Top analyst blogs

Within the analyst world the past year has been a dichotomy in the land of blogging. Whereas we have seen a surge in the number of analysts that have taken to this medium, it is contrasted with a decrease from the recognised ‘leaders’ in the frequency of which they post.

This new ranking system has fundamentally evolved since the last version to take into account the seismic shifts in the way people communicate online. The key changes relate to inbound links such as from Twitter as well as well as a combined Yahoo / Google (3-month date limited) approach.

Whenever these lists are published, there are several points that always get raised which I will address now…

1. This blog is not from an analyst. The argument as to whom is an analyst or a consultant is becoming largely moot. In my opinion if someone is independent and (in)directly influences technology procurement then they are an analyst. I know this will cause a huge amount of disagreement but as an outsider looking in this is the way I see the market. This is not to say that some analysts have different strengths over others, it is more a case that I think as an AR pro, I need to monitor the lot of you.
2. The blog is written by multiple authors. Some blogs have several analysts writing them whereas others do not. The merits of a single blog author is something that I personally favour as this allows me to understand the tone of blog without having to understand the many personalities that are associated with it. Regardless, for this table, my view has not been to argue this but merely to present the data.
3. It is irrelevant showing all the blogs as I am only interested in a specific topic – bingo, that is exactly right. My suggestion to all AR pros is to identify which of your analysts are on this and only look at those. This list compiled from the newly updated analyst blog directory on Tekrati does not see to micro-segment but merely to list all blogs regardless of their speciality.
4. Hey – you have forgotten to include this blog. Please let me know the name and if I will include it as an edit.
5. Isn’t this just like TweetLevel but for blogs? Yep, this algorthim is part of a larger project to fully understand infleunce and engagement on the web. This methodology is part of BlogLevel.
6. Will you be producing a league table for those on Twitter? Yes, next week.

Without further ado, congrats to everyone who is included and especially those who have managed to make the top 50 – this is an outstanding achievement. Of course, a huge pat on the back to ex-Forrester and now Altimeter analyst, Jeremiah Owyang for showing everyone how to combine blogs and twitter to tremendous affect.

