Gizmodo has a +5 times higher authority than Xiaxue.
17 July 2007
Technorati Top 100 - Publishers
7x Gawker Media
03. Gizmodo
06. Lifehacker18. Kotaku
24. The Consumerist
29. Gawker
53. Valleywag
60. Wonkette
81. Deadspin
6x Weblogs Inc
01. Engadget
37. Joystiq
50. TUAW
66. Autoblog
90. DownloadSquad
96. Engadget Japanese
Technorati Top 100 - Non-English
Japanese
27. Gigazine
43. Arlequin
78. Nakagawa Sho
96. Engadget Japanese
Chinese
47. Xujinglei
91. Yangxi
Russian
49. Fishki
83. Octpob
German
45. Unnerkunt
Persian
25. Persian Blog
Spanish
68. Microsiervos
Technorati Top 100 - Popular Categories
20 Technology Blogs
02. Boingboing
06. Lifehacker
07. Ars Technica
13. Mashable
14. Google Blog
17. How to Change the World
27. Gigazine
28. Read/WriteWeb
32. O'Reilly Radar
33. Instapundit
34. Scobleizer
35. GigaOM
48. Smashing Magazine
50. TUAW
51. Kottke
53. Valleywag
59. Make
68. Microsiervos
71. Micro Persuasion
76. Mac Rumors
13 Web (!) Blogs
04. TechCrunch
13. Mashable
14. Google Blog
28. Read/WriteWeb
38. A List Apart
42. Something Awful
48. Smashing Magazine
64. Google Blogoscoped
65. Joel on Software
68. Microsiervos
90. DownloadSquad
95. Google Operating System
99. Signal vs. Noise
13 Politics Blogs
08. Daily Kos
15. Beppe Grillo's Blog
16. Think Progress
19. Crooks and Liars
30. Hot Air
41. Little Green Footballs
52. TPM
58. Hugh Hewitt
71. Jihad Watch
75. NewsBusters
77. Corner, The
85. Captain's Quarters
98. The Daily Dish
9 News Blogs
05. The Huffington Post
22. Treehugger
29. Gawker
40. Topix
41. Little Gr
77. The Corner
81. Deadspin
92. Gothamist
97. The Blotter
9 Software Blogs
04. TechCrunch
06. Lifehacker
14. Google Blog
54. Mozillazine
55. Lifehack
56. WordPress Blog
64. Google Blogoscoped
65. Joel on Software
95. Google Operating System
8 Gadgets Blogs
01. Engadget
02. Boingboing
03. Gizmodo
27. Gigazine
68. Microsiervos
80. Matt Cutts
89. Tech E Blog
100. CrunchGear
8 Gossip Blogs
10. TMZ
20. Perez Hilton
29. Gawker
46. The Superficial
53. Valleywag
60. Wonkette
62. Go Fug Yourself
93. Overheard in New York
8 (Highly) Personal Blogs
09. Post Secret
19. Dooce
47. Xujinglei
69. Binary Bonsai
73. Xiaxue
78. Nakagawa Sho
79. Zefrank
83. Octpob
7 Marketing Blogs
12. Seth Godin's Blog
17. How to Change the World
67. Search Engine Land
70. Shoe Money
71. Micro Persuasion
80. Matt Cutts
88. Gapingvoid
6 Corporate Blogs
14. Google Blog
32. O'Reilly Radar
38. A List Apart
54. Mozillazine
56. WordPress Blog
4 Usability Blogs
21. Creating Passionate Users
38. A List Apart
51. Kottke
99. Signal vs. Noise
Technorati Top 100 - Blogs That Aren't?
Some items on the Top 100 appear to not to be blogs:
25. Persian Blog
Probably not a blog, but the fan page of a blog service.
40. Topix
Not a blog, but a news forum.
63. Metafilter
More of a forum or bulletin board than a blog; should not be in this list.
74. Mog-Gazette
This is not a blog, but a music sharing community's news page.
91. Yanxi
Hard to assess what this really is (about) - even with Google's beta translator.
