The new Blognetnews.com blog rankings came out tonight. Congratulations to the O.C. Register. Their Orange Punch blog came in first place, and their Total Buzz blog came in at fourth place.
My friends at Liberal OC moved up to third place, just behind Red County/OC Blog, which stayed at second place. Orange Juice! rounded out the top five.
Interestingly, Orange County blogs took all of the top 5 spots, and the Flash Report, which originates here in the O.C., came in sixth. For whatever reason, O.C. blogs are dominating the political blogosphere in California.
It takes a lot of hard work to stay on top of these rankings. I thank our readers and our bloggers for all of their efforts. We will soon be announcing a new blogger that I think will impress everyone.
For those of you curious about Benny Diaz, who was supposed to be joining us, please know that the past few months have been very hard on him. His mother took ill and she passed away recently. God bless you Benny! Hang in there. We’ll keep a spot in our blogpen open for you – when you are ready.
Big drop from 1 to 5.Bring back Gordon
Yawn…..
Bad moderation and censure ship!
It gets boring after while when you post everything in your favor, Art.
Although Red County/OC Blog has been doing well in this ranking, it’s pretty clear it’s a marketing device — albeit an ingenious one — by BlogNetNews.
They send e-mails to all of us inviting us to check out their blog rankings. We get excited about it and post links from our blog to BNN — not mention pasting their ready-made graphics so BNN gets free blog ad placement.
Otherwise, how often do any of the Orange County blogs — or California blogs — post links to BNN?
Besides, any list of “California’s Most Influential Political Blogs” that omits Dan Weintruab’s “California Insider,” the SF Chronicles “Politics” blog and the LA Times “Political Muscle” blog (which is on temporary hiatus) — has to be suspect.
The list is neat to see. I was initially excited about it when it debuted. And I think it is an indication of how OC has the most vibrant local blogosphere in the state, but it’s still, at heart, a marketing gimmick that we should take too seriously..
Jubal,
Maybe. But if they ranked you #1 every week I think you would still have their link up…LOL
Art,
BNN can rank us #1 from here to Kingdom come, but it’s not going back up on Red County until we’re convinced it’s a credible ranking. They can start by ending the omission of some of the truly most influential blogs in the state.
I can sorta see celebrating #1 or even #2. Celebrating #5 seems a bit special olympics to me….where everyone gets a trophy.
You know what they say about the Special Olympics: even if you win, you’re still retarded!
Which makes your comparison especially appropriate regarding Art.
Congratulations Art.According to the hits counted ,the O.Juice is as popular as the other blogs mentioned.They don’t minimize those.I womder why?I am sorry, we do know why.Your success makes them behave as if they were gut shot.
Yesterday, Jubal said:
“Besides, any list of “California’s Most Influential Political Blogs” that omits Dan Weintruab’s “California Insider,” the SF Chronicles “Politics” blog and the LA Times “Political Muscle” blog (which is on temporary hiatus) — has to be suspect.”
Once again, this is factually inaccurate: BNN does include California Insider and it has been in the top 20. BNN also includes the Chronicle’s politics blog, though it hasn’t made the top 20 yet. And since, the LA Times Political Muscle hasn’t posted in the last three weeks, it couldn’t have possibly made it into our lists. When they start posting again, we will carry them.
I don’t know why Jubal is attacking BNN’s credibility, but I wish he’d stick to the facts.
Maybe I am crazy here, but if Jubal would like to understand our system better so he can assess its credibility, he might start by asking questions. My email is editor@blognetnews.com
If anyone else has questions or blogs they think we omit, please don’t hesitate to drop me a line.
Flowerzzz=Susan Kang Schroeder
Pedrozabot=Timothy Whitacre
Sad that they think people with mental disabilities and illegal aliens are to be laughed at.
What is a susan-kang?
And is timmy and her an item?
Ok you not the best PC analogy – Try this the school sport team where all players get a trophy. Was that PC enough for ya?