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The Top 5 Most Popular Blog Posts

Posted by Michael under Paid Search, Social Media

Popularity is the professional blogger’s bread and butter, but knowing how you stack up against the vast and far reaching competition can be a huge task. That’s where Technorati comes in with their new Authority application. Authority tracks the success of a blog post or article by charting the number of links it has generated in the past six months, thus finding out exactly how big the waves your blog is making really are.

The top 5 blog posts of the moment according to Technorati Authority are -

Obama’s First 100 Days: The Good, the Bad, and the Geithner by Arianna Huffington

It’s unsurprising that analysis and scrutiny of the most headline grabbing US President in history should feature highly in blog rankings. Obama’s campaign, unique in its resonance with young people, has generated countless searches, articles and conversations across the internet like no political event before or since, and The Huffington Post’s powerful online presence has put it squarely at the forefront of the debate. This article sees Arianna Huffington dissect the good, bad and ugly of Obama’s seminal first 100 days in office, with statistics, opinion and analysis.

Technorati Authority: 25,920

Jew Haters Welcome At Facebook, As Long As They Aren’t Lactating by Michael Arrington

This article’s effects spread like wildfire across the internet, making print headlines and national news here in the UK, and abroad. Discussing Facebook’s dubious allowance of groups dedicated to Holocaust denial and vitriolically anti-Semitic sentiment, Arrington presents damning evidence of how these groups contravene Facebook’s own rulebook. A cutting tirade, this well researched and wittily put post made a serious impact in exposing the darker side of the most popular social networking site of the moment.

em>Technorati Authority: 14,922

Engadget’s recession antidote: win a pair of tickets to attend the Google I/O Developer Conference! by Laura June

Everyone loves a freebie, and when it’s coming from your favourite blog they know exactly what prizes will make you tick. Engadget holds firm as one of the biggest hitters in consumer technology blogging, and here used their considerable sway amongst the world of technology to give away an impressive prize in the form of tickets to one of the tech events of the year. The tickets are all gone, but this exercise in the internet feeding frenzy shows just how well a site can reap rewards with a little generosity.

Technorati Authority: 14,723

Ex-drug czar John Walters made a fool on CNN by Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing, the site on which this blog was posted, have a knack for spotting what their readers want. Hooked into the net-savvy audience, their eye for a story on almost any topic is often uncanny. This article simply presents a video and an outside link, showing a CNN interview on an always popular and controversial topic among internet users – illegal drugs. Simply marrying a pertinent article to a well sourced video piece means this trusted blog grabs readership and generates huge debate, with virtually no need to create their own original content.

Technorati Authority: 11,544

Facebook’s Tolerance of Holocaust Denial Won’t Last by Pete Cashmore

Michael Arrington’s post may have sparked the debate, but the world of blogs leaves much room for both new media style and a traditional journalistic approach. In this article, Cashmore applies a more professional voice and collects some of the most pertinent information on the topic. Collecting opinion from both sides of the censorship debate, the article provokes much thought and delves deeper into the repercussions for Facebook and its users.

Technorati Authority: 9,929

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