Comments on: Feedster Top 500 Blogs List Reflections

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:28:08 +0000

English Guy – you’re right – only difference with this one is that its not based on votes, its based on a number of factors including how many other sites link to you which might be manipulatable on a small scale but harder to do so at the top end where they have tens of thousands of links.

By: Gone Away

Gone Away — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:08:54 +0000

Yup, it’s all about links. Never mind the quality, feel the links… :D

By: the english guy

the english guy — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:07:38 +0000

I think that the top “insert-number-here” lists are pointless in that they can be easily duped. Imagine I make a blog, and I get 20 of my friends to vote for me every day. Does that mean, because my blog gets 20 votes a day and 20+ visits a day that it’s popular? No, it just means I know how to persuade people to vote for me.

Having said that though, inadvertant “voting” via plugins, such as blogsoftheday.com has, can be a better weathervane for popularity and import. What about “trend” lists, such as blogpulse? Your rating/ranking depends on how often you post, and how often your entries are cited by others. That seems to me to be a better system than an overall top 50 or top 100 etc.,

But, still makes me wonder why these Top 50/100 lists are popular and used…

By: Cellounge Admin

Cellounge Admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:06:42 +0000

After reading Andy Merrett comment. I retract my earlier comment. I totally agree with what Andy said.

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:57:03 +0000

I don’t think the list will make much difference to spammers. Most use automated tools searching for sites most likely to have open, unprotected comment gateways. The large blogs who keep comments on probably already have fairly good spam prevention systems in place.

By: Cellounge Admin

Cellounge Admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:11:07 +0000

Spammers are going to love that list. Especially the ones who comment spam. The top 500 blogs to put their comment spam. Way to go guys, as if we did not have to read enough of that crap already.

Of course this predicated on the fact that the blogs on that list have comments open.

By: Arthur Cundy

Arthur Cundy — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:01:23 +0000

I agree…a blog is not necessarily more important because it has more incoming links.

By: John (SYNTAGMA)

John (SYNTAGMA) — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:35:27 +0000

How can they tell if a blog is produced outside the US? Apart from obvious ones, most blogs would need a careful reading over time to determine their origin, especially if the blogger doesn’t pin their bio at the top. Surely the really interesting thing about blogs is that they can come from anywhere. This morning I found a Malaysian blog which was writing about one of my posts. The English was impeccable, and the comments too were pretty good. I would never have pinned “Malaysian” on it had not the blogger mentioned it.

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:40:38 +0000

What… interesting stuff outside the US?

No… surely not.

:-p