The Virginia Political Blog Rankings for 7/24/2011 are out!
We thinned out some of the less active blogs and brought the total number of ranked blogs to 50. There were a number of blogs that have new posts only rarely and there was not much point in ranking them on a weekly basis.
Most of the rankings remained fairly steady, but there were one or two who fell in the Technorati rankings to not being listed, so they had a significant decline in these rankings as a result.
Also, as more data has been collected, the “penalty” for not being ranked by all 4 of the ranking sites has been reduced to allow greater accuracy. The goal of the “penalty” is to assign a ranking just below the lowest ranking for the site. This resulted in a number of blogs reflecting a rather large improvement, but these are all blogs that are not listed in at least 2 of the ranking engines. Those ranked in 3 or more were not effected because the lowest score is thrown out anyway.
Because of the change in “penalty” it will be impossible to fairly pick a “Most Improved” blog this week. It will also not meaningful to give the number and percentage of improved blogs for the same reason.
So, we will just present the rankings as they now stand:
The Overall Standings:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Average 1 Virginia Right! Upwards 1.97% 1 263547 198998 94 164842 121311 2 Bearing Drift Upwards 0.02% 2 241562 244167 59 148535 130052 3 Vivian Page Upwards 3.37% 3 222049 220956 1503 -1 148169 4 Not Larry Sabato Down (0.49%) 4 418906 365929 1598 -1 262144 5 Blue Virginia Upwards 1.73% 5 455009 441551 -1 336333 410964 6 NoVa Town Hall Upwards 1.60% 6 660733 645276 1533 723513 435847 7 Too Conservative Upwards 0.06% 7 1358525 1587788 2594 559731 640283 8 Snapped Shot Upwards 7.04% 8 1445595 997436 125 1337810 778457 9 Black Velvet Bruce Li Upwards 6.81% 9 2369076 2023781 3506 882018 969768 10 Va Virtucon Upwards 3.11% 11 1604684 1982649 3506 -1 1196946 11 On The Right in Va Down (0.12%) 12 21761177 1804281 5976 2114230 1308162 12 Citizen Tom Upwards 0.00% 13 2730804 3823628 1005 1282258 1338022 13 The Richmonder Down 0.00% 14 2720532 3526848 474 1336634 1352546 14 Waldo Jaquith Down (1.31%) 15 2509857 2269645 560 -1 1593354 15 Bacon's Rebellion Down (0.95%) 17 4047701 1914709 1867 -1 1988092 16 SWAC Girl Upwards 2.48% 18 1686556 4355668 339 -1 2014187 17 Fishersville Mike Down (5.18%) 16 2942079 3175607 2826 -1 2040170 18 Crystal Clear Conservative Upwards 0.03% 19 4805126 6573988 2826 1548292 2118748 19 Project Virginia Down (2.77%) 20 2337938 2874014 -1 1965339 2392430 20 Nova Common Sense Down (2.33%) 22 2213584 3407192 -1 1876985 2499253 21 The American Civil War Upwards 3.32% 24 8696475 4290308 5976 3266800 2521028 22 Mosquito Blog Down (4.96%) 23 3912901 3893062 2427 -1 2602796 23 Shaun Kenney Down (57.15%) 10 2117441 4562016 -1 1295572 2658343 24 Cat House Chat Down (12.05%) 21 2485894 5152275 -1 523374 2720514 25 Schilling Show Blog Upwards 28.79% 26 1405153 5692106 -1 1537051 2878103 26 Moon Howlings Upwards 0.83% 25 6385864 2671630 -1 1329280 3462258 27 Virginia Dem Upwards 10.21% 29 5131419 7103255 2594 -1 4079089 28 From On High Down (2.07%) 27 8213437 4228723 1151 -1 4147770 29 DemRulz Down (0.39%) 28 29480421 9276990 2826 4093800 4457872 30 Deo Vindice Upwards 14.61% 33 5996010 8164948 603 -1 4720520 31 Red NoVa Upwards 0.04% 30 6264401 4940498 -1 3588131 4931010 32 ProgressiveDem Down (0.15%) 32 7060319 6574972 -1 1605323 5080204 33 I'm Surrounded by Idiots Down (2.85%) 31 8020276 5688340 -1 1736306 5148307 34 Scott's Morning Brew Down (5.88%) 34 10344932 9307636 -1 2603731 7418766 35 Shad Plank Upwards 224.47% 38 586249 590710 -1 -1 10392319 36 The Right Wing Liberal Down (0.57%) 35 8620486 23540813 515 -1 10720604 37 VB Dems Upwards 216.74% 39 1028000 1303411 -1 -1 10777137 38 Armchair Generalist Upwards 212.02% 40 1105906 1884763 -1 -1 10996889 39 The Farm Team Down (0.09%) 37 21300293 8082465 -1 3740064 11040940 40 Disrupt the Narrative Upwards 203.58% 41 2097559 1907683 -1 -1 11335080 41 Virginia Conservative Upwards 190.08% 42 2261920 4556810 -1 -1 12272910 42 Mason Conservative Upwards 187.17% 43 4322768 2931100 -1 -1 12417956 43 Rick Sincere Thoughts Upwards 187.77% 46 3706338 3977448 -1 -1 12561262 44 Va Social Conservative Upwards 182.32% 44 1537619 6538366 -1 -1 12691995 45 Yankee Phil Upwards 182.51% 45 1809502 6530969 -1 -1 12780157 46 The Green Miles Upwards 179.51% 47 4047062 5175305 -1 -1 13074122 47 Right Side Va Upwards 243.45% 62 17455471 23540810 4202 -1 13666827 48 United Conservatives Upwards 158.32% 50 9789649 4756002 -1 -1 14848550 49 Skeptical Observer Down (28.83%) 36 21773325 23545279 1810 -1 15106804 50 Barticles Upwards 147.01% 53 8031749 10098277 -1 -1 16043342
