Technorati keeps track of a lot of blogs...but how many of them are spam blogs that ride the backs of legitimate sites? Don't have a clue, myself, just posing the question.
It's all about our egos, right? Who wouldn't want to be in the Top 100 sites? I am registered with Technorati, but rarely do I utilize it in any way. I don't even remember my account password!
I think that the number of social bookmarking and rating and ranking tools has gone way overboard, and as a result, the true measure of blog popularity is so diluted as to be meaningless.
Patrix
· 3 years ago
My only problem with hits or page views is the number of inane Google searches that lead to our blog. Such readers hardly stick and do not even stay on our blog for more than few seconds. For e.g. DesiPundit gets tons of hits from people searching for 'desi babes' purely due to one post that I linked long time back.
Also, longer the blog has existed, more the content (assuming, of course, regular updates) hence more material for Google searches. So I assume this isn't a fair standard to judge popularity.
Judging by Feedburner subscription is fair but also suffers from conditions that you point out and also requires you to register with Feedburner.
What I like about Technorati that it doesn't require you to register. If you have a blog, it tracks you. Also, linking to some blog is a sign of trust or at least acknowledgement of existence. No offense meant but people may object to credit links although I still think they are fair.
Hiren
· 3 years ago
Well there is a critic's award and a popular award. Once the top rankers have been selected, maybe somebody from the mainstream media or reputed writers could be summoned to make the final decision. In the program "Indian idals" people come from the film industry to pass judgment. Why not here?
Khoj Badami
· 3 years ago
Being on the webmaster side of the Internet it is quite commonly known that links can be spammed, Alexa can be spammed and most other "external" factors to rank a particular page or blog can be spammed! If someone comes up with some other "external" indicator, sooner or later people will figure out how to fake it too.
The future is intelligent internet. Either artificial or democratic internet.
Seriously speaking, in my opinion all the above factors cannot be considered as "sure shot" ways to judge a blog's popularity!
confused
· 3 years ago
I think technorati ranking remains the best bet as Patrix explained above. The only problem I can think of it is that one might get too many links for a particular post despite not being that popular, thus pushing up the ranking. But generally speaking Technorati is the best. The worst measure would be the number of comments, esp on Indian blogsphere since its almost a quid pro quo deal here.
Mel Green
· 3 years ago
I'm and old Digg user and have recently started using Beta Marker (like Digg but for software releases).
To me, user ratings and recommendations are the most trusted way to check popularity.
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It's all about our egos, right? Who wouldn't want to be in the Top 100 sites? I am registered with Technorati, but rarely do I utilize it in any way. I don't even remember my account password!
I think that the number of social bookmarking and rating and ranking tools has gone way overboard, and as a result, the true measure of blog popularity is so diluted as to be meaningless.
Also, longer the blog has existed, more the content (assuming, of course, regular updates) hence more material for Google searches. So I assume this isn't a fair standard to judge popularity.
Judging by Feedburner subscription is fair but also suffers from conditions that you point out and also requires you to register with Feedburner.
What I like about Technorati that it doesn't require you to register. If you have a blog, it tracks you. Also, linking to some blog is a sign of trust or at least acknowledgement of existence. No offense meant but people may object to credit links although I still think they are fair.
The future is intelligent internet. Either artificial or democratic internet.
Seriously speaking, in my opinion all the above factors cannot be considered as "sure shot" ways to judge a blog's popularity!
To me, user ratings and recommendations are the most trusted way to check popularity.
Thanks for pointing out Beta Marker.