Finding Top Blogs On Any Topic

When it comes to finding the top blogs on the internet, the key thing is to know what topic you're looking for. There are web services that make listings for you, and some do create just a general list of the most popular blogs regardless of theme, but if you're looking for blogs describing the best jobs, or something to do with sports, news or entertainment gossip, it will be easier if you know your subject in advance.

Technorati is one of the sites that keep track of blogs, and it makes a list of what it considers the 100 top blogs that people visit. You can sort the list by the number of fans the blog has, or by authority. The former criterion is self-explanatory, but by "authority," the site means the number of other sites that link back to that particular blog. If the Huffington Post blog is at the top of the authority list, that means more people in the blog-o-sphere currently link to it than to blogs farther down. More people consider it an authority in some way.

In addition to Technorati, with its general Top 100 list, or its lists for individual topics, sites like Wikio perform similarly. For example, under Wikio's "Top blogs – Politics" category, you might again see the Huffington Post at the top. Each blog below has an up or down arrow that shows whether it's trending upward or downward. By this you might see which blogs are providing better coverage of the day's top stories. The Daily Review website also lists blogs by category, with the option of further subdivision.

You might try search engines for more specific subjects like recipes or personal finances, although finding a reliable list might be less easy. If you're directed to a site that hasn't been updated since 2007, it won't do much good. However, such sites as MyBlogLog or BlogCatalog list member blogs according to interests, and if you read some of those, you'll find recommendations for others. So you can compile your own personal list of top blogs on your favorite topics, or rely on larger sites like Technorati or Wikio for a broader range. Either way, you'll have plenty of up-to-date reading on virtually any topic you want.

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World of Blogging
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