Rank	Blog Name
1	Web Strategy by Jeremiah	14.4	5.7	12.0	24.0	27.5	83.6
2	Compete Blog	14.4	4.8	9.3	19.4	14.7	62.7
3	Workplace Learning Today	12.0	4.1	7.5	14.0	24.9	62.4
4	James Governor’s MonkChips	14.4	5.1	7.7	17.5	13.8	58.4
5	Virtually Speaking	16.8	4.4	6.6	8.7	21.7	58.3
6	Service-Oriented Architecture	16.8	4.8	8.7	14.2	13.7	58.2
7	StorageMojo	12.0	5.2	8.7	14.0	17.2	57.1
8	Storage Bits	16.8	4.4	9.6	0.0	26.4	57.1
9	Greenmonk Associates	14.4	4.5	6.9	13.1	16.7	55.6
10	Customer Experience Matters	12.0	4.5	8.0	17.5	13.4	55.3
11	People Over Process	14.4	4.6	7.3	16.4	11.4	54.1
12	Chilmark Research	12.0	4.1	7.7	14.4	15.9	54.1
13	Collaborative Thinking	14.4	4.7	7.5	14.1	13.3	53.9
14	Column 2 by Sandy Kemsley	12.0	4.4	9.1	12.4	15.4	53.3
15	DBMS2 – DataBase Management System Services	12.0	4.3	7.2	15.3	14.5	53.2
16	Dean Bubley’s Disruptive Wireless	12.0	4.3	6.5	15.8	13.8	52.4
17	A Software Insider’s Point of View	12.0	4.3	8.0	15.1	13.0	52.3
18	CMS Watch Trends and Features	14.4	3.4	3.2	20.0	10.4	51.4
19	James Bach’s Blog	9.6	4.5	7.7	17.4	11.1	50.2
20	Hitwise Intelligence	14.4	4.9	0.0	16.4	14.5	50.1
21	Deal Architect	12.0	3.9	10.2	11.8	12.2	50.0
22	GoMo News	12.0	4.8	10.3	11.1	11.3	49.5
23	IDC eXchange	14.4	3.8	5.5	14.7	11.0	49.4
24	Message	12.0	4.4	9.6	16.3	6.4	48.7
25	Identity and Privacy Strategies Blog	12.0	3.9	7.7	12.4	12.5	48.5
26	Outside Innovation	12.0	4.4	1.6	19.5	11.0	48.5
27	Forrester’s Interactive Marketing Blog	12.0	4.8	10.4	16.4	4.7	48.2
28	451 CAOS Theory	14.4	4.6	9.7	14.0	5.3	47.8
29	Gartner – Jim Sinur	12.0	3.2	5.0	11.8	15.8	47.8
30	Music Industry Blog	12.0	3.2	4.5	12.7	15.1	47.5
31	Enterprise 2.0 Blog	14.4	5.9	8.4	13.6	5.2	47.4
32	Brandon Hall Analyst Blog – Janet Clarey	12.0	4.7	5.0	14.2	11.3	47.2
33	Local Onliner	12.0	4.6	5.7	12.8	11.9	47.0
34	Securosis Blog	12.0	3.6	9.5	14.2	7.7	46.9
35	Forrester Blog For Information andKM Professionals	12.0	4.7	6.8	13.4	9.4	46.2
36	Forrester Blog for Consumer Product Strategy Professionals	12.0	3.6	9.5	10.8	10.3	46.2
37	Gartner – John Pescatore	12.0	3.4	6.6	11.8	12.3	46.1
38	Business Process and Applications Commentary	12.0	3.8	7.8	11.1	11.2	45.9
39	Local Media Blog	12.0	4.4	8.0	14.4	6.8	45.7
40	Always On Real-Time Access	9.6	4.4	6.4	14.7	10.5	45.5
41	Enterprise Anti-Matter	12.0	3.9	4.8	12.4	12.3	45.4
42	George F. Colony’s Blog: Counterintuitive	12.0	4.0	5.9	13.0	10.4	45.3
43	Vendorprisey	12.0	4.7	4.5	16.4	7.7	45.2
44	VideoNuze	12.0	4.3	8.2	13.2	7.4	45.0
45	Forrester Product Management Blog	12.0	4.1	6.1	13.4	9.5	45.0
46	Collaboration and Content Strategies Blog	12.0	2.7	7.4	12.0	10.6	44.7
47	Gartner – Allen Weiner	12.0	3.0	5.3	10.4	13.7	44.4
48	ThreatChaos	9.6	4.1	6.1	13.4	11.2	44.3
49	isen.blog	14.4	5.0	5.7	7.8	11.1	44.0
50	Market Strategies for IT Suppliers	9.6	3.9	4.8	9.1	16.5	43.8
51	Application Platform Strategies Blog	12.0	0.0	7.3	13.1	11.4	43.8
52	Gartner – Andrea Di Maio	12.0	3.0	9.3	11.4	7.4	43.2
53	Bryan Chapman	12.0	3.8	3.2	10.9	12.8	42.7
54	Data Center Strategies Blog	12.0	3.0	5.9	12.3	9.4	42.5
55	Gartner – Nick Jones	12.0	3.7	5.3	10.6	10.9	42.4
56	Contentblogger	14.4	4.0	4.8	12.7	6.5	42.3
57	Contentblogger(TM) – News Commentary	14.4	4.0	4.8	12.7	6.5	42.3
58	ThinkBalm – Immersive Internet Insights and Expertise	12.0	3.4	6.9	4.3	15.5	41.9
59	Gartner – Jeffrey Mann	12.0	2.3	0.0	9.9	17.4	41.5
60	tecosystems	14.4	4.2	0.0	17.0	5.8	41.4
61	Text Technologies	12.0	4.1	2.5	13.6	9.3	41.4
62	Yankee Group Blog	12.0	3.8	5.7	12.9	7.0	41.4
63	Gartner – Kristin Moyer	12.0	3.1	3.2	10.1	13.0	41.3
64	IT Infrastructure and Operations	12.0	4.0	4.8	11.3	9.1	41.2
65	Web Globalization Blog	12.0	3.9	3.2	11.3	10.6	40.9
66	New Communications Review	12.0	4.1	2.5	11.8	10.5	40.8
67	Forrester – The Future Of Agencies Blog	12.0	3.7	4.5	11.4	9.2	40.8
68	Cutter Blog	12.0	3.5	4.8	15.9	4.6	40.7
69	Gartner – Tom Bittman	12.0	3.7	6.6	13.0	5.5	40.7
70	Local Mobile Search	7.2	3.2	8.5	12.8	9.0	40.6
