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About Blog Catalog Rank Numbers...

Posted by Jaya • 5/31/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blog catalog, rank

I'm wondering, when someone
joins Blog Catalog, they are
given a rank right away. How
is that that determined? Does
a real live human (as opposed
to a fake dead human) go over
to their blog and check it out
and assign it a number? Or does
everybody start with the same
number which then goes up or down
based on the merits of their blog?

User Comments

5/31/07

decarn

I think it is base on the number of hits, readers, blog comments and how many people added you to their neighborhood.

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5/31/07

Jaya

Right, I agree that those things
you mentioned are what determine
how your rank goes up and down,
after you have joined Blog Catalog.
But I was wondering about the rank
number you are given the moment
you join, before you have hits,
or people in your neighborhood...
how is that initial number figured
out? Anyone know?

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5/31/07

thegoodknife

You can find some tips on increasing your blog rank in the following discussion:

www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/how-do-i-improve-my-blog-rank

we can't reveal all of our secrets though

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5/31/07

Jaya

Thanks Pussy Cat!

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5/31/07

taylorblue

i want to meet the fake dead human...

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5/31/07

Jaya

That is sweet of you, taylorblue.
Most people have an aversion to
the fake dead humans, and try to
avoid them if possible and so they
get lonely.

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5/31/07

Jaya

That is sweet of you, taylorblue.
Most people have an aversion to
the fake dead humans, and try to
avoid them if possible and so they
get lonely.

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5/31/07

ladyinfluence

hits,visits, readers, comments... all of these shape your blog's rank but there are times though, that even if i get more visits and hits my rank drops. Maybe there are still other criteria we havent figured out or that is left only to the knowledge of the Blogcatalog Admin.

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6/10/07

legbamel

I have a follow-up question: Is the rank based only on the actions and ratings fellow blogcatalog users? Because the number of hits and visistors shown is far less than my stats on other sites for one day. Either I need to spend more time here or I need to stop looking at those numbers.

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1. 6/10/07
  
  thegoodknife
  
  Yes, the BlogCatalog Traffic Stats are based primarily on internal activity. But spending more time on BlogCatalog wouldnt be the worst thing you could do for your blog.
6/10/07

crispnet

does that mean spending more time in blogcatalog actually does increase the ranking?

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1. 6/10/07
  
  thegoodknife
  
  the more time you spend clicking around on BlogCatalog will help you increase your ranking. Mostly because everywhere you go your avatar is left behind for people to see and click. We also use these trails to determine who some of our most valuable users are, and place them on our BlogCatalog Fanatics list.
  
  Another great way to increase your rank is to get your readers to visit BlogCatalog and leave a valuable review on your blog listing page.
2. 2/26/08
  
  legbamel
  
  There's a BlogCatalog fanatics page? That isn't, um, public or anything, is it? [Looks over shoulder for boss]
2/25/08

CaesarRomaus

I did a small regression based on what stats are available. I don't have anything close to an equation, but the following three things seems to make up the blog ranking:

1) Number of people in your neighborhood.
2) Lifetime visits
3) Lifetime hits

Site traffic and BlogCatalog friends do NOT seem to affect your score.

Other than a placement on the front page (which I'm not even certain most members of the site visit) I'm not really sure what the advantage is of having a high blog rank.

Especially if you can increase your rank without people ever visiting your site. Getting people to join your neighborhood and visit your internal page says nothing about your blog, it only says something about your BlogCatalog profile and your activity on the forums.

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1. 2/26/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  higher rank also determines you palcement in the directory as well as the search results.
2/26/08

estertey

Excuse my ignorance, but how do i know my blogcatalog rank? where can I see it? just leave me a message if anyone can help me on this.. Thx

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1. 9/20/08
  
  DrowseyMonkey
  
  I don't see it either...
  
