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Lists? How about one more? 43 Best Blogs in the Universe!

February 28, 2006

A friend of ours is starting a new blog network and he launched a new ‘Top Blogs’ list (I won’t mention who is doing it or what it is called) and it reminded me of a post Josh Hallett wrote last August titled, "List of Blogs Nobody Reads by Should and Other Lists."

His point? He was tired of all of the talk about blog lists and rankings such as the Technorati Top 100, Feedster 500, BlogPulse and so on. He suggested some alternative lists:

  • Bottom 100 Blogs Nobody Reads but Should
  • Top 1000 Overrated Blogs
  • Top 10 Blogs from Bloggers who Shouldn’t Blog
  • Blogs I don’t read anymore and why
  • Blogs I’ve Never Heard of (kinda tough to make that list)

Eran commented on the issue today in his blog in a post called "The Great Web 2.0 Joke List 2.0." I was joking with Brian that Weblogs Work should start its own "Top Blog" list. He threw up on the idea as completely transparent and self-serving. But since I have access to some of his developers I secretly got one of them to create something I call the "43 Best Blogs". Instead of a tightly controlled list, I decided that the fairest way to do it would be in the form of a wiki. This way anyone could feel free to delete, add or reorder any blog on the list. We created a couple of blog badges so you can show off the fact that, at least at one point, your blog was considered one of the 43 Best Blogs in the universe. Also, while we are at it, why not create various lists of the 43 best? I created a few extra jut for fun. Hopefully, everyone who ever wanted to be the best will be able to get on this very exclusive list…

Written by Alexander Muse · Filed Under Uncategorized 

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8 Responses to “Lists? How about one more? 43 Best Blogs in the Universe!”

  1. Saman Says:
    February 28th, 2006 at 3:32 pm

    er why 43??? I understand 42 … but not 43!

  2. Jeff Clavier's Software Only Says:
    February 28th, 2006 at 10:35 pm

    How to play bloggers egos: 43Best Blogs

    Alex Muse had a very amusing idea: mix the Top XXX blog list meme and the self (serving) editing of a wiki, hence offering all bloggers the ability to be in said Top XXX list. The result: 43Best Blogs, a wikied list in which anyone can claim a spot. Th…

  3. mark evans Says:
    March 1st, 2006 at 7:23 am

    in frustration over the inability of search engines to produce “the best” blogs rather than the most recent or most popular, i started to create a list on a wiki last year but gave up when i realized the difficulty and time involved to compile this kind of list. i still think there’s a system out there that involves a combination of google’s links to algorithm and eBay’s peer review program that would create something different than technorati, ice rocket, et al

  4. alwaysBETA » A Web 2.0 Social Experiment Says:
    March 1st, 2006 at 12:46 pm

    [...] It’s like those game theory games where you pit random people against each other, sit back, and watch the fireworks. In wiki form. Alex Muse’s Top43 Best Blogs list is a publicly editable wiki of the top 43 best blogs out there today. Yes, that means you can add yourself. Yes, I did just that last night around 3AM. What surprises me is that we’re still up there today. [...]

  5. Chris Yeh Says:
    March 1st, 2006 at 1:21 pm

    Yo Alex, something is wrong with the wiki system. Every time I try to see changes or selfishly add my blog, I’m asked for a password.

  6. Supr.c.ilio.us: The Blog » The Great Web 2.0 Joke List 2.0 Says:
    March 2nd, 2006 at 1:24 pm

    [...] 43 Best blogs in a wiki - Let the update war commence (from Brian Oberkirch and Alexander Muse) [...]

  7. Alexander Muse Says:
    March 2nd, 2006 at 2:45 pm

    Chris, it got hacked yesterday afternoon. Fred fixed it so it should remain open.

  8. Matt Says:
    May 20th, 2006 at 11:19 pm

    Great concept…http://digitalartphotographyfordummies.blogspot.com/

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