71	Gartner – Jim Holincheck	12.0	2.2	2.5	9.6	13.9	40.2
72	Deborah Schultz	12.0	4.0	3.7	12.4	8.0	40.1
73	Supply Chain Matters	9.6	4.3	3.2	10.5	12.4	40.0
74	BlogERP – Jim Holincheck’s HCM Software Blog	12.0	3.1	2.5	11.6	10.7	39.9
75	Gilbane Group Blog	14.4	4.2	1.6	11.8	7.8	39.8
76	Groundswell	0.0	5.1	0.0	17.0	17.7	39.8
77	Brandon Hall Analyst Blog – Gary Woodill	12.0	2.8	2.5	10.5	11.9	39.7
78	Forrester Blog for Customer Intelligence Professionals	0.0	2.5	3.2	17.9	16.1	39.7
79	Greg’s Storage IO Blog	9.6	3.3	3.2	11.0	12.5	39.6
80	Global Watchtower	12.0	3.9	5.9	12.6	5.1	39.5
81	Gartner – Neil MacDonald	12.0	2.9	5.0	10.3	9.2	39.4
82	Gartner – Thomas Otter	12.0	3.1	2.5	10.5	11.0	39.1
83	VisionMobile blog	12.0	3.8	6.1	12.5	4.7	39.1
84	Analytics Evolution	9.6	3.3	1.6	10.0	14.6	39.1
85	Gartner – Ray Valdes	12.0	2.0	0.0	9.9	15.1	39.0
86	HDTV Almanac	9.6	6.0	10.5	6.9	6.0	39.0
87	Gartner – Mark McDonald	12.0	2.4	4.1	9.5	10.9	38.9
88	The Enterprise System Spectator	12.0	4.5	4.5	12.2	5.5	38.8
89	BuddeBlog	12.0	3.6	2.5	8.9	11.6	38.6
90	Gartner – Greg Young	12.0	2.6	3.2	11.2	9.4	38.4
91	Gartner – Kathy Harris	12.0	2.2	1.6	9.7	12.9	38.4
92	Travel Technology	9.6	4.0	0.0	13.0	11.7	38.2
93	IT Blog Watch	14.4	5.0	0.0	12.4	6.1	37.9
94	Gartner Blog by Mike McGuire	12.0	2.1	1.6	9.2	12.9	37.8
95	The Future of Enterprise Software	12.0	4.1	3.2	9.5	8.9	37.6
96	View from Forrester	16.8	3.8	5.0	7.1	4.8	37.5
97	BriefingsDirect Transcripts	12.0	3.9	8.7	8.1	4.9	37.5
98	Gartner – French Caldwell	12.0	1.9	2.5	8.8	12.2	37.4
99	451 Take on information management, Too much information	14.4	3.4	1.6	13.1	4.9	37.3
100	Javelin Strategy and Research	14.4	3.6	0.0	13.6	5.7	37.3
101	Forrester: Application Dev & Prog Man. Profs	12.0	3.7	4.8	9.7	7.2	37.3
102	Judith Hurwitz’ Weblog	9.6	3.5	0.0	12.5	11.6	37.2
103	Gartner – Mark Driver	12.0	2.1	0.0	10.0	12.9	37.0
104	Gartner – Lydia Leong	12.0	3.3	3.2	10.7	7.6	36.8
105	Teblog	9.6	4.2	0.0	9.9	13.2	36.8
106	Gartner – Anthony Bradley	12.0	2.5	4.1	11.2	6.8	36.6
107	Opus Research	9.6	2.1	4.5	7.5	13.0	36.6
108	NPD Group Blog	14.4	3.7	4.1	10.4	4.1	36.6
109	Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog	12.0	0.0	3.7	11.2	9.7	36.5
110	The Guidewire	12.0	3.5	1.6	10.3	9.0	36.4
111	Kelsey Group Blogs	12.0	0.0	1.6	14.3	8.5	36.4
112	Spire Security Viewpoint	12.0	3.5	2.5	14.3	4.0	36.3
113	The Brampton Factor	14.4	1.0	0.0	18.2	2.8	36.3
114	Tech – Surf – Blog	9.6	3.8	6.2	10.6	6.0	36.2
115	The Hot Aisle	9.6	4.6	2.5	11.0	8.5	36.2
116	Gartner – Whit Andrews	12.0	3.2	1.6	10.2	9.2	36.1
117	The Outsourcing Blog Horses for Sources	14.4	5.0	0.0	11.5	5.3	36.0
118	Peter O’Kelly’s Reality Check	12.0	4.5	0.0	11.4	8.1	36.0
119	Gartner – Jim Lundy	12.0	1.9	0.0	8.8	13.3	36.0
120	Altimeter Group	0.0	3.0	6.9	13.7	12.3	35.9
121	Gartner – Tom Austin	12.0	1.8	2.5	9.4	10.1	35.8
122	Gartner – Mark Raskino	12.0	1.9	0.0	9.1	12.6	35.6
123	Forrester Blog For Enterprise Architecture Professionals	12.0	2.8	2.5	10.0	8.3	35.5
124	Gartner – Jeff Roster	12.0	2.1	0.0	9.2	12.2	35.4
125	Out of the Box	7.2	4.0	0.0	9.6	14.6	35.4
126	DisplaySearch Blog	12.0	3.7	3.7	11.2	4.6	35.2
127	THINK IT Services	12.0	3.8	3.7	9.7	5.9	35.0
128	kirkk.com	7.2	2.9	7.3	13.3	4.1	34.8
129	Parks Associates	12.0	4.0	0.0	12.6	6.3	34.8
130	Pattern Finder	9.6	3.8	1.6	10.4	9.4	34.8
131	Health Content Advisors	9.6	2.4	5.3	8.5	8.7	34.4
132	Gartner – Andrew White	12.0	1.8	1.6	10.5	8.5	34.4
133	Forrester: eBusiness & Channel Strategy Pros	12.0	3.2	4.8	9.8	4.5	34.3
134	Ron Shevlin’s Marketing Whims	12.0	4.5	0.0	15.1	2.6	34.2
135	Gartner – Brian Prentice	12.0	2.4	6.1	9.7	4.0	34.1
136	The Pervasive Datacenter	14.4	2.5	0.0	10.5	6.6	34.0
137	Gartner – Michael Maoz	12.0	4.2	1.6	0.0	16.0	33.8
138	Gil Yehuda’s Enterprise 2.0 Blog	7.2	4.1	6.4	3.3	12.9	33.8
139	Z Trek – The Alan Zeichick Weblog	9.6	3.9	3.7	10.9	5.7	33.8
140	The TEC Blog	9.6	3.5	3.7	10.9	6.1	33.8
141	Enterprise Search Blog	14.4	4.0	0.0	10.6	4.7	33.8
