Comments on: Top LDS Blog Rankings – version 2.0

By: Homeopath

Homeopath — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:00:00 +0000

very interesting….

By: James Tanner

James Tanner — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:01:00 +0000

Interesting list. Thanks for the links to some really good blogs.

By: Chino Blanco

Chino Blanco — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:13:00 +0000

Tim: Sadly, no.

That said, if it were me, what I'd do is tell folks I was using my own proprietary algorithm to generate the rankings.

And then do something silly like divide each site's Alexa score by its Google Page Rank, and rank according to that result.

By: J. Max Wilson

J. Max Wilson — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:11:00 +0000

Thanks Tim, I appreciate everything you do and thank you again for the link to Nothing Wavering.

By: Tim Malone

Tim Malone — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:16:00 +0000

All About Mormons: I did not include your website in the list because my focus is more on blogs and specifically solo LDS bloggers. I love your site and have included it on my sidebar of LDS websites. I know you also have a blog but you also have so much more. You also have great traffic and content. I will be sure to include it on the list of LDS websites that I rank. I plan on publishing that right after I do the LDS group blogs. Thanks.

J. Max Wilson: I removed the reference to the outage. I hate when that happens. I have very much enjoyed your list of LDS blogs and applaud your efforts to only include those that are faith-promoting. Thanks for the work.

By: Tim Malone

Tim Malone — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:08:00 +0000

Hi S. Faux. Alexa has been asked this quesiton many times. They have answered it in their blog. It is called The Long Tail. I have seen this in many other statistally-oriented analytical programs with large data sets, especially as the data set grows exponentially like blogs do.

In short, whenever you have a large number of blogs with very little traffic and your blog is somewhere down in that list, it will jump around in the mllions from week to week. It is only when a site is in the upper 100,000 or so that the numbers really become meaningful to track.

Hi Chino: Thanks for the advice. I tend to agree but have yet to find a better *FREE* analytical tool for determining rankings of websites and blogs. Do you have a recomendation for another tool either free or low cost? I would greatly appreciate a suggestion.

By: J. Max Wilson

J. Max Wilson — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:04:00 +0000

Unfortunately, the hosting service for NothingWavering.org had a major outage yesterday in the afternoon and evening. We're back up now. Thanks!

By: Chino Blanco

Chino Blanco — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:17:00 +0000

Sorry, but here’s the deal: Alexa is worthless. Seriously. Don’t bother.

By: S.Faux

S.Faux — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:46:00 +0000

Something is a little goofy about how Alexa ranks my “Mormon Insights.” I am currently ranked at 4,265,046, and it says my rank has gone down over two-million in the last three months, but in reality, my number of hits has more than tripled over that time. Somehow, I think Alexa has lost track of me. Oh well, that is not the reason I blog. Heehee.

By: AllAboutMormons

AllAboutMormons — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:16:00 +0000

I’d appreciate it if you’d include my blog in your future study. http://www.allaboutmormons.com/mormon_blog.php Thanks.