Comments on: Do You Still Believe in Blog Ranks or Current Ranking Systems?

By: Alexa Rank Update Problem and Workaround

Alexa Rank Update Problem and Workaround — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:57:31 +0000

[...] you believe in the current ranking systems and Alexa in [...]

By: CzarDomains

CzarDomains — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:50:42 +0000

Alexa ranking is such a bogus, ask for the server traffic

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:30:15 +0000

@Joyce, thanks for your visit and comment… Please visit again and also provide feedback on our posts.

Cheers, Ajith

By: Joyce

Joyce — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:03:59 +0000

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By: Augie

Augie — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:58:26 +0000

I think it’s all about trend. Given there are so many different measuring sticks out there, I think you need to pick one or two and stick with them. Another good measure, as many have stated, is comments. Although, some articles are better for comments than others, so it’s not always a good measure.

A great measure is how much money you’re making from the blog. If more money is coming in, then that’s good.

It all depends on what your motivation is. Do you want traffic for traffic’s sake, or do you have other motivation. Money? Fame? Power? Bragging Rights?

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:27:39 +0000

@qarla, welcome to D$. You are right, at some point it’s not just about passion…to keep the passion high, we need some motivation as well and hence blog income is equally important. And that’s the only reason why ranks matter though they are not always the best metrics.

If you were not monetizing does it really matter whether you have PR0 or PR10

By: qarla

qarla — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:55:40 +0000

great thought. Most bloggers today don't blog for passion, they blog for money and for competition, sad reality.qarla's last blog post... Jobert Sucaldito, Nagparinig, One True Love, hindi daw kumita

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:10:06 +0000

@Tammy, I completely agree…and you and your readers of ADayToShare are classic examples of how nicely engaged can a blogger and his/her readers be.

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By: Tammy Warren

Tammy Warren — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:23:35 +0000

Reader engagement to me! That is how I measure myself. It is important to me to have readers connect and not just those that pass by.Tammy Warren's last blog post... A Glance Into a Year of Blogging

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:21:39 +0000

@Barbara, you are absolutely right! As long as you do justice to your readers and readers do it between themselves, what is transceived among everybody is what actually counts!

@Mitch, I liked your example on the dog’s day out and blogging about the same. It’s amazing how some people can write pages together and talk hours about virtually nothing like CNN reporters.

Yep, as you said…there’s no perfect system but comparison of numbers might help sometimes – at least our own progress month after month

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:18:52 +0000

I think it's hard to come up with the perfect system, so one has to take all of the numbers that are available and do with them what they can. Not sure if you saw my November report, but I just put out the numbers I have and they can be compared to what occurred the month before.If anyone ever does come up with a metric on content, I think they'd become rich very quickly. However, even content can be suspect. If a person wrote 5,000 words on what they did with their dog on a beach one day is that really more valuable than a 700 word piece on making money on the stock market? And, if daily activity counts, then most teenage girls are going to lead the pack.So, we're stuck with what's out there, what's truly measurable. It'll have to do for now. But Winning The Web has done a nice job, I'd have to say. Obviously it's not totally accurate, since you have to submit your blog for consideration, but at least it shows some pretty interesting metrics to compare with.Mitch's last blog post... Still Losing Affiliates

By: Barbara Swafford - Blogging Without A Blog

Barbara Swafford - Blogging Without A Blog — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:59:58 +0000

Hi Ajith - I think reader engagement is the best measurement. It's real and can't be faked (unless a person seeds their own comment section). Whether we have one comment or 100, if what we wrote touches one life, we've done a great job.Barbara Swafford - Blogging Without A Blog's last blog post... The Unseen Benefit of Commenting

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:27:13 +0000

@DM, I absolutely agree with you… I didn’t want to touch the RSS count part mainly because feedburner can be still hacked to show thousands of feed readers. Not sure, if they fixed it yet.

Another thing I was thinking of to include was the ‘reach’ which Alexa is incorporating but again, there seems to be ways to work around it. Reach of your blog is a real good metric to measure the success, I think.

@Tom, haha… I can understand your feelings. I am shuttling between 230 and 236 for the past two three weeks. Need to somehow hack Gyutae’s algorithm

@Gyutae, you are welcome. And, I know for sure, that the ultimate and perfect ranking system cannot be easily implemented. But hey, appreciate on your attempt and I totally understand the little bit of weightage you are adding for the links from WTW.

@NIhar, thank you very much buddy…

Thanks everyone…

By: Nihar

Nihar — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:37:12 +0000

Very good post. I agree with you on the points you covered for ranking the blogs.

By: Gyutae Park

Gyutae Park — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:44:54 +0000

Hey Ajith,
Thanks for the mention. You list out some very good metrics for ranking – unfortunately a lot of those aren’t publicly available or difficult to obtain on a mass scale. If you can figure it out, I’d love to see your list!

As for links from WTW counting in the IM Top Blogs algorithm, that’s only there to encourage interaction with me. It’s not weighted too much and shouldn’t really affect the ranks. But I did want to include it in there so that my own opinion of which blogs should rank counts for something (although barely).

Cheers!

By: Tom - StandOutBlogger.com

Tom - StandOutBlogger.com — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:04:39 +0000

WinningTheWebs list is a lot more comprehensive that the other top lists I have seen, and it’s a lot harder to climb it too

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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:52:03 +0000

Your criteria for the perfect ranking system is great – really well thought out. I think reader engagement has got to be near the top for ranking a blog.

You know how I feel about Page Rank – there is no transparency. It’s given and then it’s taken away.

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By: Domain Marvelous

Domain Marvelous — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:29:00 +0000

The best measure of any blogs success can be attributed to only two activities: reader comments or RSS subscription. You can have a high visitor number and Alexa ranking by getting traffic from social bookmarking, but how many of these visitors actually read your articles or comment on your posts. Not many, I guess...If you get a high percentage of reader engagement, you can be assured that your posts are appreciated by your visitors.Domain Marvelous's last blog post... Namecheap.com giveaway - $17,000 worth of Domains and Hosting