When I created this blog back in February someone mentioned that I should claim my blog with Technorati which I did. At that time Technorati said that my Blog Rank was 5,220,164 which I took to mean that there were 5,220,163 blogs that were more popular than mine. Over the next couple of months I clawed my way to a rank of 4,109,266, putting over a million blogs to the sword. Then one day in late May I discovered, for reasons that were unclear at the time, that my blog rank had moved to 2,007,385—another two million hacks smashed under my Bruno Magli blogging jackboots.
What, I asked, accounted for this steady, nay, meteoric rise? My traffic had remained more or less static during that period. Then I found out about something Technorati calls Authority, which is a list of blog reactions wherein some other blogger links you in the body of a post. This is not the same as being added to a blogroll, that for some reason doesn’t seem to help your rank. Then in June and early July when I was out in the field and not blogging on a regular basis my rank jumped again to 545,876 despite the fact that my traffic was marginally lower. It turns out that getting linked in the body of a post is were the money is.
So, Scott Oglesby of Zodi’s Blog come on down you’re today’s winner…http://zodiblog.wordpress.com/ And Scott, who is Zodi by the way??? I also think that putting the link in this form (with the http thingy) nets higher results than using the link button, I can’t prove this but it seems to work.
Anyway, it appears that in blog rank terms I have just passed the Chutney: The Condiment of Conquest blog and I am right behind the Alabama Can Spell public service blog. Watch out Alabama, I am on your ass.
I am curious if your ranking, traffic stats, and comment count is a meaningful number to you. Actually, for me the comments are more satisfying than stats or rank. Feedback trumps numbers I say. What say you?
Oh, and even the late Michael Jackson gave me the thumbs up regarding my blog ranking.
I for one will miss this goofy bastard and his silly putty nose. Rest in Pieces my friend.
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