142	Gartner – Nick Gall	12.0	2.4	0.0	10.6	8.7	33.7
143	Jon Arnold’s Blog	12.0	4.7	3.7	7.4	5.9	33.6
144	All Aboard	12.0	2.8	0.0	12.2	6.6	33.6
145	Business Continuity – Pandemic Threat	14.4	4.1	1.6	7.9	5.6	33.5
146	James Kobielus’ Blog	12.0	3.6	5.0	8.2	4.3	33.2
147	Enterprise Mobility Matters	9.6	3.8	5.7	9.0	4.7	32.9
148	Security and Risk Management	12.0	4.0	0.0	11.3	5.5	32.8
149	Gartner – Frank Kenney	12.0	2.9	0.0	10.4	7.5	32.7
150	Analyst Xpress	12.0	2.5	3.2	10.8	4.3	32.7
151	Michael Fauscette	9.6	3.5	2.5	7.1	10.0	32.7
152	Laurie McCabe’s Blog	9.6	3.2	2.5	6.7	10.5	32.6
153	Plausible Deniability	12.0	3.3	2.5	11.4	3.4	32.6
154	Supernova Hub	12.0	4.3	7.1	3.8	5.3	32.5
155	Osterman Research Blog	9.6	3.9	0.0	10.0	8.8	32.4
156	Richi Blog	7.2	4.0	0.0	12.2	8.9	32.2
157	Executive Advisory Blog	12.0	2.6	2.5	8.0	6.8	32.0
158	Corporate Integrity, LLC	12.0	3.6	3.2	9.7	3.3	31.8
159	The Real Truth about Technology and IT	9.6	2.3	4.1	9.0	6.6	31.6
160	Ceci N’est Pas Un Bob	12.0	4.0	2.5	11.1	1.8	31.4
161	IDEAS Insights	9.6	2.9	5.0	8.8	4.8	31.1
162	Gartner – Andrew Frank	12.0	2.8	2.5	10.6	3.1	31.1
163	KnowledgeForward	7.2	2.9	4.8	11.1	5.1	31.0
164	Karen Hobert’s Connecting Dots	12.0	3.8	3.7	7.6	3.9	30.9
165	Forrester: Sourcing and Vendor Management Pros	12.0	3.5	0.0	8.2	7.2	30.9
166	Werblog	14.4	4.8	0.0	11.6	0.0	30.8
167	Gartner – Daryl Plummer	12.0	3.7	0.0	12.6	2.5	30.8
168	XML Technologies and Content Strategies	12.0	2.6	3.2	10.5	2.4	30.7
169	Gartner – David M. Smith	12.0	2.1	0.0	8.3	8.1	30.6
170	Gartner – Cameron Haight	12.0	2.8	0.0	9.9	5.9	30.6
171	Supply Chain Reaction	12.0	3.8	2.5	6.4	5.8	30.5
172	Brandon Hall Analyst Blog – Richard Nantel	12.0	3.8	0.0	11.1	3.6	30.5
173	Forrester Blog for IT Leaders in Asia Pacific	12.0	2.5	0.0	8.2	7.5	30.2
174	Attic Dust	12.0	0.0	4.8	3.8	9.6	30.2
175	Robin Bloor’s Blog: have Mac will blog	9.6	3.2	0.0	10.5	6.8	30.0
176	Gartner – Debbie Wilson	12.0	3.8	0.0	10.0	4.2	30.0
177	Irwin Lazar’s Real-time Blog	12.0	4.3	1.6	7.7	4.2	29.9
178	Gartner – Scott Nelson	12.0	2.0	0.0	3.8	11.8	29.7
179	Ferris Research	9.6	3.4	0.0	9.5	7.1	29.5
180	Richard Nantel	12.0	3.8	0.0	11.1	2.6	29.5
181	BriefingsDirect	12.0	4.1	8.4	0.0	4.7	29.2
182	Click	12.0	3.1	3.2	10.0	1.0	29.2
183	Consider the Source	12.0	3.5	1.6	7.4	4.8	29.2
184	Globalization Blog	12.0	3.7	0.0	9.1	4.4	29.2
185	Unified-View	12.0	4.3	0.0	8.7	3.8	28.7
186	Brandon Hall Analyst Blog – Tom Werner	12.0	2.8	0.0	7.9	6.0	28.6
187	Unified Communications Strategies	12.0	3.2	0.0	9.2	4.1	28.4
188	RedMonk Radio Podcast	12.0	2.6	0.0	8.7	5.1	28.4
189	INPUT Blog	9.6	1.8	0.0	9.1	7.9	28.3
190	Forrester Blog For CIOs	12.0	2.7	0.0	10.2	3.3	28.1
191	Blog Mike Ferguson	9.6	4.2	4.1	3.3	6.9	28.0
192	Network and Telecom Strategies Blog	12.0	2.0	0.0	8.4	5.5	27.9
193	Forrester Blog For Consumer Market Research Professionals	0.0	2.5	5.7	8.2	11.4	27.9
194	Fuld’s Competitive Musings	12.0	3.0	1.6	9.5	1.8	27.8
195	Amy Wohl’s Opinions	9.6	3.8	0.0	10.7	3.6	27.7
196	The Monash Report	12.0	3.8	0.0	9.4	2.4	27.6
197	Nucleus Research	14.4	2.3	0.0	7.5	3.4	27.6
198	Fern Halper’s data makes the world go round	9.6	3.2	1.6	10.2	2.9	27.5
199	Gartner – David McCoy	12.0	2.3	0.0	10.0	3.3	27.5
200	Gartner – Wes Rishel	12.0	2.4	0.0	9.5	3.5	27.4
201	Amy Wohl’s Opinions on SaaS	12.0	3.8	0.0	0.0	11.5	27.3
202	Celent Banking Blog	9.6	2.3	0.0	10.5	4.7	27.1
203	E-Communications and Community	12.0	3.7	0.0	8.1	3.3	27.1
204	Binstock on Software	12.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	2.0	27.0
205	CCS Insight Blog	7.2	2.6	0.0	10.1	7.0	26.9
206	Lux Populi	12.0	1.2	0.0	8.4	5.3	26.9
207	Thinking Global	12.0	3.4	0.0	7.2	4.1	26.7
208	Forrester Research – Customer Experience in Japan	12.0	3.3	0.0	9.9	1.4	26.6
209	Ironick	9.6	3.6	0.0	9.3	3.9	26.4
210	Lower (Carbon) Footprint	0.0	2.8	0.0	22.2	1.4	26.3
211	Gartner – Dan Sholler	12.0	2.0	0.0	6.4	5.8	26.1
212	elemental links	7.2	3.8	2.5	9.1	3.5	26.1
