tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066523326381482793.post3455270886266263498..comments2024-03-25T02:02:15.771-04:00Comments on It's Not a Lecture: Blog Rankings Are StupidUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066523326381482793.post-75083161577323622892008-07-22T03:24:00.000-04:002008-07-22T03:24:00.000-04:00I think you nailed it with this one. It's funny. ...I think you nailed it with this one. <BR/><BR/>It's funny. Today, I saw my *blog* on a list of top green furniture makers. We don't make green furniture, but we talk a lot about the people that do. But I read that list and I think: "You know, tons of people are going to think this is credible when some dweeb put it together." As a result, I've come to the realization that lists/rankings are very misleading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066523326381482793.post-60352253663398549432008-07-09T17:40:00.000-04:002008-07-09T17:40:00.000-04:00Yeah, when I need metrics (such as they are) I try...Yeah, when I need metrics (such as they are) I try to get them from as many sources as possible. xinureturns is a decent one-stop source for that. And I agree with Joanne that these tools are just not that reliable - but hey, you get what you pay for.<BR/><BR/>One other thing, Joanne - Heather Armstrong has ridiculous Technorati Authority, but if I want information and credible opinion about moms and politics, I know you're the person to go to, not her. If I tried to get Heather to engage on, say, Medicaid or S-CHIP, she'd probably make a joke of it if she acknowledged it at all. But you'd probably write about it and moms would pay attention to it. That's what I mean by relevance and relationships, not rankings.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682509785920799019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066523326381482793.post-27641776779485636232008-07-09T16:00:00.000-04:002008-07-09T16:00:00.000-04:00Thanks for this post. It prompted to check my cur...Thanks for this post. It prompted to check my current Technorati ranking, which was respectable. Now, Technorati says I don't exist and I have no ranking. Guess I lost my "authority!"PunditMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919969826505761593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066523326381482793.post-81849109813786633872008-07-09T10:44:00.000-04:002008-07-09T10:44:00.000-04:00I'm at the point where I either a) ignore blog ran...I'm at the point where I either a) ignore blog rankings, or b) use a large amount of metrics to paint a bit of a "rankings landscape" that acts as a guidepost rather than a mandate.<BR/><BR/>I haven't logged onto Technorati more than 5 times in the last year. And this is ME we're talking about...<BR/><BR/>It's no longer possible to quantify "authority," because as you point out, authority is now really just "extent of relationships."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com