What makes a popular blog post?

Michael of Basang Panaginip is making a list of popular blog posts from local blogs. My blog is included in the list, twice.

Marc chimed in and added that there could be varying degrees or weight in the criteria used as well as other blogs which might also be included though not in our circle or vicinity.

Things like these are pretty subjective and it will depend on the one who made the list how and what should be the metrics to consider when making such a list.

IMO, aside from the ones used by Michael (Technorati Inlinks + Google IBL + Comments), I’d also consider del.icio.us bookmarks and mentions in the news (tri-media).

In the end though, I believe it’s mostly dependent on who posted the blog entry and which blog it was posted. What do you think?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

9 Comments

The Ca t says:

18 years ago

I would not count the comments as a meter for popularity because there are a lot of lurkers in some blogs. It also depends on the type of posts that you make. If it does not solicit comments or actions, there would be no reactions.

Furthermore, more bloggers are using moderation because of spam. There are comments which are actually spam.

The technorati link is another questionable measure for popularity. I visited the links of one web designer who ranked high in the top and I found out that the websites designed contained nothing. When I say nothing, I am not critical about the content but it is really nothing because many of them were merely activated as if being used. Except for intros, no further entries followed.
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Michael says:

18 years ago

Thanks Abe. I’ve incorporated your suggestions into the list.
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Miguel says:

18 years ago

Technorati is not accurate for blogs per se because it counts things like blogroll links. It is OK for post permalinks.

But then again, I have observed that few Pinoy bloggers link back to posts to continue the conversation.
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pogi says:

18 years ago

What makes a good blob is talking about interesting material that is useful. A bad blob is something that talks about non nense na’ mean? Do ya’ll know what Im talking bout? Man I got too much lean in my cup. Ya’ll don’t know anything about that. Do any of you all like the new Jay-Z? Yuga can you blob about Music? Jigga my holla.
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pogi says:

18 years ago

Also, I think you are a popular blobber if you are a multimillionaire like someone.
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GUrbi says:

18 years ago

I agree with Miguel and Cat
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Michael says:

18 years ago

Abe,

del.icio.us bookmarks, local newspapers, bloglines, and Yahoo My Web references are now included in the total score. I also updated my criteria: See Here.

Cat,

Thanks for the observation. Andrew of Alleba also pointed out that inbound links might actually be spams so I double check every post that is suggested to me.

Miguel,

You are right, Technorati on permalinks matters. And that is observant of you to see that few Pinoy bloggers link back to continue a conversation. You nail it in the head, Miguel. Thats the reason why the posts on the list are remarkable: Filipinos link back to them.
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Miguel says:

18 years ago

I think it’s only the Pinoy bloggers who read foreign blogs who link back to posts. Most just link back to the blog homepage, like:

<a href=”http://www.yugatech.com”>Abe</a> said …

Gotta fix this for 2007!
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Merlin87 says:

15 years ago

Please do not tell us how the keyboard got sticky. ,
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