Monday, March 06, 2006

Don't use the phony right-wing "blogosphere ecosystem"

I won't even link to it.

Check this out:
Top 4 Conservative Blogs - Via Blogads.com
Powerline - 590,127
RedState - 288,135
HughHewitt - 263.388
Wizbang - 188,841

Top 4 Liberal Blogs - Via Blogads.com
DailyKos - 4,053,290
Democratic Underground - 1,434,904
Crooks and Liars - 1,282,182
Talking Points Memo - 990,132


http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/06/hinderaker-politely-responds/

And this:

1
Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things
Last updated 11 hours ago.
68,124 links from 20,298 sites
2
Engadget
Last updated 11 hours ago.
85,560 links from 15,323 sites
3
PostSecret
PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.

By frank warren. Last updated 1 day ago.
21,271 links from 12,907 sites
4
Daily Kos: State of the Nation
Last updated 11 hours ago.
50,127 links from 10,760 sites
5
spaces.msn.com/after1s
Last updated 1 day ago.
27,380 links from 8,916 sites
6
spaces.msn.com/lin28379801400
Last updated 1 day ago.
30,841 links from 8,506 sites
7
The Huffington Post

By Arianna Huffington. Last updated 1 day ago.
41,065 links from 8,353 sites
8
Official Google Blog
Last updated 1 day ago.
17,119 links from 7,224 sites
9
Thought Mechanics

By Theron Parlin and Matthew Good. Last updated 16 hours ago.
8,351 links from 7,152 sites
10
Michelle Malkin

By Michelle Malkin. Last updated 13 hours ago.
42,345 links from 6,852 sites

http://technorati.com/pop/blogs/

And now compare that to the right-wing biased "blogosphere ecosystem." This mendacious, often tweaked (and usually in favor of con blogs) list lets our mass media pretend sites like instapundit or EVEN LITTLE GREEN FOOTBALLS are popular and influential:

1.Michelle Malkin (3249) details
2.Instapundit.com (3181) details
3.Power Line (2225) details
4.Daily Kos: State of the Nation (2165) details
5.Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things (1995) details
6.lgf: germans at the alamo (1985) details
7.Captain's Quarters (1878) details
8.Hugh Hewitt (1577) details
9.Mudville Gazette (1431) details
10.Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall (1409) details


The fraud running the list program claims "liberals" (always "liberals") "game" his system, and that justifies him tweaking it to make conservative sites look more popular. If you are, in fact, inclined to "game" this farce, I suggest, "ignore" would work better. Your more popular weblogs are enabling the promotion of less popular right-wing blogs to your disadvantage. Just say no to the blogosphere ecology.

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