ReadWriteWeb, the Adidas of tech blogs, now a Portland blog
ReadWriteWeb—the Adidas of tech blogs—is the second most influential technology blog according to the Techmeme Leaderboard (TechCrunch is the leader) and one of the top 20 blogs (#11 as of this writing) in the world according to Technorati. And now—continuing to extend the Adidas metaphor—they’re officially part of Portland.
RWW announced today that Portland-based Frederic Lardinois has joined RWW as the “News & Reviews” blogger. According to RWW founder Richard MacManus, “[Frederic] will be a daily presence on RWW throughout the working week.”
With this announcement, we’re soon to have more ReadWriteWeb content produced in Portland than anywhere else. Because Portland is now home to twice as many ReadWriteWeb bloggers as any other city in the world.
We have two: Marshall Kirpatrick and Frederic.
And I don’t know about you, but if you got the chance to meet Corvida—who was formally welcomed as part-time writer for RWW, as well—at Ignite Portland 3 or the Strands after party, I think we have a good chance at having at taking an insurmountable lead as the de facto home of ReadWriteWeb.
So much so, in fact, that let’s just agree that ReadWriteWeb is now a Portland blog. Okay? Okay.
I mean, it wouldn’t be the first time a major player, headquartered somewhere else, had more employees in the Silicon Forest than in their hometown. Now would it, Intel?
And, this isn’t the first time Portland has been lucky enough to attract a major blog to our fair city. Another high-traffic property—Waxy.org—became a Portland blog when Andy Baio moved here earlier this year.
Congratulations to Frederic and ReadWriteWeb on this new relationship. I’m looking forward to continuing to read what is now the most popular Portland blog. And I’m also looking forward to Corvida coming back to town—so that we can further increase our lead.
ReadWriteWeb began publishing on April 20, 2003 and is now one of the most widely read and respected blogs in the world. It has over 220,000 RSS and email subscribers. ReadWriteWeb is edited by Richard MacManus and is written by a team of Web enthusiasts.
Things people have said about this post
From Gary Walter on June 21st, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Awesome!
From Justin Kistner on June 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
@corvida says you were nagging her to move to Portland. I feel good about you doing that.
From Frederic on June 21st, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Thanks for the write-up Rick! Now we just have to keep pestering Corvida to move up north.
From Ben Kepes on June 21st, 2008 at 11:10 pm
RWW is geo-agnostic but take it from me - if it’s going to be claimed by anywhere, it’d be Silicon Welly
Right Richard?
From Jmartens on June 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
I love the analogy!
Anyway, great blog (can we even consider it *just* a blog anymore?), glad Portland is home to the majority!
From More Portland love: Oregon Startup Blog and ReadWriteWeb » Silicon Florist on October 7th, 2008 at 12:24 am
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From Fabrice Epelboin on October 27th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Just to keep on the Adidas thing, ReadWriteWeb now has a french edition (Adidas home country): http://fr.readwriteweb.com
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