tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post520186813563837652..comments2023-10-26T09:46:09.197-04:00Comments on BIRDS ETCETERA: Ranking North American Bird BlogsJohn L. Trapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001532550767505335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post-30300820855352815032007-03-27T21:40:00.000-04:002007-03-27T21:40:00.000-04:00All good points, Mike. There is certainly some ov...All good points, Mike. There is certainly some overlap between the science blogs and bird blogs, and even more between bird blogs and nature blogs. Yes, I agree, I have no hesitation in including Nuthatch in my North American bird blog links.John L. Trapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001532550767505335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post-83471548765207500562007-03-27T21:29:00.000-04:002007-03-27T21:29:00.000-04:00Interesting post. Sorry it took me so long to repl...Interesting post. Sorry it took me so long to reply to these observations, John. I should point out that of the top 50 science blogs, #20, 29, 34, 35, and 37 have contributed to I and the Bird. Bora has hosted IATB. Best of all, Nuthatch is most certainly one of us. She may have crossover appeal (many more of us would if we wanted it) but she's a certified birder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post-50003866774135350792007-02-18T21:25:00.000-05:002007-02-18T21:25:00.000-05:00Thanks for the feedback, John. Your observation a...Thanks for the feedback, John. Your observation about the relative lack of interlinking among bird bloggers is an astute one. It seems that many of the bird bloggers rarely provide links, whether it be to other blogs or to Web links. That's neither good nor bad; it's simply reflects their style of writing. But the number one factor affecting your Technorati ranking is the number of other blogs that have linked to you in the last 180 days. The higher the number of blogs that link to your the lower your Technorati rankings, whish is a desirable thing. Theoretically, if every one of the approximately 100 active North American bird bloggers linked to each of the other 99 bird bloggers at least once every 180 days, our collective Technorati "authority" would rise to a score of approximately 35,000 or so compared to the current median rank of about 180,000. I myself am guilty of not linking to other bird blogs nearly as frequently as I should. I think it's a habit that needs to be cultivated, and perhaps encourage among the rest of our fellow bird-bloggers.John L. Trapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001532550767505335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post-89078960634549302492007-02-17T23:24:00.000-05:002007-02-17T23:24:00.000-05:00I wonder if the relatively low Technorati rankings...I wonder if the relatively low Technorati rankings for birding blogs has anything to do with posting style. A lot of the material posted on bird blogs seems to be trip reports, photos, and the like. Those types of posts generally do not lend themselves to interlinking. I can't speak for the education, personal finance, and Malaysian blogs, but the science blogs seem to reference each other constantly. Could the interlinking be driving their rankings higher?<BR/><BR/>By the way, I enjpy these periodic "meta" posts.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00163297234733313179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post-43915229324661700272007-02-16T07:03:00.000-05:002007-02-16T07:03:00.000-05:00Excellent point, Drew. I just went with what comp...Excellent point, Drew. I just went with what comparisons I had in hand at the moment. Maybe some more searching is in order.John L. Trapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001532550767505335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post-17014719314513348832007-02-15T21:52:00.000-05:002007-02-15T21:52:00.000-05:00Instead of comparing (narrow topic) bird blogs to ...Instead of comparing (narrow topic) bird blogs to (broad topic) science blogs, you should compare bird blogs to botany or entomology blogs for a useful comparison.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05118765702457150915noreply@blogger.com