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9/25/2008

This is a work in progress... but reviewing the previous Top 100 blogs with numbers from Technorati today...

Ok, I wanted to give a heads up... I'm working out the details of the Top SharePoint blogs... based on data I get from various sources. My first pull is from Technorati and tonight I'm just going to show you the previous Top 100 and how the rank has changed. Then I'm going to rehash all the other blogs and re-rank them. Make sense? I've been looking at the team blogs as more of a team effort and possibly shouldn't count in this arena. I'm all for stack ranking them, but Top 100 blogs should be Top 100 SharePoint People's blogs... am I right?

I'll put together a nice table that's easy to read and understand. I'll even share my work so you can see what I'm doing. I am now looking to rerun the full fledged list of blogs in sets of 500 to see who new breaks into the Top 100 list.

Top 100 Blogs refreshed (full refresh due soon)

SharePoint Blog URL	Spring 08	Fall 08	+/-	Spr Tech Rat	Fall Tech Rat	Tech Rat +/-
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint	1	*	*	9,907	7,544	2,363
http://andrewconnell.com/blog	4	1	3	36,939	17,094	19,845
http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser	2	2	0	26,043	37,537	-11,494
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/mikeg	8	3	5	104,521	44,788	59,733
http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo	3	4	-1	34,741	50,237	-15,496
http://heathersolomon.com/blog	6	5	1	76,867	51,494	25,373
http://blah.winsmarts.com	5	6	-1	75,992	58,417	17,575
http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew	10	7	3	115,970	58,417	57,553
http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm	19	8	11	173,132	58,417	114,715
http://www.sharepointjoel.com	41	9	32	279,760	60,916	218,844
http://weblogs.asp.net/jan	7	10	-3	89,650	68,071	21,579
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdesigner	*	*	*	110,846	78,951	31,895
http://www.harbar.net	30	11	19	249,273	81,452	167,821
http://blog.thekid.me.uk	9	12	-3	104,744	104,071	673
http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner	14	13	1	153,341	106,122	47,219
http://bobfox.securespsite.com/foxblog	15	14	1	155,116	112,465	42,651
http://blogs.msdn.com/arpans	20	15	5	178,151	121,856	56,295
http://www.chandima.net/Blog	40	16	24	271,686	138,378	133,308
http://blogs.developpeur.org/themit	13	17	-4	152,199	138,378	13,821
http://stsadm.blogspot.com	34	18	16	256,387	141,491	114,896
http://markharrison.co.uk/blog	27	19	8	218,928	144,722	74,206
http://jopx.blogspot.com	12	20	-8	152,199	155,272	-3,073
http://www.endusersharepoint.com	26	21	5	208,647	159,068	49,579
http://blogs.tamtam.nl/mart	29	22	7	249,273	159,068	90,205
http://www.sharepoint-tips.com	23	23	0	199,227	160,760	38,467
http://www.helloitsliam.com	44	24	20	309,815	167,193	142,622
http://www.cleverworkarounds.com	47	25	22	328,547	171,641	156,906
http://sharepointsolutions.blogspot.com	49	26	23	352,668	176,202	176,466
http://sharepointnutsandbolts.com	22	27	-5	186,136	185,942	194
http://johnholliday.net	32	28	4	256,387	185,942	70,445
http://www.binarywave.com/blogs/eshupps	33	29	4	256,387	185,942	70,445
http://blogs.msdn.com/markarend	35	30	5	263,809	185,942	77,867
http://daniellarson.spaces.live.com	55	31	24	411,621	185,942	225,679
http://mindsharpblogs.com/Ben	36	32	4	263,809	191,200	72,609
http://www.msmvps.com/blogs/shane	37	33	4	269,091	191,200	77,891
http://blogs.developpeur.org/phil	25	34	-9	208,647	196,719	11,928
http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com	38	35	3	271,686	196,719	74,967
http://blogs.msdn.com/cjohnson	21	36	-15	178,151	202,460	-24,309
http://blogs.msdn.com/mikewat	63	37	26	492,178	202,460	289,718
http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer	11	38	-27	134,181	208,647	-74,466
http://blogs.msdn.com/erikaehrli	28	39	-11	230,202	208,647	21,555
http://www.thorprojects.com/blog/	16	40	-24	161,307	211,941	-50,634
http://weblogs.asp.net/erobillard	39	41	-2	271,686	214,925	56,761
http://blogs.sharepointguys.com/brendon	84	42	42	688,970	222,014	466,956
