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September 7, 2009

Top Blogs On Any Topic

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When it comes to finding the top blogs on the internet, the key thing is to know what topic you’re looking for. There are web services that make listings for you, and some do create just a general list of the most popular blogs regardless of theme, but if you’re looking for blogs describing the best jobs, or something to do with sports, news or entertainment gossip, it will be easier if you know your subject in advance.

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.

On Technorati’s Top 100 list, the blog topic is less important than the followers or links it has, though you can get listings by broad topic as well. A site like Wikio also ranks blogs under specific topics. So if you click on the “Top blogs – Politics” category, again you might find the Huffington Post in first place. But each blog on the list has an arrow indicating whether it’s trending upward or downward in readership, indicating which blogs are doing best at covering the latest top stories. The Daily Reviewer breaks its categories down further, so you could get a listing of the top blogs currently covering general world news, or refine it to those blogs writing about breaking news.

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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