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Blog Ranks on Blog Catalog

Posted by BennyGreenberg • 4/28/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic

Can someone (and this has probably been asked before)explain to me where blog catalog gets the rank or how they rank blogs. I see blogs with low traffic numbers (as per BC) etc with high numbers and then I see sites with high traffic numbers but low BC rank...

Help?

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4/28/08

posterdistrict

Blog Rank - a special formula that analyzes your hits, views, comments, neighborhood members and other special secret ingredients to create a numeric score based on a 100 point scale. Your Blog Rank is primarily used to determine the order blogs appear in our Directory and Search Results. The higher your score the better your placement.

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1. 4/28/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  Ahhhhh - so it is basically abritray -
  
  It seemed to make no sense when I started to look at them for different blogs...
4/28/08

posterdistrict

yeah, I'm new around here....I just pulled that from the help menu

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4/28/08

SyntaxOfL

I want to be high up!!!

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4/28/08

BennyGreenberg

no one really knows the answer...
Hmmm

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4/28/08

DocNicole

I know that mine has gone up quite a bit since I have been here just this month. I started as a 39 now I am a 59.5 if you read carkian's blogcatalog guide he reveals more on this, but the first comment is basically true.

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4/28/08

offendedblogger

It is an enigma, really. I think I like it that way.

All mysterious n' stuff.

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4/28/08

Boba

It has a lot to do with how much time you contribute to BC forums, and their community, makes sense, but since I haven't spent a whole lot of time here, my ratings suck, yet my traffic ratings apart from BC are the best they've ever been.

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5/09/08

ncarey

Some of the other comments don't add up. People with brand new listings and not Blog Catalog traffic or activity get higer rankings than some more established blogs.

I started at 14 about 2 months ago, quickly jumped up to 24, slowly crept up to 31, I didn't post in about 2-3 weeks and dropped to 20. All that makes sense until I see brand new blogs listed starting at 30 and blogs with virtually no blog catalog activity rated higher.

Ned

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5/09/08

stockhola

Not sure how it all works myself But I have been here for 3 days and my blog is 7 days old and I have a rank of Blog Rank: 48.4 of 100.

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5/09/08

AmyOops

i'm 60 out of 100. but oh well i still give my blog 3 gold stars

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5/09/08

Arcticulates

So which end of the scale is the better...1 or 100?

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1. 5/31/08
  
  rmaxwell142
  
  I wondered that too after seeing my Rank go up. I wasn't sure if that was a good thing or bad thing! I thought, "How did I go down in my rank? Or am I going up? I'm so confused!"
  
  Rebecca
5/09/08

ncarey

Articulates,
100 is the best.

Stockhola,
I tried to check out your blog. The window locks up on me and I can't scroll or click links. This only happens on your blog and it has happened consistently for me.

Ned Carey

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5/09/08

Mikael

Blog rank, views, hits, visits, unique visitors, etc. Is it really that important that we know all of it?

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5/09/08

BennyGreenberg

None of it makes sense to me at all!

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5/09/08

calais50

I do know that putting blog catalog widgets on your blog makes it go up.

I started out with a 15 rating a month or 2 ago. I post a lot on the discussions. It has steadily risen little by little each day. Now it is around 43. It seems to have more to do with your participation with blog catalog than anything else.

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5/09/08

nardeeisms

I came in at 22 and barely breaking 40 now. For me, it's just fun watching the numbers go up and down. I have made observations, and by making a few notations, I believe I am beginning to have a good idea of how its done. (I've always been a curious tinkerer and an analyst) However, I am not privy to the hard facts to back my theory up - Nards

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5/10/08

ezzygetacar

Howdy...I do not know the exact criteria but I believe it is the combination of hit, discussion, post & most probably the button you choose to put on yr blog... 15may, the BC ask us to write something about Human Rights, try to participate, maybe something will be gain... Take care..

