technology crunch and you put it Matt is only a part of it.
Traffic G Hit2hit break that rule Both do well and have nothing fancy about them.
TE's are a group of Niche sites - Some are game sites some are penny sites some are High tech.
and some are just te's in 5 years I thing we will see the te's split apart more and more to be come there own Niche from the original concept.
no matter what a basic te and the most advanced do the same thing they show a site.
just my thoughts