OK – this is the result of my attempt at ranking NZ blogs using the methods described in Ranking methods for NZ blogs. Besides an overall aggregate rating using 10 statistical measures I have also provided aggregate ranks for three criteria:
|
Ranking statistics |
Linking statistics |
RSS feed subscriptions |
| Alexa Rank | Alexa Links | Google Reader |
| Alexa NZ Rank | Google Blog Links | |
| Technorati Rank | Google Web links | |
| Google Page Rank | Yahoo Links | |
| All the Web Links |
At this stage I have included only 85 blogs (taken from those rating in first 60 of Tumeke and Half Done lists, plus a few extra of personal interest). I am also only reporting here the top 70 of these. For a full list and full ranking details for each of the 10 statistical measures download NZ Blog Rankings March 09.pdf.
So have fun comparing your rank below with those determined by by Tumeke and Halfdone. Don’t forget each survey uses different methods so results will differ and should be interpreted intelligently.
See also:
maxzoneblogoblivionmetricidal at The Inquiring Mind
Rating NZ blogs
- * Currently unavailable





























16 responses so far ↓
homepaddock // March 30, 2009 at 7:54 am
I read a lot of RSS feeds on Bloglines rather than Google reader, do you take these into account?
Ken // March 30, 2009 at 10:45 am
No I don’t – but I would like to get more RSS feed data to make it more representative. So far the only feed stats I have found are the google reader ones.
I can’t find any way of getting bloglines RSS feed stats. Do you know of any such stats?
david w // March 30, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Hi Ken
bloglines does have a subscribers stat, you have 13:
http://www.bloglines.com/userdir?siteid=13578604.
It’s a bit of a pain from your perspective because you need to search for the feed then click on “more information” then hover over the subscribers link to get the number of subscribers.
There might be someway to get a blog’s bloglinesID from it’s URL which would mean you could set something up to automatically get the information you want …
Ken // March 30, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Thanks for this David W. I’ll try to get my head around it. I guess it will depend on how many of the NZ blogs are publicly subscribed to Bloglines.
Looks like it should be possible though.
adamsmith1922 // March 30, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Ken
nice post.
love my improved ranking
maxzoneblogoblivionmetricidal #2 « The Inquiring Mind // March 30, 2009 at 8:09 pm
[...] maxzoneblogoblivionmetricidal #2 2009 March 30 tags: Blog Metrics, Blog Ranking, Fun, maxzoneblogoblivionmetricidal, SiteMeter, StatCounter by adamsmith1922 Open Parachute has prepared another blog listing. [...]
adamsmith1922 // March 30, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Let’s face it, it is all a bit of fun.
My posts on this issue are all about a bit of pi** taking and fun.
Hopefully nobody takes any of it seriously
Except the VDS joke
Madeleine // April 1, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I had no idea we had so many RSS subs!
Ken // April 2, 2009 at 9:26 am
Whoops – you had me worried for a while. The ranking (56) is just the order in the list – not a subscription number. It corresponds to a subscription number of 27.
KibwiBlog has a ranking of 1 for RSS subs – corresponding to a subscription number of 618.
It’s important not to read the ranking as the raw statistic.
Blog traffic to aim for? « Open Parachute // April 2, 2009 at 9:48 am
[...] to their traffic statistics. Some are even interested in how they do in the local blog ratings (NZ blog ranks – March ‘09, nz blogosphere rankings: February 2009 & Half March Half Done [...]
Gareth // April 2, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I still think Alexa’s b*ll*cks. The only way to gauge traffic is to use real numbers. At Tumeke! Tim S threatens you with Alexa to get you to divulge the real numbers…
Ken // April 3, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I guess all the different rating stats have their own methods and quirks. It would be interesting to compare actual stat counter data with the Alexa, Technorati, etc., data. Might try that some time with the publicly available stat counters on Tim’s list.
In the end of course hits and page views really don’t give an indication of real readership and influence.
david w // April 3, 2009 at 3:12 pm
I guess all the different rating stats have their own methods and quirks
You know, if you were really serious about this you could do a PCA and presume the first component is “popularity”.
Of course, telling people that their ranking in the pecking order has changed based on a statistical construct might not be easy…
Ken // April 3, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Actually, I think some people have a hard enough time getting their heads around what ranking means – let alone PCA. These days I’m limited to what Excel offers (and don’t have tame statisticians to help me any more).
Mind you – it would be an interesting exercise.
One year old today « Homepaddock // April 22, 2009 at 5:43 am
[...] Open Parachute’s view isn’t quite so flattering and the Halfdone stats are usually a little more generous. [...]
NZ Blog ranks - April ‘09 « Open Parachute // April 28, 2009 at 1:03 am
[...] only reporting here the top 100 of these. The change figures (+ or -) relate to the March ranking (NZ blog ranks – March ‘09) redone to include Bloglines (see Revised NZ Blog Rankings March [...]