Heart-ache: Fledgling blog fails to crack Wikio’s list of top 100 political sites
posted at 4:25 pm on June 4, 2009 by Allahpundit
I blame myself. We haven’t had nearly enough atheism posts around here lately.
Seriously, though, we get a thousand times the traffic of the blog at number 100. What’s it going to take, Wikio? More Meghan McCain material? More O’Reilly-bashing? More gentle criticism of Palin that’s treated as a ferocious attack by her supporters in the comments? Work with me.
One of the intriguing aspects of this list is that it puts everyone in the same pot. The list has mainstream media blogs — from ABC News, CNN, The New York Times, and others — alongside well-known partisan bloggers — Michelle Malkin, FireDogLake — and even government-run bloggers, like WhiteHouse.gov’s.
We got a sneak peek at the latest rankings — due to be published Friday — below. It’s a fun list to analyze: Huffington Post has the top spot, with the liberal Center for American Progress’ Think Progress and the conservative National Review’s The Corner right behind.
Also conspicuously absent from the list: Ace and Red State, among others. I could understand us being left off if this was a survey of political insiders or professional pundits; I’ve always thought HA punches way below its weight in terms of influence vis-a-vis traffic, especially compared to a site that’s read on the Hill like RS. But Wikio’s metric, supposedly, is based on inbound links. Any techies have any idea what might be up?
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I’m sick of The Man keeping you down.
Exurban Jon on June 4, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Are the metrics being used really honest?
I’m not a techie, but I know my university is going through the same thing in measuring the traffic versus other Big 10 schools.
I think some companies metrics are not as accurate as others, but I don’t know.
Larry Farr on June 4, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Maybe if you oculd find a zoo with atheist penguins? ;)
Skywise on June 4, 2009 at 4:28 PM
They’re just scared of you
Zetterson on June 4, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I’m calling for a One Million Commenter March on Washington.
amerpundit on June 4, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I would think your traffic would mirror Michele’s pretty closely, though I admit I rarely go to yours and practically live here.
That and the Corner. It’s kinda sad really…
Larry Farr on June 4, 2009 at 4:29 PM
posts of kate gosselin and all 8 of her A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E babies should do the trick.
Ghoul aid on June 4, 2009 at 4:30 PM
They probably count HotAir under Michelle Malkin
apollyonbob on June 4, 2009 at 4:30 PM
By the way, Hot Air is 132 on Wikio’s list. Not sure what metric they’re using to justify that result, though.
amerpundit on June 4, 2009 at 4:30 PM
It must be a Zionist Conspiracy, AP. ;)
j/k
Lance Murdock on June 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM
newsbusters #10?? WOW I had no idea that site was so dang popular
ousoonerfan15 on June 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM
That is stupid. I would question their formulas for a list that would not include Hot Air but would include “Soccer Dad.” Not to pick on SD, but his stories have 3 comments, 8 comments, no comments, 4 comments. Something isn’t right.
Mallard T. Drake on June 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM
It gets links from Drudge regularly.
amerpundit on June 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM
At least Treacher’s in there.
madne0 on June 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Hot Air, Ace and The Corner are the top 3 for me. I practically live on these three sites. U-N-D-E-R-R-A-T-E-D.
thedudesblog on June 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Here are some things you can do to promote Hot Air:
Get breast implants, go on TV and declare that you favor “opposite marriage.”
Successfully land a passenger airliner in the Hudson River.
Charter a ship, go to the Gulf of Aden and kill pirates.
Mark1971 on June 4, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Attica!! Attica!! Attica!!
I’d go all Pacino on them. “This whole internet is out of order!!!”
SteveMG on June 4, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Allah,
Two words of advice:
Scantilly clad.
;)
BobMbx on June 4, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Actually I hit Michelle’s site AFTER yours… maybe Michelle is getting cross talk from the liberal blogs? (Y’know… “hate” hits?)
Skywise on June 4, 2009 at 4:32 PM
I wonder if they simply consider you a subsidiary of MM?
