of substance behind their 'omnipresence'. They are also both very good at developing and maintaining a consistent personal identity or brand online.

Although I don't think either of them really welcome (or merit) such a simplistic comparison, and would probably say it's no race, I am certain what they do have in common is that they probably both get through phone, PDA and laptop batteries with a fury.

jessestay · 1 year ago

David, I agree. Having spent time with both of them, it is quite
amazing to watch how both of them get things done. Both are amazing
at what they do, and I agree - it really isn't a race. It's fun to
pretend it is though. ;-)

charlieanzman · 1 year ago

Jesse - I think you sent 50 or 100 (or 1000) people to usernamecheck. It's really slowwwww. Can just see a whole bunch of people grabbing their names all over the place. Funny :)

jessestay · 1 year ago

Webware and Lifehacker are featuring them as well, so it's not just me
I don't think.

Andrew Pass · 1 year ago

Thanks for the reference. Louis Gray is definitely a name worth checking out.

LukeM · 1 year ago

Not only does he out-omnipotize Scoble, but he arrives here within minutes to post the first comment.

Impressive.

Kevin · 1 year ago

This is a self-imposed title and thus meaningless. Who cares how many networks they belong to? What do they do with those networks? Have they just logged in once? It's like measuring a twitter users popularity by how many people THEY follow.

A true measurement would be about *demand* and I'll bet the demand for either of these guys is smaller than they think.

jessestay · 1 year ago

Kevin, I agree, but I think if you look at the activity they have in
each of those networks, you'll see these two are some of the few
larger influentials that actually pay attention to the thousands that
follow them. Louis and Scoble really do listen to those that follow
them. They have an amazing ability to pay attention, unlike a lot of
the others out there (which there's nothing wrong with - these guys
are just really good!).

Idan · 1 year ago

I find this a very odd post. I don't understand why would anyone write something like this, except for self serving reasons.

jessestay · 1 year ago

Idan, I have no reason to suck up to either of them. I'm friends with
both of them. I found a cool service and thought it would be
interesting to see how many services 2 bloggers known for their web
presence belong to. I thought it was an amusing topic. What do you
think is odd about it?

drewolanoff · 1 year ago

Can I be the next Jesse Stay?

jessestay · 1 year ago

Only if I can be the next Drew Olanoff

Domain Search · 10 months ago

thanks for usernamecheck link, I think I'll use it to track my competitor :D

Busby SEO Test · 10 months ago

Thanks for mentioning usernamecheck com, I will compare my name with my competitor too LOL

Jordan · 7 months ago

that works and its actually pretty cool