The Blog Popularity Contest
February 20th, 2006
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been seeing a lot of articles about the “haves and the have-nots” of the blogosphere. Apparently, there has been an outcry by the have-nots because the blog elite (the top 50 blogs) won’t link back to them, among other issues.
And my reply to this is: who freakin’ cares?
I wasn’t aware that my self-worth was linked to my blog ranking (which, if you’re wondering, is 78,449 as of today…according to Technorati). And I wasn’t aware that the purpose of a blog was to see how many hits you could get per day.
I thought that the purpose of a blog was to put your voice out there and allow kindred spirits to find and connect with you.
I’m fine being a B or even C-list blogger. And Brains on Fire will happily take a 78 and-a-half thousand out of 28.3 million ranking. Because it’s never been about the number of clicks – it’s about who is doing the clicking. And I can only hope that we’ll never lose sight of that.
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David Burn says:
Amen.
February 28th, 2006 at 10:13 amEvan says:
“Being attractive is the most important thing there is
If you wanna catch the biggest fish in your pond You have to be as attractive as possible
Make sure to keep your hair spotless and clean
Wash it at least every two weeks
Once every two weeks
And if you see Johnny football hero in the hall
Tell him he played a great game
Tell him you like his article in the newspaper”
February 28th, 2006 at 10:16 amOlivier Blanchard says:
See, I keep telling my blog to floss, but it just won’t listen.
February 28th, 2006 at 10:16 am