Comments on: Top 20 Bloggers (PneumaBloggers, that is) http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/ Pentecostal Rumination and Review Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:10:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rich http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/comment-page-1/#comment-67081 Rich Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:09:20 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/#comment-67081 <b>@Christine,</b> I think it's generally harder to get good pagerank on Google because it relegates its blog searches to a separate search utility, <a href="http://blogsearch.google.com/" rel="nofollow">Google Blogsearch</a>. I wouldn't be surprised, either if Google simply doesn't rank blogs as high as it does standard website pages. My blog here is helped by my "4" Google PageRank for other content here. But if I were to build this blog all over again, I would put it off the root of my site so that it didn't have /blog/ in the URL at all. I've read that this helps with SEO on blogs. <img height="30" alt="Rich" hspace="0" src="http://tatumweb.com/blog/pix/richsig.gif" width="58" vspace="4" border="0" /> @Christine,

I think it’s generally harder to get good pagerank on Google because it relegates its blog searches to a separate search utility, Google Blogsearch. I wouldn’t be surprised, either if Google simply doesn’t rank blogs as high as it does standard website pages. My blog here is helped by my “4″ Google PageRank for other content here. But if I were to build this blog all over again, I would put it off the root of my site so that it didn’t have /blog/ in the URL at all. I’ve read that this helps with SEO on blogs.

Rich

]]> By: Christine http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/comment-page-1/#comment-67074 Christine Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:21:42 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/#comment-67074 I have gotten some of my websites at # 4 on google within a matter of days however blogs I have never done that good on. I have gotten some of my websites at # 4 on google within a matter of days however blogs I have never done that good on.

]]> By: Rich http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/comment-page-1/#comment-64660 Rich Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:24:17 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/#comment-64660 I'd rather be a <i>chief</i> blogger, but if I have to cook something up without getting egg on my face and getting the tasty kudos I so hungrily await, I'll just stay in the kitchen whipping up more posts until that day comes and I get my just desserts. :: grin :: (Punnery. The lowest form of humor, and sometimes the most self-rewarding, even if nobody else apreciates it!) <img height="30" alt="Rich" hspace="0" src="http://tatumweb.com/blog/pix/richsig.gif" width="58" vspace="4" border="0" /> I’d rather be a chief blogger, but if I have to cook something up without getting egg on my face and getting the tasty kudos I so hungrily await, I’ll just stay in the kitchen whipping up more posts until that day comes and I get my just desserts.

:: grin ::

(Punnery. The lowest form of humor, and sometimes the most self-rewarding, even if nobody else apreciates it!)

Rich

]]> By: Kyle http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/comment-page-1/#comment-64644 Kyle Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:47:56 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/#comment-64644 I thought a niche was one of those egg soufflé pie concoctions... I didn't know you were a chef blogger. I thought a niche was one of those egg soufflé pie concoctions… I didn’t know you were a chef blogger.

]]> By: Rich http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/comment-page-1/#comment-64629 Rich Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:07:20 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/#comment-64629 Yeah, I'm admittedly "gaming" the system a bit just by creating my pneumablogs list and asking folks to link back, but even if Technorati and other services didn't rank by links I'd still do it, because the list is useful, it's edited, and it "gives back" in terms of traffic, recognition, and shared "authority." Plus, it simply helps me get to know my fellow niche bloggers better, and I like that. However, once blogrolls get into the multiples of hundreds or even the thousands, they become far less useful and interesting without some way to rank the significance of each blog. And almost every method of ranking has inherent flaws. So … :: shrug :: Rich <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/" rel="tag">BlogRodent</a> Yeah, I’m admittedly “gaming” the system a bit just by creating my pneumablogs list and asking folks to link back, but even if Technorati and other services didn’t rank by links I’d still do it, because the list is useful, it’s edited, and it “gives back” in terms of traffic, recognition, and shared “authority.”

Plus, it simply helps me get to know my fellow niche bloggers better, and I like that.

However, once blogrolls get into the multiples of hundreds or even the thousands, they become far less useful and interesting without some way to rank the significance of each blog. And almost every method of ranking has inherent flaws. So … :: shrug ::

Rich

]]> By: Michele http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/comment-page-1/#comment-64606 Michele Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:40:34 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/#comment-64606 I really think that those of us who have understood the system and have tried to turn it to our advantage are getting a bum rap! There are 71 million blogs out there, how else would a little blog that is just staring out get noticed by technorati and google? I think of it as being wise like serpent and innocent like a dove :-) I really think that those of us who have understood the system and have tried to turn it to our advantage are getting a bum rap! There are 71 million blogs out there, how else would a little blog that is just staring out get noticed by technorati and google? I think of it as being wise like serpent and innocent like a dove :-)

