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Technorati (the blog monitoring site) has just released its latest state of the blogosphere report. Among other things, the report looks at how blogs come to be authoritative (a question I’ve often asked myself). They measured authority according to how many blogs linked to the blog within a six month period. They only included blogs that had a minimum of three lnks. Anyhow, technorati found that there are some common characteristics of top bloggers. The biggest determinant was how often bloggers posted (d’oh). The ‘blogging elite’(the very high authority group - 500 or more blogs linking to their blog in the last 6 months) posted around two times per day. This group represents the top 4000 blogs. The next two groups (the high authority group with 100-499 blogs linking in the last 6 months and the middle authority group with 10-99 blogs linking in the last 6 months) both posted around 18 times a month - 50% more than blogs in the low authority group. The main factor distinguishing the high and middle authority groups was the age of the blog - the older the blog, the more likely they were to have more people linking to them. That makes sense, because I guess the longer you stick around the more likely it is that people will find you. So, I guess the take out for Veggie Friendly (currently a middle authority blog) is that I have to be diligent with my posts, and just keep on keeping on. Hmm, this authority business seems like a lot of work.
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6 Comments posted on "Being the best that I can"
Jackie on November 16th, 2006 at 3:48 pm #
Now you know what it felt like to be Billy Hughes.
kpounder on November 17th, 2006 at 7:59 am #
Kicked out of every team you work in, spurned by the Australian public who can’t understand your brilliant ideas… yes, this is my life.
The Editor on November 17th, 2006 at 3:33 pm #
I think you should be mighty proud of what you’ve achieved, Kate. From a standing start you’ve shot up to a Google pagerank of five at light speed, you’ve built up a solid base of commenters and readers, and you seem to be well respected by like-minded blogs. Basically, you’ve created a blog in record time that most other bloggers can only dream about. Well done!
kpounder on November 17th, 2006 at 5:11 pm #
That’s really sweet, Ed. Much appreciated. Still dreaming of being as tenth as good as Grods. How do you know what my Google page rank is? (Or I guess, how do I find that out for myself)?
The Editor on November 18th, 2006 at 9:07 pm #
If you’re using Firefox download the Google toolbar. It’s got a little widget on it that tells you the pagerank of the site you’re visiting.
kpounder on November 19th, 2006 at 2:28 pm #
Cheers Ed. That’s really helpful. Have now installed it. Post a comment
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