Wow. What a difference a week makes. I knew that we had a great week and that our June numbers were looking very good. Tonight I found out that Orange Juice! is now the #1 rated blog, in terms of political influence, in the entire State of California, according to Blognetnews.com.
I am most grateful to our readers for all of their continued support. Thanks also to all of our team members. They have all pitched in this week with fantastic stories – and some scoops. I know that we will all redouble our efforts next week to keep our readers informed.
Last week’s #1 rated blog, Red County/OC Blog, slipped to #2, while the O.C. Register’s Orange Punch vaulted to #3. My friends at the Liberal OC Blog came right behind them at #4. It is great to see that the Orange County blog delegation continues to lead the state in political influence. Congratulations to all of them!
Other O.C. Blogs that remained in the Top 10 included the O.C. Register’s Total Buzz, at number 9, and a blog that covers the state but is based in the O.C., The Flash Report.
I don’t know why the O.C. blog delegation is doing so well statewide. Perhaps our residents are more interested in politics? I know that these rankings take into account our hits, page views, comments, etc. All have been way up this week.
I do think that the fact that we have a team of writers from every political bent helps. Our readers are very diverse, to say the least. Moreover, we have a lot of influence locally in the city that many of us hail from, Santa Ana.
We also live in a Democratic state, so it makes sense that we would do well in that environment, given that many of our writers are Democrats, and I as an independent am free to write good things about them at my discretion.
Obviously these numbers are going to fluctuate weekly, but it is nice to be number one for now!
Yay, bragging rights!
SA politics – a lot like watching Springer. And the SAUSD BoE is just one big dysfunctional family.
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There’s a lot of heart on this blog. I think there are a lot of people pulling for change in the city that some call a slum.
Brag while you can, because these little polls can be so fickle and fleeting. Nice job and happy father’s day to all dedicated dads.
Congratualtions to Art and Co.! A well deserved ranking. What ever happened to that guy who used to write for you and sign his posts, “Simper Fi”???
Poster 3,
Gracias!
Not sure what became of that fellow…he appears to be MIA.
If he is MIA then we should sell braclets with his name on it and we should all wear them until he comes home!
This is really going to anger Jubal and those who advertise on Red County! Why pay to be on the # 2 site???
Great! Next! Just a brief reminder
….to all: “We are only as good
as our last presentation!”
Congrats Art…you be the man! Your choices have made this happen
and we are proud as punch to be
included!
How much stock should anyone put into this? Here’s their explanation on how they compute their ratings — I defy anyone to explain this mystery algorithm:
BNN’s California Blogosphere Influence Rating combines a variety of data sets to determine which blogs are most powerfully influencing the direction of the California political blogosphere. The exact method BNN uses to calculate influence scores must remain proprietary in order to prevent attempts to game the system. BNN’s methodology takes into account the fact that all Internet data is profoundly limited in its reliability by using multiple data sets that, when combined, reveal a fair picture of activity in the blogosphere.
FlashReport is head and shoulders better put together than anything local, has a far grander set of contributors (not better, just more well known), is more experienced politically and doesn’t engage in sniping with the other local blogs.
I smell foul play.
To jump from 6th to 1st is a stretch. If I were in charge of the blog & wanted to cheat, I’d have at least made it a two week progression to #1.
I run a blog as well, and I figured out how to manipulate the statistics as well, but cheating? I think not.
If I was in school, and earned a very high B in a class, and talked the teacher into giving me an A, the overall fact is that I earned a B.
A = A
Attention advertisers, yes you can manipulate the results on blognenews.com
Mr. Galt,
??? I am at a loss for words. We have not figured out how to manipulate their statistics. Nor have we cheated. I don’t even know how we would go about doing that.
We have encouraged our readers to use blognetnews.com’s services. Apparently some of them have. I find their site to be very useful and of great benefit to all of us in the blogosphere.
BTW, we don’t have any advertisers, unless you are counting the google ads on the bottom of our site.
Poster 8,
The Flash Report is very well put together. I do find it, on a personal level, to be a bit much. It is kind of hard to navigate.
I prefer to use blognetnews.com, calnews.com and the daily news links over at Red County, as well as the Topix news pages.
I am at a loss as to why exactly we are doing so well. But I am happy for it.
Congrats, Art! And congrats to the entire O-J team! It’s amazing to see how much O-J has grown, You definitely deserve the props. : )
Andrew,
Thank you my friend!
Not to rain on your little love-fest here, but I think this article is worth a read from those writers from the “left”, now that the voice of sanity (T Gordon) will be missing from the fray.
This article by Matt Taibbi, one of the few political writers with something to say, explains why the Left is in trouble. At least until it gets its act together:
http://adbusters.org/the_magazine/71/The_American_Lefts_Silly_Victim_Complex.html
The sad truth is that if the FBI really is following anyone on the American left, it is engaging in a huge waste of time and personnel. No matter what it claims for a self-image, in reality it’s the saddest collection of cowering, ineffectual ninnies ever assembled under one banner on God’s green earth. And its ugly little secret is that it really doesn’t mind being in the position it’s in
To all of you writing for Orange Juice and other blogs
Poster 14,
There is still plenty of reason here. Larry Gilbert is a solid conservative. Ron and Anna Winship and Ryan Trabuco are all Reeps as well.
And I am a DTS, so I reserve the right to take whatever position I like, irrespective of what the parties think.
Congrats!
RE: #16
From one conservative to another, keep up the good work Larry. Thanks.
Richard Rios
Art-
Congratulations to you and your staff. A much deserved Father’s Day tribute.