That’s being generous and giving them the benefit of the doubt, but it’s one possibility.
cs89 on June 4, 2009 at 4:32 PM
I’m not sure a picture of AP in a string bikini would do the trick.
amerpundit on June 4, 2009 at 4:33 PM
It’s a bit more than inbound links, if you read it.
This site really doesn’t get a lot of links from many of the sites in the top 100.
Inbound links is and has always been a faulty measurement, though. If your traffic is high, who cares.
lorien1973 on June 4, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Treacher.. awesome.
Allah… WTF dude? Maybe we need to have you take some points from Treacher.
upinak on June 4, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Using the Obama “Apology Tour” tactic to draw in traffic. Work’s for the ONE, give it a try.
WashJeff on June 4, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Be sure to update if you get an explanation. I’m anticipating that it’s a flub on their part, probably based on some programming issue either in the way this site works or how their criteria was implemented.
Patrick on June 4, 2009 at 4:34 PM
I, for one, promise to double down on boobie and double entendre comments. Just to help.
lorien1973 on June 4, 2009 at 4:35 PM
I would pay good money to see AP in a bikini.
bopbottle on June 4, 2009 at 4:35 PM
That’s retarded. How the hell could Hot Air be 132?
apollyonbob on June 4, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Allah, some Vent videos would be in order.
More MM never hurt nuffin’.
TheSitRep on June 4, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Apparently you are not a smart Latina…
right2bright on June 4, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Links from other blogs?
Could it be since you are the king of linkers (and Ed as well) that you generate hits but are not just not creating them?
Sorry, I don’t have a blog myself, so I can’t help you out that way. But if it helps, we can start putting your links in other message blogs.
Sort of “Well I disagree, and here’s the link at HotAir to show you.” (laugh)
Larry Farr on June 4, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Hire a wise latina, AP. She’d run a blog better than a White dude.
Weight of Glory on June 4, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Ask and ye shall receive.
amerpundit on June 4, 2009 at 4:37 PM
You’re ranked 59th among all blogs on Technorati. I don’t get it.
Patrick on June 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Is that even possible?
Weight of Glory on June 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Work with me.
I don’t think you could actually manage to double your entendres more than you already do.
(laugh)
TheSitRep – I think you are right, more Vent videos would be more things to link to instead of stories.
Larry Farr on June 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I know y’all despise me as a troll, but for what it’s worth, Hot Air is far more interesting and diverse in its discussions than RedState. Those people are nasty and narrow-minded.
Grow Fins on June 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
The reporting and opining by HA’s official bloggers is way above the standard of many other right-leaning blogs. The fact-checking and editing alone put HA on par with most newspapers’ online editions.
I guess you guys are just too good to be taken less-than-seriously or blindly promote partisan talking points. But you’re not big enough to contend with NRO.
The Race Card on June 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
+10
Upstater85 on June 4, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Laser firing, humping, battlefield robots would bring in the hits, but no, don’t listen to me because what do I know?
Bishop on June 4, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Michelle Malkin is #5.
Maybe they just think HotAir == Michelle Malkin
bnelson44 on June 4, 2009 at 4:39 PM
This is an Outrage!
Its a grand conspiracy to keep the
U.S.S Hot Air,anchored,in harbour!
Must haul up zee achor,and seek
vengeance(Snark).
canopfor on June 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Thank you, I guess.
Upstater85 on June 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM
I agree with the Race Card, you guys do some very nice writing and reporting of things we’d probably miss otherwise.
Larry Farr on June 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM
That is the prime source, along with aforementioned RSS links from other sites.
Odie1941 on June 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Allah, Meghan is weighing you down.
Got to step it up. Bring in more flair to the site. Get some politicians to write op-eds, have video interviews with conservative biggies: Gutfeld, Michelle, Rush, Mark Levin, Gateway Pundit, Palin (if she forgives you), Beck, etc.
Still shocking though you guys are not in top 100. It’s one of the sites I go to consistently. Hey Drudge is not on the list, and he gets more hits than probably the Top 50 combined.
