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The World’s 50 Most Powerful Blogs ?- Be the judge

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Catherine Adenle

The Observer (part of Guardian News and Media in the UK) claimed that the list below is the list of the most powerful blogs in the world.

Powerful! That sounds like a list worth studying — so you be the judge. Here’s a look in the order they presented, plus the Technorati Rank (based on unique links), Alexa rank (based on page views and visitors) and approximate category or topic.

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# Blog T Rank Alexa Primary category
1 The Huffington Post 4 2,202 Liberal
2 Boing Boing 5 4,253 Esoterica
3 TechCrunch 4 1,100 Web News
4 kottke.org 588 27,828 Esoterica
5 dooce 58 23,533 Personal
6 PerezHilton.com 14 751 Celebrity Gossip
7 Talking Points Memo 58 18,828 Liberal
8 I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? 12 2,505 Humor
9 Beppe Grillo’s Blog 11 9,598 Liberal
10 Gawker 29 5,930 Media News
11 ? DRUDGE REPORT 47 1,231 Politics
12 Xu Jinglei (Chinese) – – Non-English
13 TreeHugger 26 13,061 Green Lifestyle
14 Microsiervos (Spanish) 59 6,466 Non-English
15 TMZ.com 13 1,115 Celebrity Gossip
16 Engadget 3 798 Gadgets
17 marbury – 6,700,700 Politics
18 chez pim 10,543 473,316 Food & Drink
19 Basic Thinking Blog (German) 569 12,967 Non-English
20 The Sartorialist 73 44,005 Fashion & Clothing
21 Tibet Will Be Free 305,717 1,668,550 Politics
22 Jezebel 87 11,558 Celebrity Gossip
23 GIGAZINE (Japanese) 31 3,789 Non-English
24 a Deleted 11,435 159,652 (deleted)
25 Mashable 9 2,448 Web News
26 Greek Tragedy 25,103 243,137 Personal
27 Holy Moly! 9,787 39,949 Celebrity Gossip
28 Michelle Malkin 50 23,772 Conservative
29 The Cranky Flier 52,048 240,102 Travel
30 Go Fug Yourself 245 17,435 Celebrity Gossip
31 gapingvoid 310 43,925 Marketing
32 x DirtyDirtyDancing – 174,602 Photography
33 Crooked Timber 1,242 163,939 Liberal
34 Bean Sprouts 27,355 1,254,617 Family
35 The Offside 6,535 123,838 Soccer
36 petite anglaise 11,925 345,756 Personal
37 Crooks and Liars 44 13,180 Liberal
38 Chocolate and Zucchini 1,253 151,477 Food & Drink
39 Samizdata.net 4,837 109,583 Libertarian
40 The Daily Dish 60 21,418 Politics
41 The F-Word Blog 30,891 335,533 Feminism
42 Private Secret Diary 47,970 3,616,232 Personal
43 Popjustice 14,926 77,314 Music
44 waiterrant.net 5,821 39,031 Personal
45 Hecklerspray 4,609 35,385 Celebrity Gossip
46 WOW Insider 2,584 7,554 World of Warcraft
47 AngryBlackB**** 17,837 1,533,188 Personal
48 Style Bubble 2,681 172,473 Fashion & Clothing
49 ? Blogs | AfterEllen.com 16,405 – Personal
50 Copyblogger 31 11,696 Marketing
Legend
Blogcosm profile of this blog
Link directly to the blog
? Arguably not a blog (what do you think?)
x Not a blog (at least not by our definition)
a Deleted, content not suitable for this blog
Technorati position as of March 1, 2008 (or later)
Alexa three-month data as of March 8, 2008 (or later)

 Now, every one of these blogs may be interesting, and perhaps even important in their own way. But do you see them as the most powerful?

Catherine Adenle

Founder at Catherine's Career Corner
Founder, Catherine's Career Corner. The career site empowering and inspiring ambitious candidates of all ages and professions to thrive and work smarter on their careers. Gladly helping all career-minded people worldwide to explore their career, manage change and understand how new technologies are changing and enhancing the future of work.
Catherine Adenle

Founder, Catherine's Career Corner. The career site empowering and inspiring ambitious candidates of all ages and professions to thrive and work smarter on their careers. Gladly helping all career-minded people worldwide to explore their career, manage change and understand how new technologies are changing and enhancing the future of work.

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Published by
Catherine Adenle
December 9, 2008

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