Technorati Top 100 - A better list
The Technorati Popular Top 100 List is full of little riddles and intriguing cross connections. Since the list is generated from their database, and since their database is filled by bloggers who have been applying all kinds of idiosyncrasies, it's a list full of inconsequenses. So let's first aim for a 'normalized' short title description of all blogs on the list. The most important thing I've tried, is to at least use the titles that the authors/owners of these blogs seem to prefer. In some later postings I'll come back to some of the riddles and cross connections.
For the ranking, I've used last Sunday's authority figures. Correct me if I'm wrong somewhere.
01. Engadget - Electronics, Gadgets, Technology
Authority: 30404. Author: Peter Rojas, Ryan Block. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean.
02. Boingboing - Electronics, Gadgets, Technology
Authority: 25515. Author: Mark Frauenfelder a.o. Publisher: Happy Mutants LLC. Language: English.
03. Gizmodo - Electronics, Gadgets, Technology
Authority: 22775. Author: Brian Lam a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Flemish, Russian, Italian.
04. TechCrunch - Software, Web
Authority: 21367. Author: Michael Arrington a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English, French, Japanese.
05. The Huffington Post - News
Authority: 18129. Author: Arianna Huffington. Publisher: --. Language: English.
06. Lifehacker - Productivity, Software, Technology
Authority: 17105. Author: Gina Trapani a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 363.
07. Ars Technica - Technology
Authority: 16424. Author: --. Publisher: Ars Technica, LLC. Language: English.
08. Daily Kos - Politics
Authority: 12587. Author: Markos Moulitsas a.o. Publisher: Kos Media, LLC. Language: English.
09. Post Secret - Personal, Confessions
Authority: 12291. Author: Frank Warren. Publisher: --. Language: English.
10. TMZ - Gossip
Authority: 11276. Author: --. Publisher: TMZ dot com. Language: English.
11. Michelle Malkin - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 10761. Author: Michelle Malkin. Publisher: --. Language: English.
12. Seth Godin's Blog - Business, Marketing, Productivity
Authority: 10395. Author: Seth Godin. Publisher: --. Language: English.
13. Mashable - Social Networks, Technology, Web
Authority: 9732. Author: Pete Cashmore. Publisher: --. Language: English, French.
14. Google Blog - Corporate, Software, Technology, Web
Authority: 9676. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English.
15. Beppe Grillo's Blog - Politics, Satire
Authority: 9439. Author: Beppe Grillo. Publisher: --. Language: Italian, English.
16. Think Progress - Liberal, Politics
Authority: 9328. Author: Faiz Shakir a.o. Publisher: Center for American Progress Action Fund. Language: English.
17. How to Change the World - Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Technology, Venture Capital
Authority: 8801. Author: Guy Kawasaki. Publisher: --. Language: English.
18. Kotaku - Games
Authority: 8523. Author: Brian Crecente a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English.
19. Crooks and Liars - Liberal, Politics
Authority: 8513. Author: John Amato a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.
20. Perez Hilton - Gossip
Authority: 8509. Author: Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. Publisher: Hoodlum Productions. Language: English.
21. Creating Passionate Users - Brain, Science, Usability
Authority: 8460. Author: Kathy Sierra, Dan Russell. Publisher: --. Language: English.
22. Treehugger - Sustainability
Authority: 8323. Author: Graham Hill a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.
23. Problogger - Blogging, Business, Web
Authority: 8184. Author: Darren Rowse. Publisher: B5Media. Language: English.
24. The Consumerist - Cosumerism
Authority: 8020. Author: Ben Popken a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 233.
25. Persian Blog - No Blog?
Authority: 7975. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Persian. Probably not a blog, but the fan page of a blog service.
26. Icanhascheezburger - Animals
Authority: 7713. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English.
27. Gigazine - Electronics, Gadgets, Technology
Authority: 7305. Author: Yamazaki Megumi a.o. Publisher: --. Language: Japanese.
28. Read/WriteWeb - Technology, Web
Authority: 7270. Author: Richard MacManus a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.
29. Gawker - Gossip
Authority: 7222. Author: Choire Sicha a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 291.
30. Hot Air - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 7175. Author: Michelle Malkin. Publisher: --. Language: English.
31. Explosm - Cartoons, Fun
Authority: 6844. Author: --. Publisher: National Lampoon Humor Network. Language: English.
32. O'Reilly Radar - Corporate, Technology
Authority: 6806. Author: Tim O'Reilly. Publisher: O'Reilly Media. Language: English.
