The Blog Rankings are out for 9/25/2011! While I have managed to gather the data the past couple of weeks, a number of obstacles have managed to make things a bit more difficult.
As soon as we got our lights back on from the hurricane, it seems that it has been one thing after another. I moved my business to a new location and did much of the work myself, with my family. So my time has been monopolized by that.
And if that were not enough, it saems that several of the ranking engines have made changes, had outages, and took more time than it normall does.
In the process, I also made a tweak to the data gathering. Alexa has a Global ranking as well as a US ranking. Since I use the US ranking from Technorati, I thought it made sense to also use the US ranking for Alexa. (I wish they had a state by state ranking, but that is asking for too much!)
Of course, some blogs are ranked globally, but not Nationally. In that event, I revert to the Global listing.
While it will take another week (providing the ranking engines stop giving me a moving – or down – target) for the upward and downward movement to stabilize, one change that is noteworthy is that Bearing Drift has moved up to the top slot! As the Virginia election cycle heats up, these guys consistently do a top notch job at covering Virginia Politics.
Congratulations to JR Hoeft and Company!
The Overall Standings:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Average
1 Bearing Drift Upwards 11.19% 1 241562 60645 139 173645 78143
2 Virginia Right! Upwards 17.77% 2 263547 40748 75 220127 86983
3 Vivian Page Upwards 26.42% 3 222049 38301 1628 -1 87326
4 Not Larry Sabato Upwards 2.02% 5 418906 99559 496 -1 172987
5 Blue Virginia Upwards 23.84% 8 455009 70065 -1 256505 260526
6 NoVa Town Hall Down (9.34%) 7 660733 392739 1562 598646 330982
7 Too Conservative Down (8.17%) 10 1358525 508684 1894 800948 437175
8 DemRulz Down (0.83%) 11 29480421 518899 1562 1010633 510364
9 Snapped Shot Down (51.02%) 9 1445595 1354417 2400 654491 670436
10 VB Dems Upwards 23.24% 16 1028000 289907 -1 778097 698668
11 Va Virtucon Upwards 8.32% 15 1604684 602758 386 -1 735942
12 SWAC Girl Upwards 85.09% 19 1686556 558447 334 -1 748445
13 Black Velvet Bruce Li Down (83.01%) 4 2369076 2343147 652 298687 880828
14 Schilling Show Blog Upwards 132.64% 25 1405153 561089 -1 908834 958358
15 Citizen Tom Down (80.56%) 6 2730804 3967279 1104 405440 1045782
16 On The Right in Va Down (34.23%) 14 1818096 13211951 4474 1414983 1079184
17 Waldo Jaquith Upwards 29.77% 20 2509857 734179 2400 -1 1082145
18 Fishersville Mike Upwards 51.16% 23 2942079 516508 702 -1 1153096
19 Project Virginia Down (49.44%) 13 2337938 5380899 5692 1182838 1175489
20 The Richmonder Down (55.37%) 12 2720532 2934195 1048 1151220 1290933
21 The American Civil War Down (57.90%) 17 8696475 4422187 5692 1719900 2049259
22 The Green Miles Down (36.41%) 21 4047062 2584037 2585 -1 2211228
23 Crystal Clear Conservative Down (56.56%) 18 4805126 12447690 530 1958536 2254730
24 Bacon's Rebellion Down (40.67%) 22 4047701 3141213 5692 -1 2398202
25 Nova Common Sense Down (2.14%) 26 2213584 4573125 -1 891868 2559525
26 Shaun Kenney Upwards 9.72% 29 2117441 4962314 -1 788754 2622836
27 Cat House Chat Upwards 15.25% 34 2485894 7090055 -1 1124857 3566935
28 Virginia Dem Down (21.66%) 27 5131419 5598012 2032 -1 3577154
29 I'm Surrounded by Idiots Down (8.43%) 32 4204120 5110447 -1 1470810 3595125
30 Moon Howlings Down (21.72%) 31 6385864 3401405 -1 2527094 4104787
31 Red NoVa Down (27.13%) 30 6264401 5435388 -1 1469513 4389767
32 From On High Down (58.18%) 24 8213437 5973006 1019 -1 4729154
33 Deo Vindice Upwards 6.60% 36 5996010 8835298 2318 -1 4944542
34 United Conservatives Down (44.78%) 28 9789649 5690545 5415 -1 5161869
35 The Right Wing Liberal Down (32.21%) 33 8620486 7094740 2400 -1 5239208
36 ProgressiveDem Down (8.90%) 37 7060319 8236986 -1 2679874 5992393
37 Scott's Morning Brew Down (18.87%) 39 10344932 9974430 -1 2186422 7501928
38 Right Side Va Upwards 112.20% 51 17455471 12813807 4732 -1 10091336
39 The Farm Team Down (55.44%) 35 21300293 7210415 -1 1782562 10097756
40 Shad Plank Upwards 49.22% 40 586249 148454 -1 -1 10244901
41 Laughing Conservative Upwards 49.88% 41 938723 106688 -1 -1 10348470
42 Virginia Conservative Upwards 54.08% 45 2261920 501463 -1 -1 10921127
