blog rankings

As the blogosphere has blossomed over time, writers who have been happily writing on the Internet probably began to wonder at one point or another "How many people are reading my blog?" or "Where do I rank amongst my peers in popularity in the world of blogs?"

One of the first companies to take an algorithmic crack at ranking blogs available on the Internet was Technorati. Technorati offers an ever-updating list of the Top 100 Blogs ranked by what they call Authority, which is simply the amount of links a blog has to it from other blogs within the last six months. This ranking is generally seen as the most authoritative look at how blogs rank in the world today.

Other sites have also tried their hand at blog rankings, including entities such as Blog Rankings, Salon.com, and Technoranki.

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• 11 Most Interesting Investing Blogs Reviewed

  
  Do It, Invest - investing blog, investment tools, financial analysis, portfolio management. The money road. — Authority: 106
  Why not a blogroll? Why didn’t we post a sidebar laterally on our investing blog, with all the investing links we considered interesting? Well, first of all because this would be definitely too long. We at doitinvest.com read lots of investing blogs. And we are very human after all - we have opinions on these, of ...
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• Novembers UK Top Blog Rankings

  
  Wikio Blog UK — Authority: 103
  Brew Dog Blog has seized the number one spot in Wine and Beer this month - an excellent opportunity to bring you their very first exclusive , which they duly did. In Technology ... The Guardian Technology blog retained Top Spot. Sneak peek veteran Neville Hobson brought you the ...
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• New Zealand Christian Blog Ranking Policy Change

  
  MandM — Authority: 422
  You may have noticed I have just now caught up all the blog ranking reports I was behind on due to end of year study focus (my final exam is now 6 days away). You may have also noticed we have included a new blog ranking policy in our eligibility criteria. From here on simply claiming to be Christian will not mean ...
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• Christian Blog Ranking Report for October 09 – HalfDone

  
  MandM — Authority: 422
  Here are the top 10 NZ Christian blogs based on HalfDone’s NZ blog stats for October ; these stats will make up part of the calculations for the MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for October 09: MandM 3 NZ Conservative 4 Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta) 8 Something Should Go Here, Maybe ...
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• Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs – September 09

  
  MandM — Authority: 422
  The Top 10 New Zealand Christian Blogs for September 09 are as follows: [1.] MandM 12 (3 – 21) [2.] NZ Conservative 16.5 (9 – 24 ) [3.] MacDoctor Moments 17 (16 – 18) [4.] Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 20.5 (13 – 28) [5.] Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta ...
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• Christian Blog Ranking Report for September 09 – Tumeke

  
  MandM — Authority: 422
  Here are the top 10 NZ Christian blogs based on Tumeke’s NZ blog stats for September ; these stats are used in the calculations for the MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for September 09: MandM 21 NZ Conservative 24 Say Hello to my Little Friend (Beretta Blog) 27 Something Should Go Here, ...
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• Maggies Notebook Technorati Top 100 Politics: Maggies Notebook Technorati Top 100 World Politics

  
  Maggie's Notebook — Authority: 644
  Many bloggers have watched Technorati undergo changes that left us wondering what the heck was going on. Recently, as Ive watched my ranking, it appeared that the site had their new algorithm worked out - whatever that means. Maggies Notebook Technorati Top 100 Politics Ranking and Authority  Last ...
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• Exchanged for the better

  
  SurfersBrowse LifetechLife... — Authority: 114
  What do you think? Is it a change for the better? I just had to opt for a blog template that would, at least, show my writing in full, sans - without - all the clutter on the sidebar that usually slowed down the loading of the blog.Do you like it? If I am going to lose pagerank for whatever reason, at least my readers ...
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• October Halfdone NZ Blog Stats

  
  Something should go here, maybe later. — Authority: 525
  To be included, blogs must contain posts on topics of interest to the general public. For a more detailed criteria list, see July . HD Rank Tumeke Blog Alexa Alexa NZ Authority HD Score 1 #1 Kiwiblog 83024 179 650 2 2 #2 The Standard 2.02 191970 521 575 17 3 #21 MandM ...
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• Top ten Merseyside boxers