213	First Thing Monday	12.0	3.5	0.0	9.5	0.8	25.7
214	Gartner – Toby Bell	12.0	2.0	0.0	9.4	2.2	25.6
215	Data Management Strategies	12.0	2.6	0.0	6.7	4.1	25.4
216	Strategic Messaging	12.0	3.7	0.0	7.7	1.9	25.4
217	The Geo Factor	12.0	3.7	0.0	9.7	0.0	25.3
218	Gartner – Gene Alvarez	12.0	1.7	0.0	8.9	2.7	25.3
219	TelcoTV-View	9.6	2.4	0.0	11.2	2.0	25.3
220	Gartner – Adam Hils	12.0	1.8	0.0	6.4	5.0	25.2
221	Adam’s Heart Valve Surgery Blog	7.2	3.7	4.5	2.6	7.0	25.0
222	Gartner – Eric Goodness	12.0	1.7	0.0	9.6	1.7	24.9
223	Gilbane Events Blog	12.0	2.3	0.0	6.4	4.2	24.9
224	Home Theater View	7.2	3.6	10.5	0.0	3.7	24.9
225	eurotechnology.japan.blog	9.6	3.8	0.0	9.4	2.2	24.9
226	Software Memories	12.0	3.7	0.0	7.4	1.7	24.7
227	Mostly Enterprise Architecture	7.2	2.4	0.0	4.9	10.1	24.7
228	Connections	9.6	3.8	0.0	6.7	4.5	24.6
229	IT Depends	9.6	3.5	0.0	3.3	8.1	24.6
230	Gartner – Brian Gammage	12.0	1.7	1.6	4.6	4.6	24.5
231	Gartner – Dave Cappuccio	12.0	2.6	0.0	7.0	2.8	24.5
232	Insecure about Security	9.6	3.8	0.0	7.1	3.9	24.4
233	comScore Voices	16.8	3.8	0.0	0.0	3.9	24.4
234	doingITbetter	9.6	4.0	0.0	8.8	2.0	24.4
235	Gartner – Roberta Witty	12.0	2.0	0.0	6.4	3.8	24.2
236	MacehiterWard-Dutton	9.6	4.1	1.6	3.8	4.9	24.0
237	Celent Insurance Blog	9.6	3.2	0.0	7.6	3.7	24.0
238	Freeform Comment	9.6	3.5	0.0	8.4	2.5	23.9
239	Content Nation	9.6	2.2	0.0	7.7	4.3	23.8
240	The InfoCommerce Blog	9.6	3.8	0.0	7.2	3.1	23.7
241	NanoMarkets TOP Blog	9.6	3.6	0.0	9.3	1.2	23.6
242	fasol.blog	9.6	2.9	0.0	9.1	1.9	23.4
243	Gartner – David Norton	12.0	1.7	0.0	6.6	2.8	23.1
244	Gartner – Eric Knipp	12.0	2.0	0.0	5.7	3.3	23.0
245	Gartner – Debra Logan	12.0	2.1	0.0	7.5	1.3	22.8
246	Tom Raftery’s Social Media	9.6	2.7	0.0	0.0	10.5	22.8
247	Gartner – Richard Fouts	12.0	1.8	0.0	5.7	3.2	22.7
248	Cote’s Weblog	12.0	3.2	0.0	1.6	5.9	22.7
249	billtrippe	12.0	0.0	0.0	6.4	4.2	22.6
250	The Bourne Report	9.6	3.0	0.0	7.7	2.1	22.4
251	Gartner – Bruce Robertson	12.0	1.6	1.6	4.6	2.5	22.3
252	Gartner – Benoit Lheureux	12.0	1.6	0.0	5.5	3.2	22.3
253	NewMediaWise	9.6	3.4	0.0	9.2	0.0	22.1
254	Leadership Drives Business	0.0	2.9	0.0	12.2	7.0	22.1
255	IT BULLETins	12.0	3.9	0.0	4.6	1.5	22.0
256	Beagle Research	12.0	0.0	0.0	9.9	0.0	21.9
257	The Business of Talent	0.0	2.9	0.0	12.2	6.8	21.9
258	Berlecon Analyst Weblog	12.0	0.0	0.0	7.2	2.7	21.9
259	IT Services and Outsourcing	12.0	2.5	0.0	7.4	0.0	21.8
260	Gartner – Carol Rozwell	12.0	1.6	0.0	5.2	3.0	21.8
261	TeleGeography News and Analysis	14.4	2.6	0.0	2.6	2.0	21.7
262	Andy on Enterprise Software	9.6	2.7	0.0	6.7	2.6	21.6
263	Pike Research Blog	9.6	1.6	0.0	4.9	5.3	21.5
264	Localization Industry 411	7.2	3.4	0.0	10.0	0.9	21.5
265	Optimal Friction	7.2	3.2	0.0	7.1	3.4	20.9
266	Gartner – Donna Fitzgerald	12.0	1.9	0.0	3.8	3.2	20.8
267	Gartner – Michael Blechar	12.0	1.8	0.0	5.5	1.4	20.7
268	Blogging at Zinnov	4.8	0.5	0.0	7.0	8.4	20.7
269	Liquefying IT	12.0	3.8	0.0	0.0	4.9	20.7
270	iLocus	7.2	3.2	0.0	8.3	1.7	20.5
271	Gartner Voice	14.4	2.4	0.0	0.0	3.5	20.3
272	Contentblogger(TM) – Industry Events	9.6	1.9	0.0	7.7	0.9	20.1
273	Got Tannins?	9.6	4.1	0.0	4.9	1.5	20.0
274	Thinking Out Loud	12.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	5.5	19.9
275	Gartner – Phillip Redman	12.0	1.8	0.0	3.3	2.7	19.8
276	Chipworks Blog	9.6	2.9	1.6	0.0	5.6	19.7
277	Security Architect	9.6	2.7	0.0	4.6	2.7	19.6
278	what’s next?	9.6	2.8	0.0	4.6	2.5	19.5
279	Gartner – Van Baker	12.0	1.7	0.0	3.3	2.5	19.4
280	Thus Prate the IT Pundit	7.2	3.2	0.0	6.4	2.6	19.4
281	Open Reasoning	9.6	2.3	0.0	4.9	2.5	19.3
282	Technology Marketing Blog	7.2	3.0	0.0	6.1	3.0	19.3
283	Forrester Blog for Technology Sales Enablement Professionals	0.0	2.1	3.2	5.7	8.3	19.3
284	John Katsaros	7.2	0.7	0.0	6.7	4.5	19.2
285	Joel Orr’s World	7.2	0.7	0.0	6.7	4.5	19.2
286	Techaisle	7.2	1.9	2.5	4.3	3.2	19.1
287	The Bigger Truth	0.0	2.2	0.0	11.2	5.5	18.9
288	Gartner – Rob DeSisto	12.0	1.6	0.0	1.6	3.6	18.8
289	The Future of Publishing	9.6	3.2	2.5	0.0	3.5	18.8
