April 14th, 2009
What are the top 20 Portland blogs?
I was digging around on PostRank after reading a great post on the PostRank Newsroom by my favorite Vice President of a Blog, Marshall Kirkpatrick. And that digging lead me to a little gem: the list of the top blogs in Portland, Oregon.
So who’s currently in the top 20? I’m glad you asked.
Here’s how the top 20 blogs in Portland are looking this week:
- KATU
- Jack Bog’s Blog
- Blazers Blog – OregonLive.com
- KGW.com Local News
- Our PDX
- The Portland Tribune – News
- Dave Knows: Portland
- PORTLAND NEWS – Google Blog Search
- Trail Post – A Portland Trail…
- Around the Sun
- msnbc.com: KGW
- Portland Transport
- Front Porch – Portland Real Estate
- KATU – Sports – Local Sports
- Portland Acupuncture Blog
- Asheville NC concerts [WTF?]
- Portland News
- About.com Portland, OR
- Metroblogging Portland
- The Portland Tribune – Jaynes
Wait a second. Those are actually feeds. (But I knew if I put “feeds” in the headline you probably wouldn’t read this.) So let’s whittle down the list to actual blogs:
- Jack Bog’s Blog
- Blazers Blog – OregonLive.com
- Our PDX
- Dave Knows: Portland
- Trail Post
- Around the Sun
- Portland Transport
- Front Porch – Portland Real Estate
- Portland Acupuncture Blog
- Metroblogging Portland
Okay. So that’s more like it.
But then again. No offense to those on the list, but for as vibrant of a blogging community as we have—I mean, here’s a smattering of Portland WordPress blogs, alone—that’s a pretty damned anemic list.
So I’m going to go import an OPML file from my feed reader and start tagging those feeds appropriately. If you’re interested in seeing a more representative list of Portland (or any other Oregon or Silicon Forest) blogs on here, I’d suggest you do the same.
It would be really nice to see some more of those awesome Portland blogs I know and love making the list.
(Image courtesy of Nate Angell. Used under Creative Commons.)
I refuse to take seriously any list of “Top” blogs in Portland that does not include the Florist among them.
+2 for accuracy if the SiliFlo rank is a single digit number.
The blog in the #10 position (of your blogs-only list) asn’t been updated in nearly two months? Hmm…
And like Kelly said… there’s a notable flowery blog missing from this list.
Umm, I agree with @verso. Where’s Silicon Florist in all of this?
Really?
What kind of metrics are they using?
The Pipeline is missing, too, eh Julian? What’s up with that?
@Julian The primary issue, it appears, is the current lack of submissions to the topic “Portland.” I believe it’s based on typical AideRSS/PostRank ranking which is based on some algorithmic engagement magic.
So for example, here’s PDX Pipeline’s current standing:
http://aiderss.com/feed/8c2920d92112d88c32568466817efb62
I just tagged PDX Pipeline as Portland, among other things. We’ll see how long it takes to percolate.
@Kelly @Aaron @Steph I clearly need to step it up a notch. I’m not giving Portland enough love, and it shows. I shall redouble my efforts!
Hey, *I* don’t even think OurPDX belongs in the #3 slot. Top ten? Maybe – and even then, we’ll tiptoe in with gratitude and/or humility. But there are a few other worthy blogs missing from this list, to be sure. Here’s two:
Portland Food and Drink
Food Carts Portland
In the world of blogs, being in the top 20 means you have a terrible blog.
Any blog that is general enough to be visited by that many people is likely boring. KATU!?
There are exceptions of course, but blogging shouldn’t be lauded for the number of readers but by the quality of the posts. It’s the wrong metric. For example, Two and a Half Men continues to place in the top 20 network primetime shows.
I have no idea how my blog even got on this list. I’m Runyon from Trail Post. I really need to look at my counters.
Wow! Thanks for letting me know about this, Rick! I had no idea, but I’m happy to be on the list.
Thank you!
-amy