  
  The Boxing Blog - Times Online - WBLG — Authority: 119
  Tony Quigley and Paul Smith square up at the Echo Arena in Liverpool tonight, with the British super-middleweight title on the line. But as important as the title, city pride is on the line. There are few areas with a much boxing heritage as Liverpool. People will still fondly recall great nights at the Liverpool ...
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• The top 50 light-heavyweights ever - No 1, Ezzard Charles

  
  The Boxing Blog - Times Online - WBLG — Authority: 119
    So it came down to a man who many boxing fans will only know as a heavyweight. It is very likely that, when I get round to my all-time heavyweight list, Ezzard Mack Charles, world heavyweight champion from 1949-1951, a man who beat Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott and came close to stopping Rocky Marciano, will ...
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• NZ blogs sitemeter ranking – October ‘09

  
  Open Parachute — Authority: 511
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  2 weeks ago

• Guest Post: The Rise and Fall of the New Zealand Christian Blogosphere

  
  MandM — Authority: 422
  ScrubOne has gone back through the  New Zealand blog rankings over the past year and documented the rise and fall of the Christan blogs to see if the launch of the MandM Top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings has had observable impact. (This guest post is part of open mic week(s) ) A lot of people have noticed that ...
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• The top 50 light-heavyweights ever - No 2, Archie Moore

  
  The Boxing Blog - Times Online - WBLG — Authority: 119
    "They say Methuselah lived 900 years, and Ive never heard anyone accuse him of lying about his age". So goes the brilliant first line of the Archie Moore Story, the autobiography of one of the finest boxers ever to lace on a pair of gloves and my summer reading. Think of great light-heavyweights, you think of ...
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• Over 10% of all blogs are corporate! What are the Top 10?

  
  Marketing Nirvana — Authority: 98
  Quick Update : Coca-cola whom I included in the corporate blog rankings a few months ago, just announced an ambitious program to send three corporate bloggers into space. Nah! Just kidding. They’ll be sending 3 bloggers across all the 206 countries they’re sold in, to chronicle happiness. Quite an ambitious and ...
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• Villagers Black Blog Rankings Are No More

  
  TransGriot — Authority: 604
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  3 weeks ago

• The David Hasselhoff of Ad Blogs: Indian Edition

  
  Renegade Agency Confessional - advertising & media debauchery in Baltimore — Authority: 117
  So, not only do we apparently kick ass in the UK, were now considered the 5th best ad agency blog in the world according to an Alexa ranking-based survey by Orchard Fresh , an agency out of India. Finally, indisputable proof that any findings based exclusively on Alexa stats are absolutely and thoroughly ...
  3 weeks ago

• Villagers Black Blog Rankings is Casualty of Technorati Upgrades

  
  Electronic Village — Authority: 569
  It saddens me to announce that the Villagers Black Blog Rankings (BBR) is officially closing down. The recent changes announced by Technorati make it impossible for me to continue with this volunteer ranking effort. I think that the changes Technorati made are good and needed. However, they have eliminated my ...
  3 weeks ago

• Octobers UK Top Blog Rankings

  
  Wikio Blog UK — Authority: 103
  After a look at the Top Blogs in Europe for October, now lets take a look at the UK. In Technology ... The Guardian Technology blog takes Top Spot. The exclusive look went to Gadget Lite Blog ; it was their first one. Sport still dominated by the redoubtable Arseblog . Bitter ...
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• Dissenting Justice Debuts at #26 on Law Blog Traffic Rankings

  
  DISSENTING JUSTICE — Authority: 516
  Dissenting Justice started last year, but it just reached an important milestone. The blog has debuted at number 26 (measured by unique visitors) on the rolling 12-month law professor-authored blog rankings compiled by Tax Prof Blog. Only three blogs debuted in the top 35. Thanks for your support!
  4 weeks ago

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