290	Gartner – Brian Burke	12.0	1.7	0.0	3.8	1.2	18.7
291	Total Immersion	7.2	2.8	0.0	7.7	0.9	18.6
292	Mark My Words	9.6	3.5	0.0	0.0	5.4	18.5
293	No Jitter Weblog – Melanie Turek	12.0	1.9	0.0	0.0	4.6	18.5
294	No Jitter Weblog – Michael Finneran	12.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	4.6	18.4
295	Global Trends and Benchmarks	0.0	1.0	0.0	12.2	5.3	18.4
296	No Jitter Weblog – Irwin Lazar	12.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	4.8	18.2
297	No Jitter Weblog – Zeus Kerravala	12.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	3.5	18.1
298	Identerati	9.6	2.4	0.0	6.1	0.0	18.0
299	The Technology Garden	7.2	2.2	0.0	8.6	0.0	17.9
300	Steve’s IT Rants	4.8	0.6	0.0	12.5	0.0	17.9
301	Geosophical technologies	7.2	2.6	0.0	6.4	1.7	17.9
302	Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes	12.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	4.0	17.8
303	Jon Peddie Blogs	9.6	1.1	0.0	3.8	3.2	17.7
304	JPR Staff Blogs	9.6	1.1	0.0	3.8	3.2	17.7
305	No Jitter Weblog – Sheila McGee-Smith	12.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	17.6
306	Burton Group Inflection Point	7.2	3.5	0.0	4.3	2.6	17.6
307	Craig Mathias’s Blog	0.0	3.6	0.0	9.1	4.9	17.6
308	ABI Research Analyst Blogs	12.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	3.8	17.5
309	Learning on the Leading Edge	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.2	5.3	17.5
310	Mobile Insight and Search	7.2	3.3	0.0	6.6	0.0	17.1
311	No Jitter Weblog – Tom Nolle	12.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	17.0
312	Gene Phifer’s Personal Blog	7.2	1.2	0.0	8.7	0.0	17.0
313	Nothing to Declare	4.8	3.5	0.0	6.4	2.2	16.9
314	bit blue blog	7.2	3.3	0.0	6.4	0.0	16.9
315	Gartner – Frank Ridder	12.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	3.3	16.9
316	No Jitter Weblog – Brian Riggs	12.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	3.6	16.6
317	Keeping IT Grounded	9.6	1.7	0.0	5.2	0.0	16.5
318	Connecting the Dots	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.8	8.5	16.3
319	BPMS Watch	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	16.3
320	Communication Innovations	12.0	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.9	16.1
321	Gap Intelligence	4.8	2.7	0.0	0.0	8.6	16.1
322	Peter Christy	7.2	1.8	0.0	4.6	2.4	16.0
323	Jen McClure’s Ruminations	9.6	1.3	0.0	4.3	0.8	16.0
324	Gartner – Tole Hart	12.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	2.2	16.0
325	Gartner – Martin Reynolds	12.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	2.0	15.7
326	Gartner – Earl Perkins	0.0	1.9	1.6	8.0	3.8	15.3
327	Gilbane Publishing Technology Blog	14.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	15.2
328	The Analyst View	9.6	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	15.1
329	Shosteck Group Insights	9.6	1.0	0.0	3.3	1.0	14.9
330	Technology Pundits – Rob Enderle	9.6	3.3	0.0	0.0	1.9	14.7
331	Gartner – Donald Feinberg	9.6	1.6	0.0	0.0	3.5	14.7
332	The Saltworks	7.2	1.5	0.0	3.3	2.2	14.2
333	Compass Intelligence	7.2	3.5	0.0	0.0	3.3	13.9
334	Wicked Flavory	4.8	2.2	0.0	6.9	0.0	13.9
335	Marcia Kaufman’s Weblog	9.6	1.1	0.0	3.3	-0.2	13.7
336	On Target Embedded Systems	7.2	3.1	0.0	0.0	3.4	13.7
337	Rabkin’s ROI	0.0	1.5	0.0	3.8	8.3	13.6
338	Forrester Blog for B2B Market Research Professionals	0.0	2.3	0.0	5.2	6.0	13.5
339	Foro Empresarial	0.0	2.6	0.0	5.9	4.9	13.4
340	joygantic	4.8	2.3	0.0	5.5	0.8	13.4
341	Andreas Antonopoulos’s blog	9.6	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	13.3
342	WirelessView	7.2	1.1	0.0	4.9	0.0	13.2
343	IMHO	0.0	0.5	0.0	8.9	3.7	13.1
344	GigaOM Pro Blog	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.9	6.9	13.1
345	Innovating Government	0.0	3.2	0.0	8.7	1.1	13.0
346	Commvine	2.4	1.2	0.0	6.4	2.9	12.9
347	On Taget: Embedded Systems	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.6	5.3	12.9
348	TV Strategies	4.8	2.8	0.0	5.2	0.0	12.8
