Busy day today but just had to say this cracked me up…
Fran Eaton of Illinois Review brags a wee bit about the Blog Net News “Illinois Influence” rankings, in which Illinois Review is found to be #1. Ms. Eaton immediately jumps to the conclusion that this pole position must mean “Illinois Review Ranked #1 Most Influential Political Blog in IL“.
Whether that ranking actually means Ill. Review is influencing anyone or simply offering up a daily laugh for folks is not made clear by the BNN rankings. Seeing as how Illinois Reviews own contributors claim all their posts are jokes anyway… well, BNN reports, you decide, and then we all guffaw, or something like that.
Conveniently, