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.
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cagey (98 comments.) 04.15.07 at 6:30 pm
I’m also C-List. Frankly, I was disappointed to not be a D-Lister because that is definitely more catchy-sounding. Dammit. I can’t ever win!
Susan (37 comments.) 04.15.07 at 8:10 pm
Heh, I read this post and then looked at that feature you linked to, and it mentioned Technorati. So, then I discovered Technorati. I had no idea. Now I’ve got to leave it alone and go to bed.
Lisa 04.16.07 at 4:55 am
Maybe don’t worry about it. I don’t see many “A-listers” talking about how they don’t feel pretty or funny or popular or like a fantastic writer. By which I mean.. just because you don’t FEEL like a fantastic writer, it doesn’t mean you aren’t. Just because you don’t THINK you are funny or pretty (and online? pretty doesn’t make a popular blog. now funny - it can but not for every blog), it doesn’t mean you aren’t. All of these things are in the eyes of the beholder. Give yourself some credit
Zoot (20 comments.) 04.16.07 at 6:06 am
Whatever. I think anybody who hangs out together by the pool at a BlogHer conference mere INCHES from Arianna Huffington (do you see her, in the background here: http://flickr.com/photos/misszoot/203461282/) deserves the A-list spot.
I hate all of those blog ratings things - they always get me REALLY depressed.
Amanda (4 comments.) 04.17.07 at 5:41 am
I want blog notoriety as well… but for me, the thing is, before people want to read about your life… you have to have one.
I’m totally into the world of mom-blogs, and infetility blogs, and day-in-the-life blogs, and all that. I think that the random adventures I have as a single 20-something tend to make for boring reading material. Like “My cat is still neurotic and refuses to sleep at night until she finds her crocheted blanket thingie and drags it into my bed. UNtil then, she howls, and that makes me pissy.” is just not interesting after a certain period of time.
I like your blog: The design is simple, yet cool and not hard to look at, your stories and writing don’t make my head hurt, and frequently I beam at my computer screen or giggle along with your stories. And, you have a clever web adress. My web adress is not clever and I am SOOOO not clever enough to figure out HTML to get myself a dot com.
Marilyn 04.17.07 at 4:45 pm
It’s an interesting discussion, isn’t it?
cagey - Doesn’t D-list make you think of Kathy Griffin? Or is that just me?
Susan - Yeah, sorry. I should have put a warning on that.
Lisa - It’s not always about feeling that way, it’s about people telling you you’re that way. I know, it’s all very silly. I know I’m not the best or funniest writer and if I were, the blog and I would be higher up “the list”.
Zoot - Maybe now isn’t the best time to mention that I didn’t realize that was Arianna Huffington until looking at the pictures on Flickr after returning back home to Reno. And hush you, you have nothing be depressed about “B-lister!”
Amanda - Well there are those that can blog their grocery list and it’s interesting. I haven’t gotten the hang of that particular talent yet. But thanks for the kind words, I’m glad you think I’ve got a good blog here, it makes me think that the c-list might not be so bad.
brit (97 comments.) 04.17.07 at 11:22 pm
I don’t get it…it’s a good thing I’m above such things…or maybe I just don’t understand them…ahem.
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