Top SA Blogs – Jan 2010
Feb.06, 2010 in
Top SA Blogs
As per my promise of going through these stats on a regular basis, I have decided to check up on South Africa’s Top Blogs every month. As you will notice, I have included the myScoop and Afrigator ranks in the data and the table is sorted by the Alexa traffic rank.
| Rank | Blog | Alexa Rank (ZA) | myScoop Rank | Afrigator Rank |
| 1 | imod.co.za | 280 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2oceansvibe.com | 287 | N/A | 3 |
| 3 | keo.co.za | 373 | N/A | N/A |
| 4 | webaddict.co.za | 392 | N/A | 4 |
| 5 | watkykjy.co.za | 411 | N/A | 9 |
| 6 | thoughtleader.co.za | 438 | N/A | 1 |
| 7 | moralfibre.co.za | 447 | N/A | 13 |
| 8 | capetowndailyphoto.com | 568 | N/A | 11 |
| 9 | 10and5.com | 591 | N/A | 21 |
| 10 | lazygamer.co.za | 1378 | N/A | 15 |
For the rest of the data, download the CSV file.
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February 8th, 2010 at 6:32 am
I think you have done nicely with this Myscoop offering. Initially I thought maybe it was just going to become lost in the blogosphere but I think you’ve started something nice here.
Congrats.
February 8th, 2010 at 6:44 am
Thanks Marc, I appreciate that!
February 8th, 2010 at 11:09 am
It’s interesting to see how these ranking differ according to the aggregator, e.g: thoughtleader being 1 on Afrigator and 6th on Alexa. Hopefully the 9 blogs listed here that are not on myScoop will sign up soon and we’ll be able to make a better comparison.
Otherwise great work there – eveyone loves a good list
February 8th, 2010 at 11:14 am
I do understand however that Afrigator use a different formula to calculate their rank such as how many visitors and how many other blogs link back to that particular blog, so I can understand why their stats would be different. myScoop takes a simple, yet effective approach and ranks it according to unique visitors received. After all, it’s all about how many people visit and read your blog at the end of the day.
February 9th, 2010 at 11:10 am
I totally agree that unique visits should be the major factor that determines rank. As you say, popularity and rank should depend on readership. The problem with calculating one’s rank (or at least a part of it) according to blogroll links, is, firstly, that not all blogs (or websites linking in) are registered with Afrigator. Therefore these links wouldn’t count. Secondly, people tend to link to popular blogs (i.e. ones that already have a high ranking) often in order to increase their own rank / traffic.
It’s a case of the elite (AND the not so elite) serving the elite. This is a generalisation, but most bloggers tend to only add popular blogs to their blogrolls. The unfortunate result is that the ‘top’ blogs (according to rank) stay at the top, and one very rarely sees a change in the top 20 for example. This seems to be the case with Afrigator’s ranking system.
It would be nice to see a gradual change in the ranks from time to time and let readers (or the number thereof) determine which blogs are popular based purely on readership. To me that seems far more democratic than bringing blogroll links into the picture.
Just my 2 cents.
February 9th, 2010 at 11:19 am
I agree with your 2 cents 100%
February 26th, 2010 at 12:13 am
Nick, i just stumbled on Myscoop. It looks pretty neat. One question: Is this a purely South African “aggregator” or is it as open as Afrigator is?
Mine moved from the mid 20s in the Ghana section to i think the mid 90s.
I have noticed some wild gymnastics on Afrigator in the last fortnight – blogs ranked around 3000 for blog rolls shooting up to 12000 and beyond “overnight”
Good luck with MyScoop; competition should keep everyone on their toes.
Nii
February 26th, 2010 at 5:55 am
Hi Nii, thanks for the comments and to answer your question, myScoop is unfortunately (in this case) currently available for South Africans only due to a number of reasons.