Left Leaning Blogs:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Average 1 Vivian Page Upwards 3.37% 1 222049 220956 1503 -1 148169 2 Not Larry Sabato Down (0.49%) 2 418906 365929 1598 -1 262144 3 Blue Virginia Upwards 1.73% 3 455009 441551 -1 336333 410964 4 The Richmonder Down 0.00% 4 2720532 3526848 474 1336634 1352546 5 Waldo Jaquith Down (1.31%) 5 2509857 2269645 560 -1 1593354 6 Mosquito Blog Down (4.96%) 6 3912901 3893062 2427 -1 2602796 7 Moon Howlings Upwards 0.83% 7 6385864 2671630 -1 1329280 3462258 8 Virginia Dem Upwards 10.21% 9 5131419 7103255 2594 -1 4079089 9 DemRulz Down (0.39%) 8 29480421 9276990 2826 4093800 4457872 10 ProgressiveDem Down (0.15%) 11 7060319 6574972 -1 1605323 5080204 11 I'm Surrounded by Idiots Down (2.85%) 10 8020276 5688340 -1 1736306 5148307 12 Shad Plank Upwards 224.47% 13 586249 590710 -1 -1 10392319 13 VB Dems Upwards 216.74% 14 1028000 1303411 -1 -1 10777137 14 Armchair Generalist Upwards 212.02% 15 1105906 1884763 -1 -1 10996889 15 The Farm Team Down (0.09%) 12 21300293 8082465 -1 3740064 11040940 16 The Green Miles Upwards 179.51% 16 4047062 5175305 -1 -1 13074122 17 Barticles Upwards 147.01% 18 8031749 10098277 -1 -1 16043342
Right Leaning Blogs:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Average 1 Virginia Right! Upwards 1.97% 1 263547 198998 94 164842 121311 2 Bearing Drift Upwards 0.02% 2 241562 244167 59 148535 130052 3 NoVa Town Hall Upwards 1.60% 3 660733 645276 1533 723513 435847 4 Too Conservative Upwards 0.06% 4 1358525 1587788 2594 559731 640283 5 Snapped Shot Upwards 7.04% 5 1445595 997436 125 1337810 778457 6 Black Velvet Bruce Li Upwards 6.81% 6 2369076 2023781 3506 882018 969768 7 Va Virtucon Upwards 3.11% 8 1604684 1982649 3506 -1 1196946 8 On The Right in Va Down (0.12%) 9 21761177 1804281 5976 2114230 1308162 9 Citizen Tom Upwards 0.00% 10 2730804 3823628 1005 1282258 1338022 10 Bacon's Rebellion Down (0.95%) 12 4047701 1914709 1867 -1 1988092 11 SWAC Girl Upwards 2.48% 13 1686556 4355668 339 -1 2014187 12 Fishersville Mike Down (5.18%) 11 2942079 3175607 2826 -1 2040170 13 Crystal Clear Conservative Upwards 0.03% 14 4805126 6573988 2826 1548292 2118748 14 Project Virginia Down (2.77%) 15 2337938 2874014 -1 1965339 2392430 15 Nova Common Sense Down (2.33%) 17 2213584 3407192 -1 1876985 2499253 16 The American Civil War Upwards 3.32% 18 8696475 4290308 5976 3266800 2521028 17 Shaun Kenney Down (57.15%) 7 2117441 4562016 -1 1295572 2658343 18 Cat House Chat Down (12.05%) 16 2485894 5152275 -1 523374 2720514 19 Schilling Show Blog Upwards 28.79% 19 1405153 5692106 -1 1537051 2878103 20 From On High Down (2.07%) 20 8213437 4228723 1151 -1 4147770 21 Deo Vindice Upwards 14.61% 22 5996010 8164948 603 -1 4720520 22 Red NoVa Upwards 0.04% 21 6264401 4940498 -1 3588131 4931010 23 Scott's Morning Brew Down (5.88%) 23 10344932 9307636 -1 2603731 7418766 24 The Right Wing Liberal Down (0.57%) 24 8620486 23540813 515 -1 10720604 25 Disrupt the Narrative Upwards 203.58% 26 2097559 1907683 -1 -1 11335080 26 Virginia Conservative Upwards 190.08% 27 2261920 4556810 -1 -1 12272910 27 Mason Conservative Upwards 187.17% 28 4322768 2931100 -1 -1 12417956 28 Rick Sincere Thoughts Upwards 187.77% 31 3706338 3977448 -1 -1 12561262 29 Va Social Conservative Upwards 182.32% 29 1537619 6538366 -1 -1 12691995 30 Yankee Phil Upwards 182.51% 30 1809502 6530969 -1 -1 12780157 31 Right Side Va Upwards 243.45% 42 17455471 23540810 4202 -1 13666827 32 United Conservatives Upwards 158.32% 33 9789649 4756002 -1 -1 14848550 33 Skeptical Observer Down (28.83%) 25 21773325 23545279 1810 -1 15106804
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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