The latest Virginia Influence Index is out, and once again, the good folks at BNN have some problems.
Namely, yours truly is number 13, ahead of Bacon’s Rebellion, Ward, and Q&O.
This can’t be right.
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There’s no way that ANY of the SWAC bloggers have that kind of pull.
These BNN rankings are bogus. Need to fix the metrics there, Dave!
I’m not really sure exactly how Dave measures the “influence” but I knew I’d drop down several spots this week. In fact, I would not have been surprised if I had fallen completely out of the top 20.
This is not about how many hits you get, or how many readers you have. It’s about how Dave views your influence on the direction of discussion for the week.
You has some significant posts. Some of us just talk more and say less. I would have guess you to be even higher.
D.J.,
I appreciate your concerns, but let me address a couple of your examples. Last week, the obvious topic was Virginia Tech. Bacon’s Rebellion had a single post on the topic and spent far more time writing on other subjects. Those other posts had next to no resonnance in the Virginia Blogosphere. Q&O is far more of a national blog than a Virginia blog. For that reason a lot of its content doesn’t drive much discussion in the Virginia blogosphere.
They’re both great blogs. However, I am not measuring that, I am measuring how much they influenced the discussion among virginia political blogs and their readers over a one week period.
Note to self: no one in the blogosphere understands snide yet self-deprecating humor anymore.
DJ, I understood your self-deprecating humor … but it is unnecessary because I have found you to be influential and informational in your posts. I’ve learned a lot from you and many others … and that, I think, is what is intriguing about the BNN listing. It doesn’t just go on number of hits; it considers all the other influences Dave mentions which I find interesting. I think it’s nice the “little guys” have a chance on the same ballfield with the “big players.”