It has become quite common that one or more of the ranking sites decided to either go down completely or have major issues just when my software kicks off on Sunday mornings to gather the rankings for the (now) 51 Virginia blogs I track each week. And even when the sites all cooperate, it seems that one or more has decided to make a change to their web page where the rankings are posted.
Which means that it is a constant battle.
In order to allow for an occasional outage of a site, I have added added Quantcast to the mix. I initially rejected them as there were not enough Virgina blogs listed to make them inclusive enough for ranking purposes.
But they have recently made a change and will begin adding more of the sites – so they say. As I do a lookup each week, the blogs will get noticed and the process of crawling the sites will begin.
We now have 5 ranking engines added to the weekly mix. I have decided to throw out the two worst scores and average the best 3 out of 5. Over time, this should begin to reach the point that most of the Virginia blogs can manage to be listed in at least 3 of the ranking sites. This allows those that are not ranked to avoid being assigned a ranking that would always be worse than any listed blog.
The key is to get your blog listed. This will not only help in these rankings, but will also drive more traffic to your blog. And this ranking is done strictly to promote Virginia Blogs.
The top 3 blogs are separated by only a few points. Bearing Drift is #1 overall with an average score of 88,203 with Vivian Paige “All Politics is Local” a close second with 88,721 and Virginia Right! has dropped to third place with an 89,780 average ranking.
Others moved up or down, some very little, others a good bit.
The rankings for last week, while unpublished, were accurate. So the rise and fall is measured with all 5 sites, tossing out the worst 2 for 2 weeks.
Here are the standings!
The Overall Standings:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Quantcast Average
1 Bearing Drift Down (7.57%) 1 241562 86178 155 178277 183107 88203
2 Vivian Page Down (0.60%) 2 222049 42698 1418 -1 -1 88721
3 Virginia Right! Upwards 0.23% 3 263547 53472 64 215021 215806 89780
4 NoVa Town Hall Upwards 83.49% 6 660733 215826 1267 1282442 311214 176102
5 Not Larry Sabato Down (3.31%) 4 418906 128363 3260 -1 -1 183509
6 Citizen Tom Upwards 288.16% 15 2730804 4149441 959 405625 401674 269419
7 Blue Virginia Down (8.78%) 5 455009 90502 -1 324577 -1 290029
8 Snapped Shot Upwards 31.18% 9 1445595 775006 4375 1112985 692029 490470
9 Too Conservative Down (30.95%) 7 1358525 1464090 2021 562139 -1 640895
10 Va Virtucon Down (0.72%) 10 1604684 409234 439 -1 -1 671452
11 Schilling Show Blog Upwards 35.57% 13 1405153 3440411 -1 500178 302171 735834
12 Project Virginia Upwards 37.15% 19 2337938 7595477 5769 2200567 365047 857127
13 Virginia Conservative Upwards 977.37% 44 2261920 776178 1267 -1 -1 1013121
14 Waldo Jaquith Upwards 1.18% 14 2509857 556351 2580 -1 -1 1022929
15 Black Velvet Bruce Li Down (16.17%) 12 2369076 2608278 2249 811687 -1 1061004
16 The Richmonder Upwards 17.67% 20 2720532 3421484 2249 569041 -1 1097274
