Comments on: Ranking the edusphere

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:42:58 +0000

You may be a big fish in a small pond, but I appear to be a paramecium!

By: Robert Pondiscio

Robert Pondiscio — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:13:38 +0000

You’re a 10. And I’ll fight any man who says something different.

By: Stephen Downes

Stephen Downes — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:33:22 +0000

The lists are created mostly by being very selective and leaving out most of the edublogosphere. Hence you do not see (and may never even have heard of) my own site – Technorati authority 620 ( http://technorati.com/blogs/http://www.downes.ca ) and Google page rank 7. Not that I have any faith in such lists, or such rankings.

p.s. The Hoover Institution ranking of your site is simply wrong. It’s not what Technorati reports (or has ever reported). I have no explanation for that, other than conspiracy theories and allegations of bias. 188 – rather than 788 – is more likely for August, 2008.

By: Dal

Dal — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:01:01 +0000

I’ve followed you since the Merc in the 70s? 80s anyway.

Ranking Doesn’t Matter – you’re Da Bomb!

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:02:38 +0000

Bottom line is that Technorati is really imprecise. They’ll change a great deal, and leave out a lot of stuff. Think of it as having a lot of measurement error – if you’re a lot higher (or lower) than another blog based on your Authority Ranking, you probably have a different site than them. But if it’s relatively close, you can’t say with any certainty there is a significant difference. You’re one of the biggest ed bloggers for sure, but it’s folly to say you’re number 2 (or 3, or 1, or whatever).

By: Rita

Rita — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:06:42 +0000

Who cares? You’re awesome in any case.

By: pm

pm — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:12:54 +0000

Your blog used to be one of the top two returns from a google search. But no longer. The other Joanne Jacobses are crowding you out. I have since added bookmarks to all of the computers I use.