Comments on: Top of the Blogs: The Golden Ton http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Duncan Borrowman http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28614 Duncan Borrowman Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:01:52 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28614 Oh all right Alex. But unlike James Graham's listing I see I have been awarded my LDV entry - which James gives to LDV - at 39. Shouldn't LDV get this? Oh all right Alex. But unlike James Graham’s listing I see I have been awarded my LDV entry – which James gives to LDV – at 39. Shouldn’t LDV get this?

]]> By: Alex Foster http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28593 Alex Foster Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:17:37 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28593 Duncan, you already have four in your own right! I'm not sure you can claim my only ranking as your own as well! Duncan, you already have four in your own right! I’m not sure you can claim my only ranking as your own as well!

]]> By: Duncan Borrowman http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28590 Duncan Borrowman Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:44:57 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28590 Note that I am claiming number 45 as mine :-) Note that I am claiming number 45 as mine :-)

]]> By: Mark Valladares http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28565 Mark Valladares Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:51:17 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28565 Gosh, little old me at number one... I'd like to dedicate this 'award' to my fiancee, my family, my favourite junior school teacher, and most of all to Susanne, without whom none of this would be possible... Gosh, little old me at number one… I’d like to dedicate this ‘award’ to my fiancee, my family, my favourite junior school teacher, and most of all to Susanne, without whom none of this would be possible…

]]> By: Jonathan Wallace http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28558 Jonathan Wallace Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:58:26 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28558 Typical. All those indepth political commentary style postings I put up and what happens? You all end up looking at the pics I took of Chris Rennard's BBQ! Mind you, what sometimes blows it for me is when I put up a post about something the Labour or Conservatives have done that no one else has covered. And then Lib Dem Voice comes along and writes a post about my post with a link to it. Everyone therefore follows the link from Lib Dem Voice instead of from Lib Dem Blogs. So some of my most visited posts will get hardly any clicks from LDB to get on the top 100 list! I have a good example of that last week. My post about our ridiculous local Labour MP writing a motion to praise herself had a huge number of hits, nearly all from Lib Dem Voice. Perhaps we should have a top 100 links from LDV? Typical. All those indepth political commentary style postings I put up and what happens? You all end up looking at the pics I took of Chris Rennard’s BBQ!

Mind you, what sometimes blows it for me is when I put up a post about something the Labour or Conservatives have done that no one else has covered. And then Lib Dem Voice comes along and writes a post about my post with a link to it. Everyone therefore follows the link from Lib Dem Voice instead of from Lib Dem Blogs. So some of my most visited posts will get hardly any clicks from LDB to get on the top 100 list! I have a good example of that last week. My post about our ridiculous local Labour MP writing a motion to praise herself had a huge number of hits, nearly all from Lib Dem Voice. Perhaps we should have a top 100 links from LDV?

]]> By: Jeremy Hargreaves http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28556 Jeremy Hargreaves Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:37:42 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28556 I'm a big fan of libdemblogs and get quite a bit of my traffic from it - and obviously if something has had lots of clickthroughs from ldb then people were interested in it. But like others can I caution about treating the most clicked-through posts as necessarily the most popular in a scientific way? There will be lots of people who will follow directly popular Lib Dem blogs like, say, Norfolk Blogger (either through the site or its RSS feed) who never go near libdemblogs. Obviously these are not then recorded. None of this is to diminish libdemblogs, which is immensely useful, especially for the less well read blogs or those which don't post that frequently. The clickthroughs from libdemblogs method has an in-built bias towards the less well known blogs. This is arguably how it should be and how it is most useful, given that lots of people already read the other popular ones, but it does mean we should be careful treating the 'most clicked-through' as the 'most popular' Lib Dem blogposts. Of course we now have a separate competition for that (and I'm about to email in my nominations!) I’m a big fan of libdemblogs and get quite a bit of my traffic from it – and obviously if something has had lots of clickthroughs from ldb then people were interested in it.

But like others can I caution about treating the most clicked-through posts as necessarily the most popular in a scientific way? There will be lots of people who will follow directly popular Lib Dem blogs like, say, Norfolk Blogger (either through the site or its RSS feed) who never go near libdemblogs. Obviously these are not then recorded.

None of this is to diminish libdemblogs, which is immensely useful, especially for the less well read blogs or those which don’t post that frequently.

The clickthroughs from libdemblogs method has an in-built bias towards the less well known blogs. This is arguably how it should be and how it is most useful, given that lots of people already read the other popular ones, but it does mean we should be careful treating the ‘most clicked-through’ as the ‘most popular’ Lib Dem blogposts. Of course we now have a separate competition for that (and I’m about to email in my nominations!)

]]> By: Rob F http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28555 Rob F Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:30:23 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28555 A lot of these posts are from the last few months, which suggests that the number of people accessing the Lib Dem blogosphere may have risen sharply over the last year (as well as the quality of the contributions going up!) A lot of these posts are from the last few months, which suggests that the number of people accessing the Lib Dem blogosphere may have risen sharply over the last year (as well as the quality of the contributions going up!)

]]> By: Duncan Borrowman http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28548 Duncan Borrowman Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:53:16 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28548 "Blogging means interspersing longer pieces with small snippets." Does it? Can't find that definition anywhere. But I do agree with your point on click throughs - something that will get me a wothlessly high rating for a post this week, but plenty of traffic for Stephen's blog! “Blogging means interspersing longer pieces with small snippets.”

Does it? Can’t find that definition anywhere. But I do agree with your point on click throughs – something that will get me a wothlessly high rating for a post this week, but plenty of traffic for Stephen’s blog!

]]> By: Toby Philpott http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28547 Toby Philpott Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:09:01 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28547 I was obviously too restrained in my post.... I was obviously too restrained in my post….

]]> By: Laurence Boyce http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28527 Laurence Boyce Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:11:50 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28527 Even more annoying is the fact that none of my splendid pieces have made the top hundred. I don't want to sulk, but frankly many of the above list are not worth reading. I mean no disrespect when I say that. Blogging means interspersing longer pieces with small snippets. But it's pretty silly if those snippets then make the rankings. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has clicked on a link from the aggregator and then wished I hadn't bothered. Could we not try filtering out the small stuff in future? Even more annoying is the fact that none of my splendid pieces have made the top hundred. I don’t want to sulk, but frankly many of the above list are not worth reading. I mean no disrespect when I say that. Blogging means interspersing longer pieces with small snippets. But it’s pretty silly if those snippets then make the rankings. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has clicked on a link from the aggregator and then wished I hadn’t bothered. Could we not try filtering out the small stuff in future?

]]> By: Jock http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28520 Jock Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:29:42 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-blogs-the-golden-ton-1245.html#comment-28520 Somewhat annoying that my most flippant, gossipy posts are ones that make the top hundred. Huh. All that effort! Somewhat annoying that my most flippant, gossipy posts are ones that make the top hundred. Huh. All that effort!

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