349	Burton Group Weblog	9.6	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.7
350	The Collaboration Blog	7.2	3.1	0.0	0.0	2.4	12.7
351	Chip Hatchery	7.2	1.1	0.0	0.0	4.4	12.6
352	Technology Pundits – Richard Doherty	7.2	3.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	12.5
353	iGR Weekly Blog	0.0	1.6	0.0	9.5	1.3	12.4
354	The Naked Chief Blog	7.2	0.5	0.0	1.6	3.0	12.3
355	The Innovation Zone	9.6	1.1	0.0	0.0	1.4	12.1
356	Cannell.org	0.0	3.4	0.0	4.6	3.9	12.0
357	Technology Pundits – Tim Bajarin	7.2	3.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	12.0
358	Open Source Unleashed – All Bets Off	9.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	11.9
359	MavBlog	7.2	0.6	0.0	1.6	2.0	11.5
360	Ted Ritter’s blog	9.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.6	11.5
361	Sageza Says	0.0	1.2	0.0	5.9	4.1	11.3
362	Digital Consumer	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.6	4.6	11.2
363	Strategy Analytisc – Digital Consumer	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.6	4.3	10.9
364	Enterprise Advocates	0.0	3.5	3.2	0.0	4.0	10.7
365	Jeff and Hennie’s Stuff	0.0	1.8	0.0	7.7	0.9	10.5
366	Retail PLM and Sourcing	4.8	0.0	0.0	1.6	4.1	10.5
367	Ben’s Tech Blog	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.1	4.3	10.4
368	NRG TechView research and analysis	7.2	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.5	10.3
369	Johna Till Johnson’s blog	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.9	5.3	10.3
370	Lopez Research Blog	7.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.8	10.2
371	John Burke’s blog	9.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.6
372	Digital Media Bulletin	0.0	2.6	0.0	5.7	1.1	9.4
373	A Springboard to Services	7.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	9.2
374	alvear.com	4.8	1.7	0.0	0.0	2.7	9.1
375	DVR Bulletin	7.2	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
376	Views from the Bridge	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.2	3.2	8.5
377	Collaboration service news	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	7.9	8.4
378	Amy’s Food Adventures	0.0	1.9	0.0	3.8	2.5	8.3
379	JapanStrategy-Blog	0.0	2.6	0.0	4.3	1.2	8.1
380	Carl Gressum’s blog	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.3	2.5	7.7
381	Government IT Infrastructure Blog	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	5.8	7.4
382	Product Value Management	4.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	7.3
383	Application Delivery	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	2.6	7.3
384	Gartner – Michael Hanford	0.0	1.4	0.0	2.6	2.9	7.0
385	MetaMurph’s Metasphere	4.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.3	6.5
386	Technology Pundits – Roger Kay	0.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	3.2	6.5
387	I of Innovation	0.0	1.7	0.0	3.8	0.6	6.2
388	Green IT Sourcing	4.8	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9
389	Cloud Computing Blog	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.1	5.7
390	Annoying Design	4.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3
391	Thoughts From a Software IT Analyst	0.0	0.9	0.0	1.6	2.5	5.1
392	Key Analysis Research and Consulting – Blog	0.0	0.5	0.0	3.3	1.2	5.0
393	HealthTech Industry Perspectives	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.9	4.9
394	Internet2Go – An Opus RAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	4.6
395	JBB Research Blog	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	4.6
396	Software Delivery news	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	3.8	4.6
397	The Changing Life Sciences Value Chain Blog	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.5
398	Executive Blog	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.5
399	Health Plan Business and Technology Views	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	3.8	4.2
400	Big Picture	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	3.8

