• GigaOm, Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:31 PM

According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, the Drudge Report sends more than twice as much traffic to top news sites as Facebook, and seven times as much as Twitter. Yet, despite this feat, "If you mention Matt Drudge in the tech world, the best you can hope for is a smirk," writes Eric Jackson, co-founder and CEO of fund-raising platform provider CapLinked, in a column for GigaOm.

Why isn't Drudge lauded in Silicon Valley as a Web innovator?

"Maybe it's because the design of his Website has changed little in 14 years ... He's not on the cusp of the latest Web technology to deliver content ... Plus, he is politically conservative, which is at odds with the Silicon Valley area's liberal ethos."

Despite their differences, however, Jackson suggests that tech leaders and new media pioneers have a ton to learn from Matt Drudge. "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might be Time's reigning Person of the Year, but when it comes to influencing the distribution of online news, he's still no match for Matt Drudge," he writes.

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