Hot Air is the diamond in the rough.
jencab on June 4, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Ghoul aid on June 4, 2009 at 4:41 PM
The answer is obviously to one-up Soccer Dad. Perhaps some pictures of dogs playing soccer? Donkey basketball?
thecountofincognito on June 4, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Oh come on, that was about as honest (and heart-warming) a moment as a troll could have.
Actually, though Fins I think most of the people here tend toward civil discourse, and I appreciate that a lot.
Larry Farr on June 4, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Quality over quantity.
Weebork on June 4, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Is there anyway you could have guest bloggers?
Get people like S.E. Cupp, Newt Gingrich, heck Kristen Powers…
Probably requires money… :(
Upstater85 on June 4, 2009 at 4:42 PM
A-P HA is 138 on the Wikio ‘General’ tab..
You need to get other sites to linky to you in their feeds…
hmmm, add liberal pron? not sure what that would be, hatefrak stuff maybe? More TOTUS? yo no se…
ginaswo on June 4, 2009 at 4:43 PM
OK, my heart warmed for the troll MOMENTARILY!!!
Upstater85 on June 4, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Don’t blame yourself, there’s only so much a beta should have to take.
saus on June 4, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Grow Fins on June 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Redstate is more of an echo chamber. If you didn’t favor Fred! or don’t prefer Palin, you’re as good as banned.
thecountofincognito on June 4, 2009 at 4:43 PM
whoops
linky to that ranking is here
ginaswo on June 4, 2009 at 4:43 PM
More whores.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 4, 2009 at 4:43 PM
You need more Dear Leader worship. Then the “cool” kids will like you.
Or expose the real stories, like how Susan Boyle has agreed to adopt gay penguins. The MSM tries to make those spearate stories, but we know the truth.
rbj on June 4, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
upinak on June 4, 2009 at 4:44 PM
r-word
The Race Card on June 4, 2009 at 4:44 PM
I DO NOT need to see Bawney getting a bikini wax.
Upstater85 on June 4, 2009 at 4:44 PM
It ain’t right!
canopfor on June 4, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Yep, I think their weighting algorithm has a lot to do with it:
HuffPo doesn’t link you enough.
AUINSC on June 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Dude, SD has one of the best political blogs on the internet : )
saus on June 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM
I agree with several others here, the writing quality between you and Ed is simply beyond compare. Different writing styles, different opinion in some cases, but both are always well sourced, and thought out. Outrage, when genuine outrage is called for, and a calm reasoning on less-than-outragous matters.
I pretty much live here, don’t often comment, and I find it interesting that you two are putting up stories and analysis often times BEFORE Druge gets to it.
Number 1 in my book, no doubt!
JamesLee on June 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Interesting.. so what about the liberals that are on that site then?
upinak on June 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM
You guys are still my number one blog!!
infidel on June 4, 2009 at 4:48 PM
See, this is why you needed to take the TARP money like Henry Paulson told you.
Mr. D on June 4, 2009 at 4:49 PM
They were using “Ebonics Math” to determine the results…..
Forget the wrong numbers: O’Reilly uses Hot Air as a source and so does Limbaugh and Hannity. Hot Air DOMINATES !!!
Janos Hunyadi on June 4, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Something is wrong. Uber-Geeks, time to weigh in.
Mason on June 4, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Ummm what’s an “inbound link”?
Michelle is mentioned right? Maybe they think it is all one site.
petunia on June 4, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Be nastier and more narrow minded toward trolls.
Check!
Right_of_Attila on June 4, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Too bad the inverse isn’t true.
Snowed In on June 4, 2009 at 4:52 PM
LOL…I love that distinction there, don’t you? ABC News, CNN and NYT are as partisan as they come. You could say they’re also government-run.
ddrintn on June 4, 2009 at 4:53 PM
inbound links are links to this site.
outbound links are links from this site to other sites.
lorien1973 on June 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM
hotair.com
Google PageRank: 7
Google Links: 27,300
Yahoo Links: 1,270,000
MSN Related: 46,200
Technorati Links: 0
Google indexed pages: 16,800
erik on June 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM
AP, I’d trade you my top 100 ranking for your traffic any day.
