The Virginia Political Blog Rankings for 8/7/2011 are out!
The rankings have been trimmed down to only the top 50 most active blogs. If you are the owner of a blog that has been removed from the top 50, please let me know if you return to actively blogging. While there is no hard and fast rule (yet) on what constitutes an active blog, certainly more than one per month is in order. When I began to weed out inactive blogs, I used a 90 day guideline to declare a blog inactive. What I have found is that there were a number of blogs that may post once every couple of months. While time restraints take a toll on most people, and a blogging hiatus is sometimes necessary, one of the goals of these rankings is to encourage and promote blogging in Virginia. If there are new posts only on rare occasions, there is really nothing to promote and sending readers to a mostly inactive blog diminishes the value of the rankings and is a waste of time for readers.
So, if you were removed from the rankings, sorry about that. But please let me know if you jump back in the fray.
The bragging rights for Most Improved Virginia Blog goes to RightSide VA up 30.2% for the week and rose from 47th place to 36th in the overall ranking, apparently due to one sweet post!
10 out of 17 Left Leaning Blogs improved (59%).
17 out of 33 Right Leaning Blogs improved (52%).
Overall, 27 out of 50 Blogs Improved (54%).
Here are the rankings: (Hint – The default view of to can be expanded to show all of the lines.)
The Overall Standings:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Average 1 Virginia Right! Upwards 0.49% 1 263547 197224 94 164842 120720 2 Bearing Drift Unchanged 2 241562 246684 59 148535 130052 3 Vivian Page Upwards 0.64% 3 222049 218189 1440 -1 147226 4 Not Larry Sabato Upwards 1.10% 4 418906 357404 1567 -1 259292 5 Blue Virginia Down (0.83%) 5 455009 451910 -1 336333 414417 6 NoVa Town Hall Down (2.63%) 6 660733 680616 1518 723513 447622 7 Too Conservative Down 0.00% 7 1358525 1448970 2637 559731 640297 8 Snapped Shot Upwards 0.79% 8 1445595 979242 125 1337810 772392 9 Black Velvet Bruce Li Upwards 0.28% 9 2369076 2015674 3474 882018 967055 10 Va Virtucon Upwards 5.65% 10 1604684 1791083 3145 -1 1132970 11 On The Right in Va Upwards 6.59% 11 1818096 1857947 5976 2114230 1227339 12 Citizen Tom Upwards 0.00% 12 2730804 4061805 984 1282258 1338015 13 The Richmonder Down 0.00% 13 2720532 3563585 489 1336634 1352551 14 Waldo Jaquith Upwards 0.22% 14 2509857 2259222 561 -1 1589880 15 Bacon's Rebellion Upwards 0.01% 15 4047701 1913932 1885 -1 1987839 16 Fishersville Mike Down (3.12%) 17 2942079 3372791 2717 -1 2105862 17 Crystal Clear Conservative Down 0.00% 18 4805126 6641555 2959 1548292 2118792 18 SWAC Girl Down (5.82%) 16 1686556 4728792 338 -1 2138562 19 Nova Common Sense Upwards 3.09% 20 2213584 3182357 -1 1876985 2424308 20 Project Virginia Down (2.27%) 19 2337938 3040738 -1 1965339 2448005 21 The American Civil War Down (2.43%) 21 8696475 4478280 5976 3266800 2583685 22 Shaun Kenney Upwards 0.79% 23 2117441 4499377 -1 1295572 2637463 23 Mosquito Blog Down (6.32%) 22 3912901 4419797 2093 -1 2778263 24 Schilling Show Blog Down (0.69%) 25 1405153 5752462 -1 1537051 2898222 25 Cat House Chat Down (6.87%) 24 2485894 5754011 -1 523374 2921093 26 Moon Howlings Down (0.27%) 26 6385864 2699485 -1 1329280 3471543 27 Virginia Dem Upwards 7.30% 27 5131419 6270548 2637 -1 3801534 28 From On High Upwards 0.23% 28 8213437 4199767 1154 -1 4138119 29 DemRulz Down (0.73%) 29 29480421 9374842 2717 4093800 4490453 30 Deo Vindice Down (0.60%) 30 5996010 8250929 612 -1 4749183 31 ProgressiveDem Upwards 4.04% 32 7060319 5983512 -1 1605323 4883051 32 Red NoVa Down (0.34%) 31 6264401 4991678 -1 3588131 4948070 33 I'm Surrounded by Idiots Upwards 3.73% 33 8020276 5133477 -1 1736306 4963353 34 Scott's Morning Brew Upwards 5.14% 34 10344932 8220189 -1 2603731 7056284 35 Shad Plank Down (0.01%) 35 586249 593337 -1 -1 10393195 36 Right Side Va Upwards 30.15% 47 17455471 14041674 4177 -1 10500440 37 VB Dems Upwards 0.11% 37 1028000 1268022 -1 -1 10765340 38 The Right Wing Liberal Down (0.93%) 36 8620486 23843465 519 -1 10821490 39 The Farm Team Upwards 1.85% 39 21300293 7482410 -1 3740064 10840922 40 Armchair Generalist Down (0.32%) 38 1105906 1989414 -1 -1 11031773 41 Disrupt the Narrative Down (1.87%) 40 