Comments on: Wikio’s top blogs in the UK: June ’09 http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Reckons http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94222 Mark Reckons Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:09:34 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94222 Alix makes a very good point in her comment when she talks about the difference between the number of links (with proportionate weighting from the more influential blogs) and reach. I was linked to by Ben Goldacre during my Safe seats/expenses thing in May and tracking my analytics I got a lot of hits from Bad Science (several hundred) and it was only in his side-bar not even linked to from one of his main articles. I also noticed in June that I had a post linked to by Conservative Home (again just in one of their side-bar widget things) and got over 250 hits from it. I also had a post linked to from LabourList actually in the body and got around 60 or so hits. But in the Wikio rankings Labourlist is way ahead of Con Home so you might have expected it to be the other way round. Alix makes a very good point in her comment when she talks about the difference between the number of links (with proportionate weighting from the more influential blogs) and reach. I was linked to by Ben Goldacre during my Safe seats/expenses thing in May and tracking my analytics I got a lot of hits from Bad Science (several hundred) and it was only in his side-bar not even linked to from one of his main articles.

I also noticed in June that I had a post linked to by Conservative Home (again just in one of their side-bar widget things) and got over 250 hits from it. I also had a post linked to from LabourList actually in the body and got around 60 or so hits. But in the Wikio rankings Labourlist is way ahead of Con Home so you might have expected it to be the other way round.

]]> By: Stephen Tall http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94191 Stephen Tall Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:27:23 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94191 Confused - no, these are a sneak preview of the Wikio ratings which will be published on their site on Sunday. I'm not sure how much they've changed from May's ratings, though. Confused – no, these are a sneak preview of the Wikio ratings which will be published on their site on Sunday.

I’m not sure how much they’ve changed from May’s ratings, though.

]]> By: Confused http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94188 Confused Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:24:45 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94188 Umm, I'm pretty sure that the rankings are last months, ie, the list is nearly a month old. July's should be out in a couple of days. Umm, I’m pretty sure that the rankings are last months,
ie, the list is nearly a month old.

July’s should be out in a couple of days.

]]> By: Alix Mortimer http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94181 Alix Mortimer Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:21:24 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94181 Hm, actually "aeons" = since the local elections. It was a good day, basically. Hm, actually “aeons” = since the local elections. It was a good day, basically.

]]> By: Alix Mortimer http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94179 Alix Mortimer Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:13 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94179 Odd case in point, Squiff, that may give a hint to what happens. Bad Science is at 19 and we're at 7, yet when Ben linked to us earlier this month (I feel I can call him Ben; he did link to us after all) we had our best hits day for aeons. Links and reach are clearly totally different things. I guess LDV has a status as a sort of "reference point" for a large number of specialist blogs, so they all link to it all the time, whereas Bad Science is something ordinary people actually read ;-) in the same way they read the newspaper sites of a morning. Odd case in point, Squiff, that may give a hint to what happens. Bad Science is at 19 and we’re at 7, yet when Ben linked to us earlier this month (I feel I can call him Ben; he did link to us after all) we had our best hits day for aeons. Links and reach are clearly totally different things. I guess LDV has a status as a sort of “reference point” for a large number of specialist blogs, so they all link to it all the time, whereas Bad Science is something ordinary people actually read ;-) in the same way they read the newspaper sites of a morning.

]]> By: asquith http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94178 asquith Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:08:48 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94178 Who the flaming hell is reading some of these "top" blogs? I've got no idea how half of them became popular. It enrages me that more deserving bloggers remain obscure. Who the flaming hell is reading some of these “top” blogs?

I’ve got no idea how half of them became popular. It enrages me that more deserving bloggers remain obscure.

]]> By: Costigan Quist http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94168 Costigan Quist Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:11:44 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94168 Congratulations to Charlotte. Over the last two or three months both Charlotte and James have managed big jumps in months when their blogging's been relatively light. Perhaps a lesson there somewhere... Congrats also to Mark Thompson on his continued charge up the charts, although just outside the all-blog top 30. One day I'll figure out whether Wikio rankings mean anything. Until then I'll keep on assuming that they do in months when I go up and that they're meaningless in months when I go down. Self-delusion - that's the trick. Congratulations to Charlotte. Over the last two or three months both Charlotte and James have managed big jumps in months when their blogging’s been relatively light. Perhaps a lesson there somewhere…

Congrats also to Mark Thompson on his continued charge up the charts, although just outside the all-blog top 30.

One day I’ll figure out whether Wikio rankings mean anything. Until then I’ll keep on assuming that they do in months when I go up and that they’re meaningless in months when I go down. Self-delusion – that’s the trick.

]]> By: Ryan Cullen http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94166 Ryan Cullen Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:52:13 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94166 Turns out that doing a copy and paste from an email forwarded from one person to another which includes HTML is never a great idea. URLs appeared multiple times and broke the layout. Turns out that doing a copy and paste from an email forwarded from one person to another which includes HTML is never a great idea. URLs appeared multiple times and broke the layout.

]]> By: Daniel Bowen http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94165 Daniel Bowen Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:35:37 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94165 The collective wisdom of the blogosphere? The collective wisdom of the blogosphere?

]]> By: Jonathan Calder http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94164 Jonathan Calder Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:35:27 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94164 Very amusing, James. Very amusing, James.

]]> By: James Graham http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94163 James Graham Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:26:52 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94163 (sadly, when this page inevitably gets corrected, no-one will appreciate my scintellating wit) (sadly, when this page inevitably gets corrected, no-one will appreciate my scintellating wit)

]]> By: James Graham http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94162 James Graham Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:22:25 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94162 That's an impressive list. Quiet month was it? That’s an impressive list. Quiet month was it?

]]> By: Bernard Salmon http://www.libdemvoice.org/wikios-top-blogs-in-the-uk-june-09-15544.html#comment-94161 Bernard Salmon Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:20:27 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=15544#comment-94161 That's a very interesting list, Stephen. Are all of the top 30 anonymous blogs? That’s a very interesting list, Stephen. Are all of the top 30 anonymous blogs?

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