Sunday, March 23, 2008
Wikio speaks!
I don't normally puff websites and products as a result of emails from PR people, but since this new site has been kind enough to mention me, it seems churlish not to return the favour. Like DK, I find myself on the list of "most influential blogs" on Wikio, a new news and blogs aggregator site.
The list seems rather idiosyncratic - as fabulous as I undoubtedly am, this blog is certainly not one of the 10 most "influential" blogs in the country - and there are some notable omissions. Nonetheless, it does appear that there is some method at work in the rankings:
The position of a blog in the Wikio ranking depends on the number and weight of the incoming links from other blogs. These links are dynamic, which means that they are backlinks or links found within articles.
Blogrolls are not taken into account and Wikio only counts links from the last 120 days. We thus hope to provide a classification more representative of trends in the blogosphere.
Moreover, the weight of a link depends on the linking blog’s position in the Wikio ranking. With our algorithm, the weight of a link from a top blog is greater than that of a link from a blog that is less well ranked.
Whatever equation they are using clearly needs a tweak, but for the moment I will not complain. Here endeth the [unpaid] commercial...
Labels: Navel-gazing
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Very kind, Peter. There's nothing less attractive than self-congratulory bloggers, though, so let's leave it at that...
Congratulations Mr. Eugenides, this is Miles over at Wikio.com! Here's hoping your rank increases even higher!
All best,
Miles
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All best,
Miles
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