]]> By: Alexander M. Jordan: "The Irony of Being a Top 20 'Pneuma-Blogger'" http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/comment-page-1/#comment-64492 Alexander M. Jordan: "The Irony of Being a Top 20 'Pneuma-Blogger'" Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:55:42 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/#comment-64492 « Recently I was contacted by PneumaBlogger Rich Tatum, who informed me that Jordan's View is one of the <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/" rel="tag">top 20 pneuma-blogs</a> in the "PneumaSphere". It's always encouraging to hear that someone's reading and hopefully being blessed (recently, I also received a very nice note from someone saying how much they really were enjoying reading the Arminian vs Reformed theology series, and that they were even sharing it with a loved one to spark some discussion-- wonder if <i>that's</i> a good idea — but anyway, this is more good news). What is a "pneuma" blog, you ask? Well, it is a blog that ascribes to the view that charismatic gifts have continued to this day and have not stopped, as "cessationists" believe. Receiving this recognition from PneumaBlogs is, while an honor, quite ironic, coming at this time. This is because in looking at things through more reformed lenses lately, I have been questioning my beliefs about many popular charismatic practices. When I began writing this blog, my tag line describing this blog included the following phrase: "cultural commentary by an evangelical, <em>charismatic</em>, thinking christian". I had been attending charismatic churches where there was strong respect for the Scripture, yet wasn't fully satisfied with the teachings I heard on issues frequently mentioned in charismatic churches. I was not questioning the existence or continuation of spiritual gifts, but how they were being practiced.… » [<a href="http://jordansview.blogspot.com/2007/04/irony-of-being-top-20-pneuma-blogger.html" rel="tag">more</a>] « Recently I was contacted by PneumaBlogger Rich Tatum, who informed me that Jordan’s View is one of the in the “PneumaSphere”. It’s always encouraging to hear that someone’s reading and hopefully being blessed (recently, I also received a very nice note from someone saying how much they really were enjoying reading the Arminian vs Reformed theology series, and that they were even sharing it with a loved one to spark some discussion– wonder if that’s a good idea — but anyway, this is more good news).

What is a “pneuma” blog, you ask? Well, it is a blog that ascribes to the view that charismatic gifts have continued to this day and have not stopped, as “cessationists” believe. Receiving this recognition from PneumaBlogs is, while an honor, quite ironic, coming at this time. This is because in looking at things through more reformed lenses lately, I have been questioning my beliefs about many popular charismatic practices. When I began writing this blog, my tag line describing this blog included the following phrase: “cultural commentary by an evangelical, charismatic, thinking christian”. I had been attending charismatic churches where there was strong respect for the Scripture, yet wasn’t fully satisfied with the teachings I heard on issues frequently mentioned in charismatic churches. I was not questioning the existence or continuation of spiritual gifts, but how they were being practiced.… » []

]]> By: Rich http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/comment-page-1/#comment-64416 Rich Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:08:39 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/#comment-64416 Hey, Amy, thanks for the link to your sister's site. You're right, she has a lot of link-love. And she'd actually be number 8 as of today! Jami has a great blog, but it's quite a bit more of a personal and family journal style blog than I want for this list. I hope you understand (this is a subjective list, after all). She is, however, free to display the PneumaBlogger button if she wants, as is anybody who self-identifies as a Spirit-filled blogger. Not that she'd want to put the button on her site, but just in case, she's fre to do so. Regards, Rich <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/" rel="tag">BlogRodent</a> Hey, Amy, thanks for the link to your sister’s site. You’re right, she has a lot of link-love. And she’d actually be number 8 as of today!

Jami has a great blog, but it’s quite a bit more of a personal and family journal style blog than I want for this list. I hope you understand (this is a subjective list, after all). She is, however, free to display the PneumaBlogger button if she wants, as is anybody who self-identifies as a Spirit-filled blogger. Not that she’d want to put the button on her site, but just in case, she’s fre to do so.

Regards,

Rich

]]> By: Amy http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/comment-page-1/#comment-64380 Amy Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:41:05 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/#comment-64380 Thanks Rich, Hmmm... if you added <a href="http://jamileigh.com/" rel="tag">my twin sister</a> she'd be #9 on the list. (I think she plays the blogroll game better than I do.) Thanks Rich,

Hmmm… if you added she’d be #9 on the list. (I think she plays the blogroll game better than I do.)

]]> By: Rich http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/comment-page-1/#comment-64359 Rich Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:49:48 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2007/04/10/top-twenty/#comment-64359 By the way, if any of you want to track your Technorati stats easily over time, create a web page that you can load up whenever you want (or add this to an existing page) and link to an image like this: <pre style="width:390;"><code><img src="http://www.dapper.net/dapplications/BlogPlot/BLOGURL &timeframe=inf &graph=All &width=300 &height=300" /></code></pre> Notice where it says BLOGURL, that's where you want to stick your … blog URL. Also, the image URL should all be on one line no spaces. The result will be something like this (with my data plugged in: <img src="http://www.dapper.net/dapplications/BlogPlot/http://tatumweb.com/blog/&timeframe=inf&graph=All&width=390&height=350"> You can also play with the paramaters in the URL to get slightly different results. Like just seeing the change in rank for the past month, and changing the size of the image: <img src="http://www.dapper.net/dapplications/BlogPlot/http://tatumweb.com/blog/&timeframe=month&graph=rank&width=390&height=200"> For more information, see this page: "<a href="http://www.dapper.net/dapplications/Blotter/#" rel="tag">Get a Blotter Graph for your Blog</a>." Enjoy! Rich <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/" rel="tag">BlogRodent</a> By the way, if any of you want to track your Technorati stats easily over time, create a web page that you can load up whenever you want (or add this to an existing page) and link to an image like this:

<img 
src="http://www.dapper.net/dapplications/BlogPlot/BLOGURL
&timeframe=inf
&graph=All
&width=300
&height=300" />

Notice where it says BLOGURL, that’s where you want to stick your … blog URL. Also, the image URL should all be on one line no spaces.

The result will be something like this (with my data plugged in:

You can also play with the paramaters in the URL to get slightly different results. Like just seeing the change in rank for the past month, and changing the size of the image:

For more information, see this page: “.”

Enjoy!

Rich

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