Bob Owens on June 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Wouldn’t that be other blogs linking you? And you know the leftards refuse to link anything but leftard blogs. I’m not sure why you ever link them. Taking the high road gets you no where.
It must be links on lefty blogs because nothing gets hits more than pretty ladies, which I assume Ace still posts.
Otherwise, I agree with commenter #1: The Man is keeping you down!
Blake on June 4, 2009 at 4:56 PM
No idea how they figure this stuff out. I’m No. 41 last month and HA isn’t top 100?
I swear, I didn’t pay anyone.
JammieWearingFool on June 4, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Allah,
Just change your name from “hotair” to “nomoney.” Within a year, you should be number 1.*
*And, of course, as usual, “dailyKos” will remain number 2.
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on June 4, 2009 at 4:56 PM
These Blog Rankings are a man made disaster,
me thinks!!
canopfor on June 4, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Must be all that venom-spewing stuff. The only person who REALLY belonged on the Playboy hatef**k list.
Navig8r on June 4, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Correct me if I am wrong Allah, but your return visit traffic is pretty high, is it not? I am guessing while you may get 100 times more traffic than the #100 on that list, you do not get a lot of links to your site from external sources. Then you have to consider what this list considers as sources for external links. Does Wikio pull it’s inbound-link data from main stream press sites like ABC and CNN that link to blog articles as its primary source for “inbound” links? That would be my guess. I remember reading about this Wikio metric a few months back and thought it would come off as wrong.
zerodamage on June 4, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Good showing by JammieWearingFool.
/always read that as JamieWearingFool, for some reason
Abby Adams on June 4, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Yeah, you’re an originator.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 4, 2009 at 4:59 PM
You are just nicer. :)
Ok I am probably going to see an Allah hammer, even though I have both of you on my blog.
upinak on June 4, 2009 at 4:59 PM
I blame myself.
/Georg Festrunk
That’s all I got. Sorry.
RedNewEnglander on June 4, 2009 at 4:59 PM
P.S. A first stop as it were
MirCat on June 4, 2009 at 4:59 PM
lorien1973 on June 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Is that a link listed on another site or traffic brought into the site through another site. Like should I go to Drudge first instead of going to Hot Air from my favorites list?
Or is it something like an RCP headline that drives traffic here?
petunia on June 4, 2009 at 4:59 PM
WTF is Wikio?
Never mind, I don’t care…
FloatingRock on June 4, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Piff,Hot/Air will buy it’s own stinkin
Blogging Ranking Website,and proclaim
itself Number#1!
Stinkin problem solved!!(Sarc).
canopfor on June 4, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Maybe they read the comments….
repvoter on June 4, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Sigh. I plummeted down to 45 for June.
I demand more headline links!
JammieWearingFool on June 4, 2009 at 5:01 PM
OH B*TCH BE STEPPIN ON THE WRONG TOES
OH NO NO THEY DIH-INT
*naps fingaz*
blatantblue on June 4, 2009 at 5:02 PM
We need to find out who these people are and picket outside of their homes. Just who do these nazis contribute to..where do the work? We need to boycott their businesses and key their cars. If they are followed around wherever they go, they feel the pressure, especially when their children become frightened.
Create Justice NOW!
Itchee Dryback on June 4, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Allah, I’m #71!
And I’ve been bugging YOU for hits? LOL!
http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/
Donald Douglas on June 4, 2009 at 5:02 PM
After reading their rules – RSS feeds are “fixed” , coded links that automatically get “counted” as an inbound hit. If you copy and past hotair.com somewhere – say Huffpo -even if 100 people click it – it counts as 0 inbound “hard” links.
Combined with they weigh “high Wikio” placed sites more – and as I said earlier – thats the issue.
Odie1941 on June 4, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Major upside: I’m 49 spots ahead of Obama.
Bow down to me!
JammieWearingFool on June 4, 2009 at 5:04 PM
RedState is on there..
triple on June 4, 2009 at 5:04 PM
I never get any of your emails, maybe that’s the problem
E9RET on June 4, 2009 at 5:04 PM
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