http://www.wssdemo.com/Blog	43	43	0	297,412	236,877	60,535
http://www.21apps.com	46	44	2	328,547	236,877	91,670
http://blogs.devhorizon.com/reza	85	45	40	688,970	236,877	452,093
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/tbaginski	31	46	-15	249,273	262,935	-13,662
http://blogs.officezealot.com/mauro	59	47	12	448,699	273,023	175,676
http://weblogs.asp.net/soever	42	48	-6	288,411	283,844	4,567
http://blogs.msdn.com/roberdan	17	49	-32	167,741	295,396	-127,655
http://www.sharepointsecurity.com/blog	48	50	-2	340,254	295,396	44,858
http://www.bobmixon.com/blog	57	51	6	429,461	295,396	134,065
http://blogs.msdn.com/mikefitz	62	52	10	475,774	295,396	180,378
http://cregan.wordpress.com	91	53	38	770,942	295,396	475,546
http://www.graphicalwonder.com	45	54	-9	328,547	308,082	20,465
http://mindsharpblogs.com/bill	53	55	-2	380,000	308,082	71,918
http://weblogs.mysharepoint.de/mgreth	64	56	8	492,178	308,082	184,096
http://blogs.msdn.com/dwinter	79	57	22	688,970	321,560	367,410
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/jasonmedero	72	58	14	574,833	336,230	238,603
http://dotnet.org.za/zlatan	100	59	41	927,370	336,230	591,140
http://www.bluedoglimited.com/SharePointThoughts	52	60	-8	380,000	352,117	27,883
http://www.elumenotion.com/blog	70	61	9	544,327	352,117	192,210
http://sharepointmx.mvps.org/blogs/ldusolier	75	62	13	646,322	352,117	294,205
http://community.zevenseas.com/Blogs/Daniel	76	63	13	646,322	352,117	294,205
http://weblogs.asp.net/wkriebel	67	64	3	516,960	369,340	147,620
http://blogs.msdn.com/williamcornwill	69	65	4	544,327	369,340	174,987
http://blog.u2u.info/DottextWeb/patrick	51	66	-15	376,449	376,449	0
http://blogs.msdn.com/recman	58	67	-9	448,699	388,404	60,295
http://www.mannsoftware.com/Blog	74	68	6	608,616	404,815	203,801
http://mikewalsh.bilsimser.com	73	69	4	608,616	409,737	198,879
http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/matthew	56	70	-14	420,564	420,564	0
http://www.ideseg.com	65	71	-6	492,178	433,097	59,081
http://www.spsfaq.com	60	72	-12	455,987	455,987	0
http://chrissyblanco.blogspot.com	68	73	-5	516,960	459,080	57,880
http://blogs.msdn.com/randalli	78	74	4	688,970	488,305	200,665
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/itaysk	89	75	14	736,965	488,305	248,660
http://mindsharpblogs.com/todd	71	76	-5	546,134	497,353	48,781
http://mindsharpblogs.com/penny	61	77	-16	469,745	521,321	-51,576
http://www.beckybertram.com	82	78	4	688,970	521,321	167,649
http://www.zimmergren.net	92	79	13	790,971	521,321	269,650
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/dustin	54	80	-26	411,621	558,525	-146,904
http://meiyinglim.blogspot.com	94	81	13	854,202	558,525	295,677
http://blog.krichie.com	98	82	16	927,370	558,525	368,845
http://mindsharpblogs.com/kathy	90	83	7	736,965	601,571	135,394
http://weblogs.asp.net/avnerk	93	84	9	854,202	601,571	252,631
http://wssdevelopment.blogspot.com	95	85	10	854,202	601,571	252,631
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/ssa	66	86	-20	516,960	709,366	-192,406
http://glorix.blogspot.com	81	87	-6	688,970	709,366	-20,396
http://www.plijnaer.nl/weblog	96	88	8	854,202	825,880	28,322
http://blogs.msdn.com/edhild	77	89	-12	679,094	863,799	-184,705
http://blogs.msdn.com/andrew_may	86	90	-4	722,319	863,799	-141,480
http://geekswithblogs.net/tariq	80	91	-11	688,970	969,832	-280,862
http://blogs.msdn.com/kn	97	92	5	890,116	1,052,395	-162,279
http://www.wildwires.com/Blog	83	93	-10	688,970	1,106,224	-417,254
http://blogs.msdn.com/harsh	24	94	-70	203,839	1,157,363	-953,524
http://blogs.devleap.com/romeopruno	18	95	-77	167,741	1,286,970	-1,119,229
http://www.msftliveblogs.com/mhamilton	88	96	-8	736,965	2,655,296	-1,918,331
http://www.cjvandyk.com/blog	50	97	-47	352,668	4,647,702	-4,295,034
http://blogs.technet.com/corybu	87	98	-11	736,965	4,647,702	-3,910,737
http://www.toddklindt.com/blog	99	99	0	927,370	Rank?	TBD

If you are concerned about not being in the list of blogs that will be considered, then be sure to do 2 things. #1 put your blog in the comments of the verbose list of SharePoint blogs, next list with Technorati.com so you'll have a rating. (Believe me this will pay off.)

