Long Tail resources
Online Discussion
- The Wikipedia entry
- An informative article about the long tail, which includes a typical distribution graph
- The original article in Wired magazine
- This was the article that got the ball rolling!
- The Long tail book
- A much more in-depth look, going beyond the original article
- The Long tail blog
- Ongoing observations and commentary, by Chris Anderson
- Doubts about the long tail wagging the web, by Lee Gomes of the Wall Street Journal
- An article that tries to debunk the Long Tail
- Chris Anderson's response to Gomes' article in the Long Tail blog
- A classy response to the Gomes article, with better examples and a clearer explanation
- " How large is the long tail?" from the Rough Type blog
- An overview of the long tail debate
Web 2.0 References to Long tail
- Google reference to Long Tail
- Google CEO Eric Schmidt says that Google is addressing both ends of the long tail spectrum
- Yahoo reference
- From the Yahoo search blog
- Amazon reference by David Jackson in SeekingAlpha - Internet
- Article on Amazon's long tail strategy
- Zillow blog reference
- Wall Street Journal's article on LibraryThing
Evidence of Long Tail in other industries