So there’s this website that has this nifty little feature that will tell you if you’re an A-list “bloglebrity” or not. Apparently? I’m not. Which, you know, I’m okay with because I consider A-list bloglebrities to be blogs like Dooce, Amalah, Sweetney, etc. Those are, at least in my circles, the big-wigs and I don’t even aspire to have my blog on the same plane as theirs. It’d be nice to be B-list, but I don’t think I’m quite there either. So that’s all well and good. All in all, I’m okay with being C-list. I’m not D-list, so I enjoy a little bit of notoriety and the fortune that goes along with it (which is to say, not much at all). However, I do take exception with this web site’s definition of what makes a C-list blogger.

The Middle Authority Group [C-List Bloggers]
(10-99 blogs linking in the last 6 months)
This contrasts somewhat with the second group, which enjoys an average age not much older than the first at 260 days and which posts 50% more frequently than the first. There is a clear correlation between posting volume and Technorati authority ranking.

Really? That’s how it’s decided? Cuz that’s kinda hinky, in my opinion. Yes, the most popular blogs have dozens upon dozens upon HUNDREDS of links to their sites. However, what’s the dealio with the average age? If the average is 260 days then where does my blog fall in? Cuz it’s quite a bit older than 260 days, I can tell you that. So does this mean that in the multitude of days I’ve had this blog (and the frequency at which I post which this ranking tells me falls around 24 posts a month), that I should have more than 99 blogs linking to my site? Is there seriously a formula out there for this? Of course, then this makes me wonder if maybe I shouldn’t be having more links to my site than I do considering how long this blog has been here. And that, somehow, I’ve been “doing this wrong”.

I know Slackermama (and Inconceivable before it) isn’t that popular and that only a handful of people really visit this place on a daily (or even biweekly) basis. I’m comfortable with it’s status in the blogosphere, however, maybe less comfortable with my own status. Does that make sense? I wouldn’t mind a little more notoriety for myself, a few more blogs to write for (what, two 451press sites aren’t enough?), a community or two to be a part of and help to grow. I’m still cultivating myself as a blogger, but I’m constantly trying to stretch my wings and feel my oats.

I want to be able to sit at the cool kids’ table, even if my blog isn’t worthy. But I’m neither pretty, nor especially funny, nor am I an especially fantastic writer. I’m mediocre in all things and that doesn’t equate into much recognition, I fear. And, for what it’s worth, I need to be okay with that. Mostly because I don’t see that status changing too terribly soon.