Marc suggestion that this may seasonal is also valid. As we may approach Christmas, we notice that entertainment spending increases, as well as the competition between the big networks. Increased activity and spending also leads to increased interest, thus a seasonal spike for entertainment-related blogs.

I mean you know how “different” from each other commenters from showbiz and politcal blogs are hehe

However, this way, all blogs wont be ranked from just overall traffic but more on their readership, based on the category they belong to. As Dr. Ned Roberto would say in one of his books, “segment, segment, segment.”

Ahh yes, found about that too. However, I have asked some of the “networked blogs” to only use one tracking button per blog. And you are right about the political issues/scandals being a huge boost factor.

@ Marc

Yes, some of them have.

I visited each and every one of them when I did my research.

At the height of GMA’s crisis, political blogs ruled.

Sassy was already popular then. MLQ3 is already MLQ and PCIJ has already made a mark in the media during Erap’s time.

Not all political blogs made it to the top 20. Only those who were pro-opposition and were linked by the biggies. Someone claimed that there were no pro-government blogs but there were; they were not just popular.

I had an experiment myself about this showbiz blog.

I did not advertise it in the pinoyblog, did not promote it in my blog. I merely relied on the keywords for the hits. It is a blogspot account.

It’s about teleserye. It did not pick up.

I opened another website, it is entitled pinoy songs at ibp. to find out if songs and lyrics really appeal to people. But my main purpose for the blog is to collect anything about pinoy.

It’s traffic come from searches about folk songs, traditional songs which I believe come mostly from students both from the US and Philippines. Still, I have to link it to my main weblog.
Funny, when I google, it is still NWC ranked in the search.

I used to be number 3 in the humor of blogtopsites but when some blogs used nude pix
in their sites, I was pushed down, barely managing it to top ten. Those who made it to the top ten are not pinoybloggers.

But I cannot compromise my blogging philosophy(pilosopo ako di ba)since most of my
visitors come from educational institutions. Yeah baby, my researches and some articles are
featured in some schools’ website.

No swearing, no erotic blogs and no nude pix.
I once posted a pic of nude woman, and my traffic that day was considerably reduced.

The popularity of a blog is a mixture of several factors: topics, advertisement and promotions,
presentation and networking.

shouldn’t blogging about our interests and what we think is important weigh more than blog rankings?

I say, divergent poles should continue doing what he is doing and keep the number of readers he has (no matter how inferior compared to showbiz blogs it is in site visits).

And yes, it is indeed very SAD that mroe people would rather read fluff.