Comments on: Off the A-List http://gatewatching.org/2008/05/06/off-the-a-list/ researching citizen journalism Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:51:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jason http://gatewatching.org/2008/05/06/off-the-a-list/#comment-633 jason Wed, 07 May 2008 22:39:21 +0000 http://gatewatching.org/?p=83#comment-633 Sure Axel - you have to compare apples and apples. I was really only making the comparison with other Australian blogs. I still think Elder's blog is underrated (and probably under-visited) in discussions of Australia's blogosphere. I also like the way he writes, and maybe that's the conversation I was really trying to have - one about style and genre. Sure Axel - you have to compare apples and apples. I was really only making the comparison with other Australian blogs. I still think Elder’s blog is underrated (and probably under-visited) in discussions of Australia’s blogosphere. I also like the way he writes, and maybe that’s the conversation I was really trying to have - one about style and genre.

]]> By: Snurb http://gatewatching.org/2008/05/06/off-the-a-list/#comment-623 Snurb Wed, 07 May 2008 07:05:09 +0000 http://gatewatching.org/?p=83#comment-623 One thing to keep in mind in relation to Technorati, PageRank, and Alexa scores is that they're global, of course. That gives Australian bloggers who focus on Australian topics an immediate disadvantage. Even if, say, one percent of the entire Australian population visited an Australian political blogger's site per month, that would translate into 'only' about 200,000 users; in the U.S., a blogger with the same level of interest from the general population would get closer to 3 million visitors (and that's not even counting the proportionally higher international interest in U.S. politics, which adds further visitors). As a result, the U.S. blogger's PageRank, Alexa score, and Technorati authority score would be significantly higher, even though in their own country, the same percentage of people are interested in their views... So, for blogs which don't deal (much) with themes of international interest, what we'd need is actually a per-country index. Hitwise and a few other market research companies may have something like this, but it'll cost you! One thing to keep in mind in relation to Technorati, PageRank, and Alexa scores is that they’re global, of course. That gives Australian bloggers who focus on Australian topics an immediate disadvantage.

Even if, say, one percent of the entire Australian population visited an Australian political blogger’s site per month, that would translate into ‘only’ about 200,000 users; in the U.S., a blogger with the same level of interest from the general population would get closer to 3 million visitors (and that’s not even counting the proportionally higher international interest in U.S. politics, which adds further visitors).

As a result, the U.S. blogger’s PageRank, Alexa score, and Technorati authority score would be significantly higher, even though in their own country, the same percentage of people are interested in their views… So, for blogs which don’t deal (much) with themes of international interest, what we’d need is actually a per-country index. Hitwise and a few other market research companies may have something like this, but it’ll cost you!

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