43 Skeptical Observer Down (46.44%) 38 21773325 12059616 3386 -1 11278775
44 Armchair Generalist Upwards 45.87% 42 1105906 2926340 -1 -1 11344082
45 Disrupt the Narrative Upwards 41.99% 44 2097559 3322340 -1 -1 11806633
46 Va Social Conservative Upwards 43.88% 47 1537619 5997614 -1 -1 12511744
47 Mason Conservative Upwards 31.23% 43 4322768 3988702 -1 -1 12770490
48 Rick Sincere Thoughts Upwards 39.20% 46 3706338 4890283 -1 -1 12865540
49 Mosquito Blog Upwards 39.15% 49 3912901 6943412 -1 -1 13618771
50 Yankee Phil Upwards 43.45% 50 1809502 9454160 -1 -1 13754554
51 Barticles Upwards 22.38% 48 8319708 6834390 -1 -1 15051366
Right Leaning Blogs:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Average
1 Bearing Drift Upwards 11.19% 1 241562 60645 139 173645 78143
2 Virginia Right! Upwards 17.77% 2 263547 40748 75 220127 86983
3 NoVa Town Hall Down (9.34%) 5 660733 392739 1562 598646 330982
4 Too Conservative Down (8.17%) 7 1358525 508684 1894 800948 437175
5 Snapped Shot Down (51.02%) 6 1445595 1354417 2400 654491 670436
6 Va Virtucon Upwards 8.32% 10 1604684 602758 386 -1 735942
7 SWAC Girl Upwards 85.09% 13 1686556 558447 334 -1 748445
8 Black Velvet Bruce Li Down (83.01%) 3 2369076 2343147 652 298687 880828
9 Schilling Show Blog Upwards 132.64% 17 1405153 561089 -1 908834 958358
10 Citizen Tom Down (80.56%) 4 2730804 3967279 1104 405440 1045782
11 On The Right in Va Down (34.23%) 9 1818096 13211951 4474 1414983 1079184
12 Fishersville Mike Upwards 51.16% 15 2942079 516508 702 -1 1153096
13 Project Virginia Down (49.44%) 8 2337938 5380899 5692 1182838 1175489
14 The American Civil War Down (57.90%) 11 8696475 4422187 5692 1719900 2049259
15 Crystal Clear Conservative Down (56.56%) 12 4805126 12447690 530 1958536 2254730
16 Bacon's Rebellion Down (40.67%) 14 4047701 3141213 5692 -1 2398202
17 Nova Common Sense Down (2.14%) 18 2213584 4573125 -1 891868 2559525
18 Shaun Kenney Upwards 9.72% 20 2117441 4962314 -1 788754 2622836
19 Cat House Chat Upwards 15.25% 23 2485894 7090055 -1 1124857 3566935
20 Red NoVa Down (27.13%) 21 6264401 5435388 -1 1469513 4389767
21 From On High Down (58.18%) 16 8213437 5973006 1019 -1 4729154
22 Deo Vindice Upwards 6.60% 24 5996010 8835298 2318 -1 4944542
23 United Conservatives Down (44.78%) 19 9789649 5690545 5415 -1 5161869
24 The Right Wing Liberal Down (32.21%) 22 8620486 7094740 2400 -1 5239208
25 Scott's Morning Brew Down (18.87%) 26 10344932 9974430 -1 2186422 7501928
26 Right Side Va Upwards 112.20% 34 17455471 12813807 4732 -1 10091336
27 Laughing Conservative Upwards 49.88% 27 938723 106688 -1 -1 10348470
28 Virginia Conservative Upwards 54.08% 30 2261920 501463 -1 -1 10921127
29 Skeptical Observer Down (46.44%) 25 21773325 12059616 3386 -1 11278775
30 Disrupt the Narrative Upwards 41.99% 29 2097559 3322340 -1 -1 11806633
31 Va Social Conservative Upwards 43.88% 32 1537619 5997614 -1 -1 12511744
32 Mason Conservative Upwards 31.23% 28 4322768 3988702 -1 -1 12770490
33 Rick Sincere Thoughts Upwards 39.20% 31 3706338 4890283 -1 -1 12865540
34 Yankee Phil Upwards 43.45% 33 1809502 9454160 -1 -1 13754554
Left Leaning Blogs:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Average
1 Vivian Page Upwards 26.42% 1 222049 38301 1628 -1 87326
2 Not Larry Sabato Upwards 2.02% 2 418906 99559 496 -1 172987
3 Blue Virginia Upwards 23.84% 3 455009 70065 -1 256505 260526
4 DemRulz Down (0.83%) 4 29480421 518899 1562 1010633 510364
5 VB Dems Upwards 23.24% 6 1028000 289907 -1 778097 698668
6 Waldo Jaquith Upwards 29.77% 7 2509857 734179 2400 -1 1082145
7 The Richmonder Down (55.37%) 5 2720532 2934195 1048 1151220 1290933
8 The Green Miles Down (36.41%) 8 4047062 2584037 2585 -1 2211228
9 Virginia Dem Down (21.66%) 9 5131419 5598012 2032 -1 3577154
10 I'm Surrounded by Idiots Down (8.43%) 11 4204120 5110447 -1 1470810 3595125
11 Moon Howlings Down (21.72%) 10 6385864 3401405 -1 2527094 4104787
12 ProgressiveDem Down (8.90%) 13 7060319 8236986 -1 2679874 5992393
13 The Farm Team Down (55.44%) 12 21300293 7210415 -1 1782562 10097756
14 Shad Plank Upwards 49.22% 14 586249 148454 -1 -1 10244901
15 Armchair Generalist Upwards 45.87% 15 1105906 2926340 -1 -1 11344082
16 Mosquito Blog Upwards 39.15% 17 3912901 6943412 -1 -1 13618771
17 Barticles Upwards 22.38% 16 8319708 6834390 -1 -1 15051366
Article written by: Tom White