33. Instapundit - Technology
Authority: 6690. Author: Glenn Reynolds. Publisher: --. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 202.
34. Scobleizer - Technology
Authority: 6594. Author: Robert Scoble. Publisher: --. Language: English.
35. GigaOM - Technology
Authority: 6593. Author: Om Malik. Publisher: GigaOmniMedia Inc. Language: English.
36. Power Line - Public Policy
Authority: 6283. Author: John Hinderaker a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.
37. Joystiq - Games
Authority: 6222. Author: Alexander Siwinski. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: English.
38. A List Apart - Corporate, design, Usability, Web
Authority: 6158. Author: Jeffrey Zeldman a.o. Publisher: Happy Cog. Language: English.
39. Dooce - Personal
Authority: 5847. Author: Heather Armstrong. Publisher: --. Language: English.
40. Topix - News, No Blog?
Authority: 5837. Author: Rich Skrenta a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English. Not a blog, but a news forum.
41. Little Green Footballs - Anti Jihad, News, Politics
Authority: 5821. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 81.
42. Something Awful - Cinema, Games, Web
Authority: 5800. Author: Rich Kyanka a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.
43. Arlequin - Cinema
Authority: 5672. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Japanese.
44. Neatorama - Fun
Authority: 5651. Author: Alex Santoso a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.
45. Unnerkrunt - Fun
Authority: 5525. Author: Patrick Behrend a.o. Publisher: --. Language: German.
46. The Superficial – Gossip
Authority: 5497. Author: --. Publisher: Anticlown Media. Language: English.
47. Xujinglei – Personal
Authority: 5416. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Chinese.
48. Smashing Magazine - Technology, Web
Authority: 5360. Author: Sven Lennartz, Vitaly Friedman. Publisher: --. Language: English.
49. Fishki - Lads Mag
Authority: 5353. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Russian.
50. TUAW - Apple, Technology
Authority: 5339. Author: --. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: English.
51. Kottke - Culture, Design, Technology, Usability
Authority: 5278. Author: Jason Kottke. Publisher: --. Language: English.
52. TPM - Culture, Liberal, Politics
Authority: 5264. Author: Josh Marshall a.o.. Publisher: TPM Media LLC. Language: English.
53. Valleywag - Gossip, Technology
Authority: 5233. Author: Nick Douglas a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English.
54. Mozillazine - Corporate, Mozilla, Software
Authority: 5187. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English, German, French, Korean, Spanish, Hungarian.
55. Lifehack - Productivity, Software
Authority: 5175. Author: Leon Ho a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.
56. WordPress Blog - Corporate, Software, Wordpress
Authority: 5174. Author: Matt Mullenweg. Publisher: --. Language: English.
57. Peety Passion - Fun, Media, Personal
Authority: 5159. Author: Peety. Publisher: --. Language: English.
58. Hugh Hewitt - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 5130. Author: Hugh Hewitt. Publisher: --. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 38.
59. Make - DIY, Technology
Authority: 5040. Author: Phillip Torrone a.o. Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc . Language: English.
60. Wonkette - Gossip
Authority: 5017. Author: Alex Pareene a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English.
61. Jihad Watch - Anti Jihad, Politics
Authority: 4927. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English.
62. Go Fug Yourself - Fashion, Gossip
Authority: 4904. Author: Heather, Jessica. Publisher: Well Played, Inc.. Language: English.
Daily visitors x 1,000: 110.
63. Metafilter - Forum, No Blog?
Authority: 4847. Author: Matt Haughey. Publisher: --. Language: English. More of a forum or bulletin board than a blog.
64. Google Blogoscoped - Google, Software, Web
Authority: 4784. Author: Philipp Lenssen. Publisher: --. Language: English.
65. Joel on Software - Business, Software
Authority: 4760. Author: Joel Spolsky. Publisher: --. Language: English, French, Japanese, German, Korean, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Arabic & c. 20 more.
66. Autoblog - Automotive, News
Authority: 4760. Author: --. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 442.
67. Search Engine Land - Marketing
Authority: 4747. Author: Danny Sullivan a.o.. Publisher: Third Door Media, Inc. Language: English.