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5/17/08

ncarey

All of a sudden I have jumped back up to 35 of 100. They must have liked my briliant comments above : )

Ned
baltimorerealestateinvestingblog.com/

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5/19/08

kaguvkov

I started 3 weeks ago and my blog gets 30..As of now my blog is rated 48.9 and I expected to hit the 50 when Im on my first month here in blogcatalog.

heres my blog

kaguvkov.blogspot.com/

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5/19/08

rainforestrobin

I think it's a whole combination of things. Doing discussions, shouts, reviews, and getting reviews, views, comments, basically being active in BC, plus maybe doing the widgets and buttons. I just let it all go and have fun and that seems to work the best. I started mid Feb., but wasn't active until probably mid March and I'm 63.6. I just added widgets and buttons last night and my rank hasn't gone up yet....sooooo...who knows? Not me. I recommend listening to your heart and having fun. That's what life should be...heart-based fun.

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1. 5/19/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  and being naked always helps...well it helped you
  
  The title err or your web ummm is what I meant of course...
  
  Morning Robin
2. 5/19/08
  
  nardeeisms
  
  Perfectly said Robin. Perfectly said... Benny, you are too much!- Nards
5/19/08

Livingstrong

Where can I check my blog ranking by Blog Catalog right now?
Does anybody know?
Thanks

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1. 5/19/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  go to your page -
  click your pic of your web site/blog and it is on the right hand side bar
2. 5/19/08
  
  Livingstrong
  
  Thanks BennyGreenberg, for replying to my post. I got it. My PR is 47 now, not bad, I think, since I've been a BlogCatalog member for only 7 days.
5/19/08

OutsideMyBrain

Did anyone see this post by TheGoodKnife? It explains it really well...

thegoodknife.tumblr.com/post/35037361

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5/19/08

lisamcglaun

I've watched my rating go up and down. The highest I've achieved is 66.4. That was a happy day...but it didn't last long.

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5/19/08

markstoneman

The tiger who codes this place explains how rank works here: thegoodknife.tumblr.com/post/35037361

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1. 5/19/08
  
  recyclecindy
  
  This explains quite a bit but there still a mystery about ranking...
2. 5/19/08
  
  OutsideMyBrain
  
  hmmmm... de ja vu
5/19/08

timethief

@recyclecindy
There has to be mystery with respect to the algorithm used or else bloggers would game the system.

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1. 5/20/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  indeed!
2. 5/20/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  I thought if you used a joystick when you logged on and tapped up up down down left right left right a b start - You earned one rank point...
  
  or was that how you got unlimited lives in Contra for the Nintendo.... Hmmm
5/20/08

RuinousRight

It's BC's secret sauce. I know one of the ingredients is mayo.

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1. 5/20/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  I hope its mayo...
5/20/08

mattclark

Hah, now I understand, and I guess my 42 isn't so bad, at least I can console myself its the perfect number, now, what was the question again?

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1. 5/20/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  does it have chocolate in it too?
5/20/08

VersiVirens

how do you see top ranked blogs? ...via the directory???

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1. 5/20/08
  
  NINE
  
  Yes, top ranked blogs will be at the top of their respective category.
2. 5/20/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  top ranked blogs are on the home page...
  www.blogcatalog.com/
  middle/bottom
3. 5/20/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  In the directories - I never realized that- -thanks
4. 5/20/08
  
  ncarey
  
  Wow - congratulations to Benny! Has the top blog listed on the home page for popular blogs. I guess his joystick trick works.
5. 5/20/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  I guess so - though - I am pretty sure it was for Conta... Maybe Bionic Commando? Or the Original Street Fighter....
  
  mmmm
6. 5/22/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Woo-Hoo Proof Positivity is on the first page!!!!
5/22/08

joyseth32

My Blog catalog is only few days old but I am reaaly happy to see my number goes up so quick...

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1. 5/31/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  congratulations - are you cheating?
2. 5/31/08
  
  timethief
  
  @Ben
  SNORT!
3. 5/31/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  couldn't be front page or popular posting...