Now what I’m about to say is done is good humor – but I can’t help but notice that some of the big boys in tech news might be starting to pay attention to this site – or if not, maybe they should be.

Example 1: As Webomatica just pointed out in a comment, TechCrunch (the #4 blog in Technorati’s top 100) just published an article about the sequel to Wall Street, just as I did 2 days ago. Now that in itself would not be weird at all except for the fact that TechCrunch is a tech blog and this site is (for the most part) a tech blog – and the fact that we used the exact same picture.

Example 2: A few days ago I write about how the changes to Technorati remind me of MyBlogLog (Technorati Gains Authority, Especially With the MyBlogLog Faithful), the next day Mashable (the #46 blog in the top 100), has a post with the exact same observation (Technorati Steps Into MyBlogLog Territory).

Example 3: Yesterday my story on iminlikewithyou.com was published on Pronet (iminlikewithyou: Hot or Not for the Web Savvy), not only do I use it in the title, I conclude by saying “it beats the pants off of Hot or Not”. This morning TechCrunch has a story about Hot or Not.

Again, I’m not accusing anyone of anything. These things are pointed out in jest as they no doubt seem to be funny coincidences.

I’m simply noting that if the big boys aren’t paying attention to this site yet, maybe they should be. They’ll get their news a few days earlier…

[UPDATE]: Duncan, author of the TechCrunch article on the sequel to Wall Street was kind enough to respond in the comments – nice guy. As suspected, it was definitely just a coincidence based on our similar taste in movies. One part of the conspiracy laid to rest…

[UPDATE 2]: Stan, author of the article at Mashable has also responded in the comments. I really appreciate these guys taking the time to do so.

So within hours of the post both Mashable and TechCrunch responded to clarify things! That is definitely one of the great things about blogs and the Internet community in general – do you think if I was writing my own local newsletter and I mentioned The New York Times in an article, that they would reply? Uh, no.

[UPDATE 3]: And another example: about a week ago I published a piece on Kevin Rose’s 101% popular stories ratio (on top of the one I ran 9 months ago on it). Someone submitted my latest one to Digg, but not surprisingly it got buried after 12 Diggs. 2 days ago SEO Disco ran pretty much the exact same story but yet his has 51 Diggs so far which, to add insult to injury, prompted the other site I write for, Pronet, to write a story based on his…

Muhammad laughed when I pointed it out and promised to subscribe to my feed from now on as well. So another situation resolved.

I guess I’m just ahead of my time…