17 SWAC Girl Upwards 5.16% 21 1686556 2835019 318 -1 -1 1507297
18 The Green Miles Upwards 41.31% 23 4047062 608679 705 -1 -1 1552148
19 DemRulz Down (66.90%) 8 29480421 3821355 2770 1198056 -1 1674060
20 On The Right in Va Down (38.62%) 16 1818096 20870901 5769 3450710 -1 1758191
21 Fishersville Mike Down (45.62%) 17 2942079 3384667 703 -1 -1 2109149
22 VB Dems Down (69.61%) 11 1028000 393677 -1 5441725 -1 2287800
23 Red NoVa Upwards 67.18% 32 6264401 5449037 -1 1384777 798361 2544058
24 Nova Common Sense Down (5.33%) 26 2213584 4540986 -1 1334758 -1 2696442
25 The American Civil War Down (23.73%) 22 8696475 6382093 5769 2033203 -1 2807021
26 Bacon's Rebellion Down (17.78%) 25 4047701 4680312 5769 -1 -1 2911260
27 Crystal Clear Conservative Down (25.58%) 24 4805126 23692963 3260 4283350 -1 3030578
28 Virginia Dem Down (2.03%) 28 5131419 4960880 1139 -1 -1 3364479
29 Moon Howlings Upwards 15.03% 31 6385864 3584204 -1 870685 -1 3613584
30 I'm Surrounded by Idiots Down (9.50%) 30 4204120 6129453 -1 1561320 -1 3964964
31 Deo Vindice Upwards 0.06% 33 5996010 8795920 1947 -1 -1 4931292
32 United Conservatives Upwards 0.08% 35 9789649 5092189 2169 -1 -1 4961335
33 From On High Upwards 0.10% 36 8213437 6747599 1010 -1 -1 4987348
34 The Right Wing Liberal Upwards 4.79% 37 8620486 6346413 503 -1 -1 4989134
35 Right Side Va Upwards 0.11% 40 17455471 12730748 2580 -1 -1 10062933
36 The Farm Team Down (0.98%) 41 21300293 7443958 -1 1814924 -1 10186391
37 Shad Plank Upwards 0.00% 42 586249 136908 -1 -1 -1 10241052
38 Laughing Conservative Upwards 0.01% 43 938723 86051 -1 -1 -1 10341591
39 Armchair Generalist Upwards 1.44% 45 1105906 2453577 -1 -1 -1 11186494
40 Disrupt the Narrative Upwards 0.28% 46 2097559 3205187 -1 -1 -1 11767582
41 Shaun Kenney Down (78.29%) 27 2117441 5770554 -1 -1 -1 12629331
42 Va Social Conservative Down (1.83%) 47 1537619 6669241 -1 -1 -1 12735620
43 Mason Conservative Down (0.77%) 48 4322768 4484303 -1 -1 -1 12935690
44 Rick Sincere Thoughts Down (1.69%) 49 3706338 6352423 -1 -1 -1 13352920
45 Cat House Chat Down (75.71%) 29 2485894 8446747 -1 -1 -1 13644213
46 Mosquito Blog Down (3.15%) 50 3912901 9487915 -1 -1 -1 14466938
47 Yankee Phil Down (3.45%) 51 1809502 11787787 -1 -1 -1 14532429
48 Barticles Upwards 3.31% 52 7005389 7497958 -1 -1 -1 14834449
49 ProgressiveDem Down (62.59%) 38 7060319 8765343 -1 -1 -1 15275220
50 Scott's Morning Brew Down (57.59%) 39 10344932 6253178 -1 -1 -1 15532703
51 Skeptical Observer Upwards 4.31% 53 21773325 9372540 -1 -1 -1 20381955
Left Leaning Blogs:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Average
1 Vivian Page Down (1.37%) 1 222049 42698 1418 -1 -1 88721
2 Not Larry Sabato Down (2.42%) 2 418906 128363 3260 -1 -1 183509
3 Blue Virginia Down (9.52%) 3 455009 90502 -1 324577 -1 290029
4 Waldo Jaquith Upwards 4.03% 5 2509857 556351 2580 -1 -1 1022929
5 The Richmonder Upwards 17.70% 6 2720532 3421484 2249 569041 -1 1097274
6 The Green Miles Upwards 1.93% 7 4047062 608679 705 -1 -1 1552148
7 DemRulz Down (3.64%) 8 29480421 3821355 2770 1198056 -1 1674060
8 VB Dems Down (69.28%) 4 1028000 393677 -1 5441725 -1 2287800
9 Virginia Dem Down (2.07%) 9 5131419 4960880 1139 -1 -1 3364479