Methodology

I have taken the feedback I have received from the previous research and modified the methodology.

Scores are now calculated as follows:

Google PageRank – Google PageRank is a link analysis algorithm that interprets web links and assigns a numerical weighting (0 to 10) to each site. High-quality sites receive a higher PageRank. The ranking uses the actual PageRank as part of its algorithm.

Yahoo Inbound Links [date unlimited] – Yahoo counts the total number of inbound links that go directly to a blog. Each number was assigned to a range which was then used as part of the algorithm.

Google Inbound Links [3 months date limited] – Google allows people to search the number of inbound links to a specific blog but limit this to a predefined date period. Similar to how Technorati only looks at six months of data, this method was used in combination with the Yahoo Inbound Link count to assess which blogs were considered to be important due to the number of links that came to them, but also currently relevant as measured by the limitations on the timescale. Each number was assigned to a range which was then used as part of the algorithm.

Google Reader Subscribers – Google reader lists the total number of subscribers to a blog. I believe this is a more realistic number to that which Bloglines provides. Mihai Parparita confirms that “these numbers include subscribers across all Google services”. To account for people using other readers (e.g. Newsgator) it has been suggested that this number is multiplied by 3. Subscriber ranges were determined (i.e. more than 20, more than 30, etc.) and each range was assigned a number that was used as part of the algorithm.

Frequency of Posts – Updating relevant and interesting content frequently onto a blog will naturally cause more people to find this blog important. This score is established via Google Reader to understand the precise number of posts per week that the blogger makes. Frequency numbers were determined and assigned to a range that was used as part of the algorithm.

Date Last Blog Post Published – Working in combination with ‘Frequency of Posts’, this score mitigates against blogs that were once popular but haven’t been updated for a long time. The number of days since the last blog post was calculated and assigned to a range which was used as part of the algorithm.

Comments – A simple way to judge how valuable a blog is to other people is through the number of comments (where this is enabled) that visitors make. In a similar way to linking and subscribing this user requested service shows a significant value. The number of comments made over the last five posts were calculated and assigned to a range which was used as part of the algorithm.

Twitter Inbound Links – There are various online tools available to count the number of links inbound to a blog from Twitter. Backtype was used to count the number of these occurrences over the past five blog posts. The number of times this happened was calculated and assigned a range which was used as part of the algorithm.

Weighting – Each specific variable listed above was given a standard score out of 10. Using a weighting scale I varied the importance of the each metric to establish a blogs total score.

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