They Like Me. They Really, Really Like Me.

Even though I don't exist and I'm not funny, I somehow I rated a spot way down at the bottom of the Top 100 progressive blogs in Chris and Matt's report. The report is very good, by the way. Stop and read it right now.

One fallout of this honor, I fear, is a lot more email from from a lot more organizations interested in tapping into this ethereal "netroots" thing I've been reading so much about.

Comments

[Amanda]

I'm confused, since I'm dumb. Where's the actual list?

[Roxanne]

The list is in this PDF document:

http://www.ndnpac.org/pdfs/The-Emergence-of-the-Progressive-Blogosphere.pdf

[Terrance]

Yeah. I read it. Got a post about it that I'm holding until tomorrow. I don't rate anywhere near the top 100, but I know a few people who do. Some of them even link to me. I guess that's something. ;-)

[Amanda]

Kewl. I read it. But unfortunately I am swamped with a mix of female singers I love and cannot be compelled to care.

But if they're right and we're catching, yea us!

[Mad Kane]

Congrats on your mention. That sex change operation clearly worked.

[Lauren]

Interesting. What did they use to measure page views?

[Roxanne]

I have no idea, Lauren. I was wondering that, also. Maybe they use sitemeter?

Also, I have no idea how I slipped onto that list or what the list even means in real terms. I do know that they printed my email address in the report and that I'm likely to get a lot more "party" related emailed press releases.

[Roxanne]

What I should note, also, is that I like that the report emphasizes a new importance on smaller blogs with local beats. In the end, I think small local blogs may have the greatest potential in terms of giving people a voice in changing their communities.

[Terrance]

Yeah, but it also seems to suggest that the broader discourse on national politics is pretty much closed, and the best bet for the rest of us is to stay the hell home.

[Roxanne]

Does it? I"ll have to go back and read it more carefully.

[Terrance]

That's what I got out of it, but perhaps I'm reading it through a bit of a jaundiced eye.

[Terrance]

I should have added that my initial take on the report is here. I'll have more to say later.

[Gwen]

But why is Drudge mixed in with progressives?

[Auguste]

Drudge Retort.

I'm not sure why I didn't make the list. I mean, I have at least 24,000 pageviews...

ever. Never mind.

[Terrance]

I kinda wonder how they came by the page views. For what it's worth, my blog averaged 10,060 page views per day. I don't know what the weekly average would have been but, I'm guessing it might have qualified. But then my stats aren't public. And I'm probably placing way too much stock in it in the first place.

Sometimes the blogosphere reminds me of high school.

[Roxanne]

Yep, Terrance and Lauren. If they found a way to count the page views of folks who's stats are confidential, I wouldn't be on that list at all.

[Terrance]

The thing is, my stats are tracked in three different places, and they're different in each place. But I'm betting that they might have turned to Blogads to get an idea of the screen views for people who don't have public stats.