10 Moon Howlings Upwards 16.26% 11 6385864 3584204 -1 870685 -1 3613584
11 I'm Surrounded by Idiots Down (6.39%) 10 4204120 6129453 -1 1561320 -1 3964964
12 The Farm Team Down (3.60%) 13 21300293 7443958 -1 1814924 -1 10186391
13 Shad Plank Down (0.02%) 14 586249 136908 -1 -1 -1 10241052
14 Armchair Generalist Upwards 0.93% 15 1105906 2453577 -1 -1 -1 11186494
15 Mosquito Blog Upwards 0.04% 16 3912901 9487915 -1 -1 -1 14466938
16 Barticles Upwards 9.13% 17 7005389 7497958 -1 -1 -1 14834449
17 ProgressiveDem Down (62.60%) 12 7060319 8765343 -1 -1 -1 15275220
Right Leaning Blogs:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Quantcast Average
1 Bearing Drift Down (7.59%) 2 241562 86178 155 178277 183107 88203
2 Virginia Right! Down (17.42%) 1 263547 53472 64 215021 215806 89780
3 NoVa Town Hall Upwards 7.28% 3 660733 215826 1267 1282442 311214 176102
4 Citizen Tom Down (0.31%) 4 2730804 4149441 959 405625 401674 269419
5 Snapped Shot Down (12.30%) 5 1445595 775006 4375 1112985 692029 490470
6 Too Conservative Upwards 12.43% 8 1358525 1464090 2021 562139 -1 640895
7 Va Virtucon Upwards 0.49% 7 1604684 409234 439 -1 -1 671452
8 Schilling Show Blog Upwards 18.51% 9 1405153 3440411 -1 500178 302171 735834
9 Project Virginia Down (39.58%) 6 2337938 7595477 5769 2200567 365047 857127
10 Virginia Conservative Upwards 977.51% 28 2261920 776178 1267 -1 -1 1013121
11 Black Velvet Bruce Li Down (16.17%) 10 2369076 2608278 2249 811687 -1 1061004
12 SWAC Girl Upwards 2.56% 13 1686556 2835019 318 -1 -1 1507297
13 On The Right in Va Down (38.62%) 11 1818096 20870901 5769 3450710 -1 1758191
14 Fishersville Mike Down (44.43%) 12 2942079 3384667 703 -1 -1 2109149
15 Red NoVa Down (3.67%) 15 6264401 5449037 -1 1384777 798361 2544058
16 Nova Common Sense Down (5.37%) 18 2213584 4540986 -1 1334758 -1 2696442
17 The American Civil War Down (10.12%) 17 8696475 6382093 5769 2033203 -1 2807021
18 Bacon's Rebellion Down (14.16%) 16 4047701 4680312 5769 -1 -1 2911260
19 Crystal Clear Conservative Down (25.58%) 14 4805126 23692963 3260 4283350 -1 3030578
20 Deo Vindice Upwards 0.06% 21 5996010 8795920 1947 -1 -1 4931292
21 United Conservatives Upwards 0.06% 22 9789649 5092189 2169 -1 -1 4961335
22 From On High Upwards 0.08% 23 8213437 6747599 1010 -1 -1 4987348
23 The Right Wing Liberal Upwards 0.07% 24 8620486 6346413 503 -1 -1 4989134
24 Right Side Va Upwards 0.09% 26 17455471 12730748 2580 -1 -1 10062933
25 Laughing Conservative Down 0.00% 27 938723 86051 -1 -1 -1 10341591
26 Disrupt the Narrative Upwards 0.68% 29 2097559 3205187 -1 -1 -1 11767582
27 Shaun Kenney Down (77.07%) 19 2117441 5770554 -1 -1 -1 12629331
28 Va Social Conservative Upwards 0.03% 30 1537619 6669241 -1 -1 -1 12735620
29 Mason Conservative Down (1.37%) 31 4322768 4484303 -1 -1 -1 12935690
30 Rick Sincere Thoughts Upwards 0.03% 32 3706338 6352423 -1 -1 -1 13352920
31 Cat House Chat Down (73.53%) 20 2485894 8446747 -1 -1 -1 13644213
32 Yankee Phil Down (3.48%) 33 1809502 11787787 -1 -1 -1 14532429
33 Scott's Morning Brew Down (57.59%) 25 10344932 6253178 -1 -1 -1 15532703
34 Skeptical Observer Upwards 4.32% 34 21773325 9372540 -1 -1 -1 20381955
Article written by: Tom White
