Finding Top Blogs On Any Topic
If you're looking for the top blogs on the internet, then you should narrow down your topic before you start hunting. Whether you're looking for entertainment or news, pets or books, or seeking sports blogs or those dealing with personal finance, there's going to be something there for you. As long as you're not too vague about what you're looking for, there will be a website that can point you in the right direction.
Technorati is one of the sites that keep track of blogs, and it makes a list of what it considers the 100 top blogs that people visit. You can sort the list by the number of fans the blog has, or by authority. The former criterion is self-explanatory, but by "authority," the site means the number of other sites that link back to that particular blog. If the Huffington Post blog is at the top of the authority list, that means more people in the blog-o-sphere currently link to it than to blogs farther down. More people consider it an authority in some way.
Technorati ranks blogs on its Top 100 list irrespective of topic, but also creates lists under individual topics. Wikio does things in a similar way. On its "Top Blogs – Politics" list, you might find the Huffington Post again at the top. Following blogs would each display a pointing arrow indicating whether they are trending upward or downward on the list. This might indicate which blogs have better covering of the top stories of the day. The Daily Reviewer site also lists blogs by categories, but it allows you to subdivide those into more specific topics.
If you go the search engine route, aiming to pinpoint more specific topics like personal finances or recipes, then the results will be more mixed. You could end up at sites that haven't been updated for years. You might do better by visiting BlogCatalog or MyBlogLog, where member sites are listed under specific interests. As you read those blogs, they'll point the way to more, and soon you'll have your own personal list of top blogs on your topic. Whether you use broader sites like Wikio or Technorati, or go the personal route, you know you're going to find good blogs on any subject that holds your interest.
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