Here's the data behind the table... and the scripts I used to gather it... please don't use my key, generate your own.

By the way a couple of nice contributions from other blogs...

OPML from Vincent:

http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/svc/opml.aspx?uid=430219&mid=1

Some attempts at doing aggregation without plaigarism have been attempted... Thanks Waldek, looking at these attempts is interesting...

http://blog.mastykarz.nl/sharepoint-blogs-rss-feeds-aggregation-online/

Ian put together a list of Top 100 SharePoint Server sites on the Internet from current tracking list of 250.

Posted at 8:27 PM by Joel Oleson | Category: Blog | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (18)

Comments

My blog

Hi Joel, this is my blog, general in Spanish, 20 points of Authority in Technorati http://technorati.com/blogs/hinsua.blogspot.com?sub=tr_authority_t_js
Thanks.

at 9/25/2008 11:20 PM

SharePoint blog

I just saw that your list is being updated. Maybe you could review my own SharePoint blog. It's available on http://edinkapic.blogspot.com

Technorati Auth: 10
Rank: 651,343

(there are several posts unindexed on Technorati due to their known Blogspot delay backlog)

at 9/26/2008 1:49 AM

wss.made4the.net

Tech Auth: 15
Rank: 459,080

at 9/26/2008 9:13 AM

Don't forget Planet Sharepoint

They have 200 hundred blogs aggregated and up to date. If they go dead or stop posting they're removed.

http://www.planetsharepoint.org

at 9/26/2008 10:42 AM

SharePoint sites on the Internet

Tracking a total of 370 sites now.
http://www.wssdemo.com/Pages/websites.aspx

at 9/27/2008 12:11 PM

how about

http://www.eddyblanco.com

at 9/27/2008 2:05 PM

Should include Steve Pietrek's blog

http://stevepietrek.com/ - I'm one of his fans, he provides a bigger service than most of the top 100. Look at the # of posts and consistency. If there's one blog I recommend, it's his. Also he does no self-promotion or ads on his blog, just provides links (unlike other linkbloggers/aggregators).

at 10/1/2008 11:23 AM

Please include my SharePoint Blog

I'm focusing on providing SharePoint details from the trenches, for the small to medium business. While I have a lot of MOSS experience, WSS is a good fit for businesses here in Victoria (BC) and meets the needs of these businesses ... for now. But of course, that is part of the master plan, isn't it. :)

at 12/28/2008 9:48 PM

Please include my SharePoint blog

http://blog.brainlitter.com

at 12/28/2008 9:49 PM

Karuana Gatimu's SharePointStrategist.com

Thanx for the tips Joel. Please add my blog http://sharepointstrategist.com to your list. I added it to Technorati as well. I focus on MOSS architecture, administration and events for LOB managers & MOSS administrators.

at 2/7/2009 12:09 PM

Sharepoint Nirvana

http://www.the-north.com/sharepoint

at 2/8/2009 4:57 AM

Change my blog url :-)

HI Joel, since december 2008 my blog was move to http://www.nonaka.eu from http://blogs.devleap.com/romeopruno The feed rss is the same http://feedproxy.google.com/romeopruno many thks, -Romeo

at 2/11/2009 7:35 AM

List must include endusersharepoint.com

One of the best SharePoint blogs out there. Excellent from top to bottom. A must for the list.

at 2/24/2009 6:16 PM

Rehman Gul

Hi Joel,

Please add my blog too:

http://rehmangul.wordpress.com

Thanks,

Rehman

at 3/31/2009 1:27 AM

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at 5/5/2009 12:47 PM

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at 5/5/2009 12:55 PM

Please Add OfflineSharePoint Blog

Hi Joel,

I'm not sure if you are continuing to build the top 100 list, but I wanted to see if you could consider the offlinesharepoint.com blog for the list. Recent Technorati rank is 917,096, which would put it in your Top 100 as of last fall, but thought I would check to see where it is now.

Keep up the good work! Hope to see you soon.

Barry

at 6/19/2009 12:01 PM