The Virginia Political Blog Rankings for 5/15/2011 are out!
The news this week is that Ben Tribbit’s Not Larry Sabato was replaced at the #3 slot (overall) by Bart Hinkle’s Barticles. Tribbet’s blog falls to #4. Barticles has been climbing of late and Not Larry Sabato has been in a gradual decline for some time, although the gap was fairly significant to begin with. On January 9, 2011, Not Larry Sabato was ranked #339496 by the Alexa Ranking Service and Barticles was #476138 that same week. This week, Not Larry Sabato has fallen to 424209 in the Alexa rankings and Barticles has risen to 389049. (Obviously the closer to #1 the better.)
This marks the first time since the rankings began that one of the top 5 blogs has moved. The closer to the top, the harder it is to make significant leaps upward. It is easier to fall – simply don’t post!
Several blogs moved a couple of spots, but the one that stands out for the second week in a row as This Week’s Most Improved Blog is The American Civil War improving 38% over last week (which showed an improvement of 102%!)
That equates to 12 spots in the standings (from #55 to #43) for the winner’s spot! It should be noted that The American Civil War has moved from #71 to #43 in just 2 weeks. Must be doing something right over there!
This week, 6 out of 22 Lefty Blogs improved (27%) and 11 out of 52 Righty Blogs improved (21%).
23% of Virginia Political blogs improved in the rankings this week! (Compared to 58% improving last week!) A bit of a drop off, but the post Bin Laden bump appears to have subsided for both the blogs and the president.
Here are the Weekly Standings:
The Overall Standings:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week
1 Vivian Page Down (2.81%) 1
2 Bearing Drift Down (6.05%) 2
3 Virginia Right! Down (4.42%) 3
4 Barticles Upwards 9.41% 5
5 Not Larry Sabato Down (1.60%) 4
6 Blue Virginia Down (5.77%) 6
7 NoVa Town Hall Down (1.72%) 7
8 Shad Plank Down (1.60%) 8
9 Disrupt the Narrative Upwards 1.88% 9
10 Snapped Shot Upwards 9.77% 10
11 VB Dems Upwards 0.54% 11
12 Armchair Generalist Upwards 7.22% 14
13 Va Virtucon Down (3.26%) 13
14 Too Conservative Down (10.89%) 12
15 Nova Common Sense Down (0.60%) 15
16 Bacon's Rebellion Upwards 3.99% 17
17 Project Virginia Down (3.53%) 16
18 Shaun Kenney Down (1.21%) 20
19 SWAC Girl Down (13.12%) 18
20 Fishersville Mike Down (12.18%) 19
21 Citizen Tom Down (0.80%) 22
22 Waldo Jaquith Upwards 26.84% 27
23 ProgressiveDem Down (6.68%) 21
24 Cat House Chat Upwards 4.54% 26
25 Mason Conservative Down (0.89%) 25
26 Scott's Morning Brew Down (3.93%) 24
27 Virginia Conservative Down (13.37%) 23
28 Black Velvet Bruce Li Down (0.91%) 28
29 Red NoVa Down (0.90%) 30
30 The Green Miles Down (6.74%) 29
31 J's Notes Down (0.89%) 32
32 I'm Surrounded by Idiots Down (0.87%) 35
33 The Richmonder Down (8.77%) 31
34 The Toxic Mud Pit Down (0.87%) 37
35 Rappahannock Republic Upwards 2.39% 38
36 Moon Howlings Upwards 15.31% 40
37 Mosquito Blog Down (10.79%) 34
38 Yankee Phil Down (0.92%) 39
39 Rick Sincere Thoughts Upwards 14.92% 41
40 Va Social Conservative Down (28.65%) 36
41 Crystal Clear Conservative Down (0.89%) 42
42 Right Side Va Down (0.89%) 43
43 The American Civil War Upwards 37.75% 55
44 Deo Vindice Upwards 9.48% 46
45 Off K Street Down (0.87%) 44
46 From On High Down (0.87%) 45
47 Schilling Show Blog Down (43.77%) 33
48 Tertium Quids Down (1.00%) 47
49 Va Patriot Down (0.96%) 48
50 Roanoke Slant Down (0.96%) 49
51 The Contemporary Conservative Down (0.93%) 50
52 United Conservatives Down (0.90%) 51
53 The Right Wing Liberal Down (0.87%) 52
54 X Curmudgeon Upwards 26.04% 58
55 Tidewater Liberty Upwards 26.36% 60
