It’s crowded out there in the political blogosphere -- and there are as many ways to judge influence as there bloggers who stand ready to judge politicians.
But here’s an interesting tool I recently came across: From Wikio.com, it’s a ranking of political blogs -- emanating from everywhere from living rooms, mainstream media organizations, and the White House.
The rankings are compiled based on links from other blogs -- with extra weight given to blogs that rank higher via Wikio’s formulas, and based on how recently an item is published. Blog rolls aren’t taken into account, so only fresh postings impact the rankings. Wikio: About Us
One of the intriguing aspects of this list is that it puts everyone in the same pot. The list has mainstream media blogs -- from ABC News, CNN, The New York Times, and others -- alongside well-known partisan bloggers -- Michelle Malkin, FireDogLake -- and even government-run bloggers, like WhiteHouse.gov’s.
We got a sneak peek at the latest rankings -- due to be published Friday -- below. It’s a fun list to analyze: Huffington Post has the top spot, with the liberal Center for American Progress’ Think Progress and the conservative National Review’s The Corner right behind ...Here’s the Top 100:
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Friday, June 5, 2009
A Blogger's Who’s Who: Wikio's Top 100 Political Blogs
Allahpundit's a little pissed he didn't make the cut at Wikio's latest top political blog rankings. Patterico is sympathetic, "There’s something farcical about a list that omits Hot Air and Ace of Spades, but includes Oliver Willis." Maybe. Patterico's #46 so who's to complain? Others are noticing Wikio, in any case. Here's the scoop, at The Note, "Who’s Who in the Political Blogosphere?" American Power is #71:
MOVIN' ON UP!! It will take a while I am sure but I just registered my place. After 30 days I will be 4 months old at the new place and I had BETTER be #1! LOL!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Donald! You deserve to be on the list!
ReplyDeleteI used to stay in the 70's, around 76 most of the time. Then suddenly I dropped to 120. Today according to my WIKIO Widget in the sidebar, Right Truth is 112, but if you go to WIKIO and do a search for Right Truth you get a ranking of 700 something. Go figure. I don't dwell on any of these ranking sites. There are people who do though.
ReplyDeleteDebbie Hamilton
Right Truth
Just having a little fun, Pundette!
ReplyDeleteDebbie: It goes up and down every month. Who knows how reliable Wikio's rankings are? I'd be a lot more happy if I got Hot Air's traffice numbers!
ReplyDeleteFor your presense: 'grats.
ReplyDeleteFor ToM's absence: rats!
Life goes on.
Life does go on, Smitty!
ReplyDeleteKudos Donald. A well written blog that is thought provoking. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on making the list. That's pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, American Neocon!
ReplyDeleteAs for The Corner . . . can someone explain to me the trick for following actual exchanges in that damn thing? Every time a writer posts a response to another, I go crazy looking for the post to which he's responding, and the problem multiplies the more individual posts are in that "thread," if you can call it that.
Thanks Dennis ... I'm just doing my thing.
ReplyDeleteThank you Chris. It's fun, but not that big of a deal ...
ReplyDeleteHa Duece!
ReplyDeleteNational Review is hard to navigate!
Good job on making the list. Not bad for a 9th tier blogger Dr. D...
ReplyDeleteDang! I feel privileged to know someone in the Top 100! Great posts. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Dr. Douglas.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was a little surprised HotAir didn't make it.
Great to see NewsBusters nipping at the heels of the Kostards, though. :-)
-Dave
I'm still 9th tier, Vegas Guy!
ReplyDeleteThanks SWAC Girl!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! One day, when I grow up, I'll be on that list, too!
ReplyDeleteHi Obi's Sis!
ReplyDeleteI just keep plugging away, actually. Didn't even know I went up to #71!
Great news, Donald! But HA not on the list???
ReplyDeleteYou, JustOneMinute & NewsBusters are my go-to sites, and I also can't understand why Ace & Hot Air [600K hits a day, I read recently?!] aren't there. Jake Tapper on Twitter is also very good, as are Riehl, Gateway, & Surber.
ReplyDeleteThere are no good blogs on the Middle East except Totten, and he is sometimes a bit cock-eyed----although I like Belmont Place, come to think of it. & I do agree with some pro-Izzy bloggers, but the Ezra guy in Canada should be on the list too. Plus Canuckistan. And No Pasaran!
It's gotta be a fluke, Blog Prof. Like I said above, I'll take the traffic at Hot Air!
ReplyDeleteAll good blogs, Dave! Thanks for checking it out!
ReplyDeleteProud of you!!! And you will always be my go-to blog for info!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rusty!
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