2097559 2556950 -1 -1 11551503 42 Skeptical Observer Upwards 26.53% 49 21773325 14041709 1777 -1 11938937 43 Va Social Conservative Upwards 4.25% 44 1537619 4985815 -1 -1 12174478 44 Virginia Conservative Upwards 0.17% 41 2261920 4493803 -1 -1 12251907 45 The Green Miles Upwards 5.79% 46 4047062 3028731 -1 -1 12358597 46 Mason Conservative Upwards 0.29% 42 4322768 2821934 -1 -1 12381567 47 Rick Sincere Thoughts Down (0.11%) 43 3706338 4019750 -1 -1 12575362 48 Yankee Phil Down (0.18%) 45 1809502 6598912 -1 -1 12802804 49 United Conservatives Upwards 0.69% 48 9789649 4450630 -1 -1 14746759 50 Barticles Upwards 4.79% 50 8031749 7899211 -1 -1 15310320
Left Leaning Blogs:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Average 1 Vivian Page Upwards 0.64% 1 222049 218189 1440 -1 147226 2 Not Larry Sabato Upwards 1.10% 2 418906 357404 1567 -1 259292 3 Blue Virginia Down (0.83%) 3 455009 451910 -1 336333 414417 4 The Richmonder Down 0.00% 4 2720532 3563585 489 1336634 1352551 5 Waldo Jaquith Upwards 0.22% 5 2509857 2259222 561 -1 1589880 6 Mosquito Blog Down (6.32%) 6 3912901 4419797 2093 -1 2778263 7 Moon Howlings Down (0.27%) 7 6385864 2699485 -1 1329280 3471543 8 Virginia Dem Upwards 7.30% 8 5131419 6270548 2637 -1 3801534 9 DemRulz Down (0.73%) 9 29480421 9374842 2717 4093800 4490453 10 ProgressiveDem Upwards 4.04% 10 7060319 5983512 -1 1605323 4883051 11 I'm Surrounded by Idiots Upwards 3.73% 11 8020276 5133477 -1 1736306 4963353 12 Shad Plank Down (0.01%) 12 586249 593337 -1 -1 10393195 13 VB Dems Upwards 0.11% 13 1028000 1268022 -1 -1 10765340 14 The Farm Team Upwards 1.85% 15 21300293 7482410 -1 3740064 10840922 15 Armchair Generalist Down (0.32%) 14 1105906 1989414 -1 -1 11031773 16 The Green Miles Upwards 5.79% 16 4047062 3028731 -1 -1 12358597 17 Barticles Upwards 4.79% 17 8031749 7899211 -1 -1 15310320
Right Leaning Blogs:
Rank BlogName Weekly Trend Last Week WebArbiter Alexa Technorati Compete Average 1 Virginia Right! Upwards 0.49% 1 263547 197224 94 164842 120720 2 Bearing Drift Unchanged 2 241562 246684 59 148535 130052 3 NoVa Town Hall Down (2.63%) 3 660733 680616 1518 723513 447622 4 Too Conservative Down 0.00% 4 1358525 1448970 2637 559731 640297 5 Snapped Shot Upwards 0.79% 5 1445595 979242 125 1337810 772392 6 Black Velvet Bruce Li Upwards 0.28% 6 2369076 2015674 3474 882018 967055 7 Va Virtucon Upwards 5.65% 7 1604684 1791083 3145 -1 1132970 8 On The Right in Va Upwards 6.59% 8 1818096 1857947 5976 2114230 1227339 9 Citizen Tom Upwards 0.00% 9 2730804 4061805 984 1282258 1338015 10 Bacon's Rebellion Upwards 0.01% 10 4047701 1913932 1885 -1 1987839 11 Fishersville Mike Down (3.12%) 12 2942079 3372791 2717 -1 2105862 12 Crystal Clear Conservative Down 0.00% 13 4805126 6641555 2959 1548292 2118792 13 SWAC Girl Down (5.82%) 11 1686556 4728792 338 -1 2138562 14 Nova Common Sense Upwards 3.09% 15 2213584 3182357 -1 1876985 2424308 15 Project Virginia Down (2.27%) 14 2337938 3040738 -1 1965339 2448005 16 The American Civil War Down (2.43%) 16 8696475 4478280 5976 3266800 2583685 17 Shaun Kenney Upwards 0.79% 17 2117441 4499377 -1 1295572 2637463 18 Schilling Show Blog Down (0.69%) 19 1405153 5752462 -1 1537051 2898222 19 Cat House Chat Down (6.87%) 18 2485894 5754011 -1 523374 2921093 20 From On High Upwards 0.23% 20 8213437 4199767 1154 -1 4138119 21 Deo Vindice Down (0.60%) 21 5996010 8250929 612 -1 4749183 22 Red NoVa Down (0.34%) 22 6264401 4991678 -1 3588131 4948070 23 Scott's Morning Brew Upwards 5.14% 23 10344932 8220189 -1 2603731 7056284 24 Right Side Va Upwards 30.15% 31 17455471 14041674 4177 -1 10500440 25 The Right Wing Liberal Down (0.93%) 24 8620486 23843465 519 -1 10821490 26 Disrupt the Narrative Down (1.87%) 25 2097559 2556950 -1 -1 11551503 27 Skeptical Observer Upwards 26.53% 33 21773325 14041709 1777 -1 11938937 28 Va Social Conservative Upwards 4.25% 29 1537619 4985815 -1 -1 12174478 29 Virginia Conservative Upwards 0.17% 26 2261920 4493803 -1 -1 12251907 30 Mason Conservative Upwards 0.29% 27 4322768 2821934 -1 -1 12381567 31 Rick Sincere Thoughts Down (0.11%) 28 3706338 4019750 -1 -1 12575362 32 Yankee Phil Down (0.18%) 30 1809502 6598912 -1 -1 12802804 33 United Conservatives Upwards 0.69% 32 9789649 4450630 -1 -1 14746759
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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