56 The Bulletproof Monk Down (0.84%) 53
57 Skeptical Observer Down (0.81%) 56
58 The Lee Brothers Down (0.81%) 57
59 Dogwood Pundit Upwards 17.18% 63
60 Strictly Va Down (0.84%) 59
61 On The Right in Va Down (0.86%) 61
62 Tim Boyer Upwards 50.52% 69
63 Roanoke Valley Republicans Down (0.97%) 62
64 The 28th Amendment Down (26.69%) 54
65 The Farm Team Down (0.86%) 64
66 Coarse Cracked Corn Down (1.09%) 66
67 PW Conservative (Verticalis) Down (1.30%) 67
68 The Recovering Politico Down (1.28%) 68
69 SW Va Law Blog Down (1.12%) 70
70 Delmarva Dealings Down (1.10%) 71
71 Virginia Dem Down (25.37%) 65
72 What IS Right for Virginia Unchanged 73
73 Without Supervision Unchanged 72
74 Va 5th District Unchanged 74
Left Leaning Blogs:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week
1 Vivian Page Down (2.81%) 1
2 Barticles Upwards 9.41% 3
3 Not Larry Sabato Down (1.60%) 2
4 Blue Virginia Down (5.77%) 4
5 Shad Plank Down (1.60%) 5
6 VB Dems Upwards 0.54% 6
7 Armchair Generalist Upwards 7.22% 7
8 Waldo Jaquith Upwards 26.84% 9
9 ProgressiveDem Down (6.68%) 8
10 The Green Miles Down (6.74%) 10
11 I'm Surrounded by Idiots Down (0.87%) 13
12 The Richmonder Down (8.77%) 11
13 Moon Howlings Upwards 15.31% 14
14 Mosquito Blog Down (10.79%) 12
15 Off K Street Down (0.87%) 15
16 X Curmudgeon Upwards 26.04% 17
17 The 28th Amendment Down (26.69%) 16
18 The Farm Team Down (0.86%) 18
19 Coarse Cracked Corn Down (1.09%) 20
20 Virginia Dem Down (25.37%) 19
21 What IS Right for Virginia Unchanged 21
22 Without Supervision Unchanged 22
Right Leaning Blogs:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week
1 Bearing Drift Down (6.05%) 1
2 Virginia Right! Down (4.42%) 2
3 NoVa Town Hall Down (1.72%) 3
4 Disrupt the Narrative Upwards 1.88% 4
5 Snapped Shot Upwards 9.77% 5
6 Va Virtucon Down (3.26%) 7
7 Too Conservative Down (10.89%) 6
8 Nova Common Sense Down (0.60%) 8
9 Bacon's Rebellion Upwards 3.99% 10
10 Project Virginia Down (3.53%) 9
11 Shaun Kenney Down (1.21%) 13
12 SWAC Girl Down (13.12%) 11
13 Fishersville Mike Down (12.18%) 12
14 Citizen Tom Down (0.80%) 14
15 Cat House Chat Upwards 4.54% 18
16 Mason Conservative Down (0.89%) 17
17 Scott's Morning Brew Down (3.93%) 16
18 Virginia Conservative Down (13.37%) 15
19 Black Velvet Bruce Li Down (0.91%) 19
20 Red NoVa Down (0.90%) 20
21 J's Notes Down (0.89%) 21
22 The Toxic Mud Pit Down (0.87%) 24
23 Rappahannock Republic Upwards 2.39% 25
24 Yankee Phil Down (0.92%) 26
25 Rick Sincere Thoughts Upwards 14.92% 27
26 Va Social Conservative Down (28.65%) 23
27 Crystal Clear Conservative Down (0.89%) 28
28 Right Side Va Down (0.89%) 29
29 The American Civil War Upwards 37.75% 39
30 Deo Vindice Upwards 9.48% 31
31 From On High Down (0.87%) 30
32 Schilling Show Blog Down (43.77%) 22
33 Tertium Quids Down (1.00%) 32
34 Va Patriot Down (0.96%) 33
35 Roanoke Slant Down (0.96%) 34
36 The Contemporary Conservative Down (0.93%) 35
37 United Conservatives Down (0.90%) 36
38 The Right Wing Liberal Down (0.87%) 37
39 Tidewater Liberty Upwards 26.36% 43
40 The Bulletproof Monk Down (0.84%) 38
41 Skeptical Observer Down (0.81%) 40
42 The Lee Brothers Down (0.81%) 41
43 Dogwood Pundit Upwards 17.18% 46
44 Strictly Va Down (0.84%) 42
45 On The Right in Va Down (0.86%) 44
46 Tim Boyer Upwards 50.52% 49
47 Roanoke Valley Republicans Down (0.97%) 45
48 PW Conservative (Verticalis) Down (1.30%) 47
49 The Recovering Politico Down (1.28%) 48
50 SW Va Law Blog Down (1.12%) 50
51 Delmarva Dealings Down (1.10%) 51
52 Va 5th District Unchanged 52
About Tom White
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog. Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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