Rank 1 in Technorati
25 Apr 07 Filed in: Blogging
According to a pyramid image thingy at Change is good, an A-list blog is one that appears in the Technorati top 100. Languishing at 58,000 and change, that elevated Rank One position seems unattainable to me. After a comment from Hmmm Harry Hnetka, I began to wonder, though, if it is actually worth aspiring to this A-list. Ratings are so open to manipulation, interpretation and statistical masturbation. So I took a quick look through Technorati to see if A-listers provide the best blog posts on the internet.
Boing Boing top the list by number of favorites. We did a review of them, a long one, but I don't suppose it was ever read by the boing boing main protagonists. In summary, I rate their posts on all things wonderful, I rate their pioneer status in blogging, and I think their podcasts, in the early days at least, were the worst sound quality ever. The best posts ever, though? Well researched, well-written, but surely nothing you can't read anywhere else - unless I am missing something.
Techcrunch come in at number two by favorite, number 16 overall on the A-list. 377,000 RSS subscribers too! Unbelievable! They must have copied the code from our Feedburner feed? As far as quality blogging, I guess you have to give it to them, they do announce news rather than rehash it. With intros like, This afternoon, so-and-so will release... you have to take them seriously. Their best post in recent times was the convoluted April Fool, taking over Fucked Company. Some of the commenters were seriously fucked over by the con, and came out with some indignant remarks that made them sound more full of A1 crap than the article.
Problogger gives the world of bloggers its pro dose of daily posts. Third most favorited by the Technorati faithful, 68th in the rankings, Problogger is of no interest to anyone except the 71 million bloggers already out there, and the 120,000 joining the blogosphere daily. Is that a big enough audience and are their articles of sufficient quality for them to be taken seriously as an A-lister. I suppose so.
So where are the wolves in sheep's clothing? Which A-listers got famous on the back of link whoredom, with little or no substance to back up their fame? Let's call them the Britneys of blogging!
Number 29 in Technorati. Big guns on the A-list. Obviously full of content, but having read a latest post on protest, my first impression is that I think they are a bunch of rude fuckers whose f-word bandying commenters need a lesson in manners. But this is what they think they are about, according to the wiki
Self styled most hated blog on Hollywood. I didn't think it was too bad, a bit pink, a bit gossip column predictable, so nothing outstanding to write home about as far as content. So why is it an A-lister? Probably the author's name. Can I admit to something? I thought Perez was Paris' sister. What a dumb ass Ed can be sometimes. But there is a clever About section which reveals that she is a he and proud to be inclined towards a she. I am tempted to call myself Paris Pisstaker or Perez Pithtaker. Which do you think will catapault me to A-list status quickest?
I really don't know who is number one in the A-list. What I do know, is if you search on Technorati for Rank 1 in Technorati, you might find a mention of the Pisstakers! This is living proof that rank 1 in Technorati probably mean absolutely nothing in terms of quality and credibility, but I imagine it must be good for egos and business if you are included on the A-list?
Time to go back to that story I am writing on Fucked Company taking over the Daily Kos. They are thinking of calling it Fucked Kos of the A-List Company we Keep. Do you think it has potential?
Favorites
Boing Boing top the list by number of favorites. We did a review of them, a long one, but I don't suppose it was ever read by the boing boing main protagonists. In summary, I rate their posts on all things wonderful, I rate their pioneer status in blogging, and I think their podcasts, in the early days at least, were the worst sound quality ever. The best posts ever, though? Well researched, well-written, but surely nothing you can't read anywhere else - unless I am missing something.
Techcrunch come in at number two by favorite, number 16 overall on the A-list. 377,000 RSS subscribers too! Unbelievable! They must have copied the code from our Feedburner feed? As far as quality blogging, I guess you have to give it to them, they do announce news rather than rehash it. With intros like, This afternoon, so-and-so will release... you have to take them seriously. Their best post in recent times was the convoluted April Fool, taking over Fucked Company. Some of the commenters were seriously fucked over by the con, and came out with some indignant remarks that made them sound more full of A1 crap than the article.
Problogger gives the world of bloggers its pro dose of daily posts. Third most favorited by the Technorati faithful, 68th in the rankings, Problogger is of no interest to anyone except the 71 million bloggers already out there, and the 120,000 joining the blogosphere daily. Is that a big enough audience and are their articles of sufficient quality for them to be taken seriously as an A-lister. I suppose so.
Britneys of blogging
So where are the wolves in sheep's clothing? Which A-listers got famous on the back of link whoredom, with little or no substance to back up their fame? Let's call them the Britneys of blogging!
What is the Daily Kos?
Number 29 in Technorati. Big guns on the A-list. Obviously full of content, but having read a latest post on protest, my first impression is that I think they are a bunch of rude fuckers whose f-word bandying commenters need a lesson in manners. But this is what they think they are about, according to the wiki
Good luck with the mission, but really, shouldn't it be called the Daily rant, or the Daily Fucking rant? Too rude for me to revere them, even in their A-list state of the nation!A Democratic blog, a partisan blog. One that recognizes that Democrats run from left to right on the ideological spectrum, and yet we're all still in this fight together. We happily embrace centrists like NDN's Simon Rosenberg and Howard Dean, conservatives like Martin Frost and Brad Carson, and liberals like John Kerry and Barack Obama. Liberal? Yeah, we're around here and we're proud. But it's not a liberal blog. It's a Democratic blog with one goal in mind: electoral victory. And since we haven't gotten any of that from the current crew, we're one more thing: a reform blog. The battle for the party is not an ideological battle. It's one between establishment and anti-establishment factions. And as I've said a million times, the status quo is untenable
Perez Hilton dot com
Self styled most hated blog on Hollywood. I didn't think it was too bad, a bit pink, a bit gossip column predictable, so nothing outstanding to write home about as far as content. So why is it an A-lister? Probably the author's name. Can I admit to something? I thought Perez was Paris' sister. What a dumb ass Ed can be sometimes. But there is a clever About section which reveals that she is a he and proud to be inclined towards a she. I am tempted to call myself Paris Pisstaker or Perez Pithtaker. Which do you think will catapault me to A-list status quickest?
Rank 1 in Technorati
I really don't know who is number one in the A-list. What I do know, is if you search on Technorati for Rank 1 in Technorati, you might find a mention of the Pisstakers! This is living proof that rank 1 in Technorati probably mean absolutely nothing in terms of quality and credibility, but I imagine it must be good for egos and business if you are included on the A-list?
Time to go back to that story I am writing on Fucked Company taking over the Daily Kos. They are thinking of calling it Fucked Kos of the A-List Company we Keep. Do you think it has potential?
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