68. Microsiervos - Gadgets, Technology, Web
Authority: 4727. Author: Nacho Palou a.o. Publisher: WSL Selección. Language: Spanish.
69. Binary Bonsai - Personal, Wordpress
Authority: 4643. Author: Michael Heilemann. Publisher: --. Language: English.
70. Shoe Money - Marketing
Authority: 4565. Author: Jeremy Schoemaker. Publisher: --. Language: English.
71. Micro Persuasion - Marketing, Media, PR, Technology
Authority: 4508. Author: Steve Rubel. Publisher: --. Language: English.
72. Pronet Advertising – Marketing
Authority: 4502. Author: Neil Patel. Publisher: ACS. Language: English.
73. Xiaxue - Personal
Authority: 4468. Author: Wendy Cheng. Publisher: --. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 17.
74. Mog-Gazette - Music, No Blog?
Authority: 4374. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English. This is not a blog, but a music sharing community's news page.
75. NewsBusters - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 4358. Author: Brent Baker a.o. Publisher: Media Research Center. Language: English.
76. Mac Rumors - Apple, Technology
Authority: 4302. Author: Arnold Kim. Publisher: --. Language: English.
77. The Corner - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 4302. Author: Byron York a.o. Publisher: National Review. Language: English.
78. Nakagawa Sho - Music, Personal
Authority: 4286. Author: Nakagawa Sho. Publisher: Watanabe Entertainment. Language: Japanese.
79. Zefrank - Fun, Personal
Authority: 4248. Author: Ze Frank. Publisher: --. Language: English.
80. Matt Cutts - Electronics, Gadgets, Google, Marketing
Authority: 4237. Author: Matt Cutts. Publisher: --. Language: English.
81. Deadspin - News, Sports
Authority: 4210. Author: Will Leitch a.o. Publisher: Gawker Media. Language: English.
82. 43 Folders - Productivity
Authority: 4163. Author: Merlin Mann. Publisher: --. Language: English.
83. Octpob - Personal
Authority: 4144. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Russian.
84. Techdirt - Community, Technology
Authority: 4025. Author: Mike Masnick a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.
85. Captain's Quarters - Conservative, Politics
Authority: 3988. Author: Ed Morrissey. Publisher: --. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 31.
86. Cute Overload - Animals
Authority: 3947. Author: Meg Frost. Publisher: --. Language: English.
87. Dilbert Blog- Cartoons, Fun
Authority: 3905. Author: Scott Adams. Publisher: --. Language: English.
88. Gapingvoid - Cartoons, Marketing, Microsoft, Wine
Authority: 3891. Author: Hugh MacLeod. Publisher: --. Language: English.
89. Tech E Blog - Electronics, Gadgets, Technology
Authority: 3891. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English.
90. DownloadSquad - Mobile, Technology, Web
Authority: 3872. Author: Chris Gilmer a.o. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: English.
91. Yanxi – No Blog?
Authority: 3851. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: Chinese. Hard to assess what this really is (about) - even with Google's beta translator.
92. Gothamist - News, New York
Authority: 3825. Author: Jen Chung a.o. Publisher: Gothamist LLC. Language: English.
93. Overheard in New York - Gossip, New York
Authority: 3783. Author: Morgan Friedman a.o.. Publisher: --. Language: English.
94. StereoGum - Music, New York
Authority: 3776. Author: Scott Lapatine a.o. Publisher: --. Language: English.
95. Google Operating System - Google, OS, Software, Web
Authority: 3701. Author: --. Publisher: --. Language: English.
96. Engadget Japanese - Electronics, Gadgets
Authority: 3670. Author: --. Publisher: Weblogs Inc. Language: Japanese.
97. The Blotter - News
Authority: 3656. Author: Simon Surowicz a.o. Publisher: ABC News. Language: English.
98. The Daily Dish - Liberal, Politics
Authority: 3619. Author: Andrew Sullivan. Publisher: The Atlantic. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 95.
99. Signal vs. Noise - Culture, Design, Usability, Web
Authority: 3561. Author: Jason Fried a.o. Publisher: 37signals. Language: English.
100. CrunchGear - Electronics, Gadgets
Authority: 3535. Author: John Biggs a.o. Publisher: Techcrunch. Language: English. Daily visitors x 1,000: 23.
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