  I thought it used to be on the right hand side, but I don't see it.
2. 9/20/08
  
  timethief
  
  SIGH
  This is an old thread. The dashboard has been re-deigned. Go to your BC Profile page and click "Manage Blogs". When the page opens you will see your BC blog rank.
  * Blog Rank: ___ of 100
  * Recent Views: ___
  * Recent Hits: ___
  * Total Views: ___
  * Total Hits: ___
  
  How to improve your Blog Catalog blog rank
  thegoodknife.tumblr.com/post/35037361/boosting-your-blogrank
4/14/08

ncarey

estertey,

You blog rank is on the right column of your blogs listing page in Blog Catalog. It is a number out of 100. I am 29.4 out of 100 right now.

What I want to know is why blogs with less activity on blog catalog (and in one case a PAGE PARKED BY GoDaddy!) is rated higher than me.

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5/19/08

GuyRCook

Good information, and explains why the numbers are different on each blog. Glad I'm not 80 or so.

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7/07/08

noelatwork

Which is a better rank? 19.1 or 48.4? I just added my blog and got a rank of 19.1 whereas I can find very active blogs in here with a rank of 50+.

noelatwork.blogspot.com/

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8/17/08

polishedu3

Is your goal to 100 than? or is the goal to be number 1? I am confused??
My rank seems to be steadily going up and getting closer to 100, so I am assuming that the goal is 100. Am I right?

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1. 8/17/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  yes, the higher the better.
  
  www.blogcatalog.com/help/
8/18/08

polishedu3

Thank you that is what I thought!

Yipee I am over 64, now. Hope to continue to climb.

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9/20/08

Superb8effect

I have some questions:
1) Can BlogCatalog rank goes down if your competitors deliberately rate you low (eg: 1 star)?
2) What rank number does 'good' blog achieve? 100? 200? 500?

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1. 9/20/08
  
  timethief
  
  @superb8effect
  Contact Admin www.blogcatalog.com/contact/ or drop a message into thegoodknife's shoutbox
  www.blogcatalog.com/user/thegoodknife
  How to improve your Blog Catalog Blog Rank
  thegoodknife.tumblr.com/post/35037361/boosting-your-blogrank
9/21/08

Superb8effect

I have some questions:
1) Can BlogCatalog rank goes down if your competitors deliberately rate you low (eg: 1 star)?
2) What rank number does 'good' blog achieve? 100? 200? 500?

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1. 9/21/08
  
  timethief
  
  Please read what I said immediately above your post. Contact Admin and ask your questions there please. www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/about-blog-catalog-rank-numbers#comment_5...
2/20/09

noddegamra

It's weird how a lot of "dead" blogs rank higher than active ones. There's some that have been dead for over 2 years.

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2/20/09

ncarey

Noddergamra, I wrote something similar above. A page "parked" by Go Daddy was ranked higher than me.

Personally I miss having the ranks of other blogs visible to everyone. The number in meaningless without the context of other blog's scores.

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8/27/09

soundwave

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8/29/09

savvy2

A new kid on the block as of this morning, I'm over 2 years late answering your question, but I too wondered how brand new blogs were rated. It's now my guess that every new blog is given approximately the same rating. An average somewhere between 25 & 50 out of a 100. Any lower might be discouraging to some. And this gives plenty of room for bloggers to grow & raise their future ranking by participating in all the activities here, a win-win for all. Of course it's only a guess...

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1. 8/29/09
  
  timethief
  
  I clicked the username of the member who posted this thread two years ago on 5/31/07 and this is what I found:
  Jaya Aaron / Member since May 2007 / Last seen 6 months ago
  
  IMHO it's unlikely that an Admin member may enter this resurrected thread and answer you. Therefore, I suggest that you contact Admin directly www.blogcatalog.com/contact/
2. 8/31/09
  
  thegoodknife
  
  almost every blog does start out around 20-50, however its not rare for a blog to start out at 0 depending on the quality of the blog.
  
  thanks for all your help TT
3. 8/31/09
  
  timethief
  
  You're welcome.
8/29/09

kbrummell

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10/12/09

moinglad

ok! the immediate rank when my blog got approved was 34 and now it has become 50.1 did i improve??

onlinepokertells.blogspot.com/

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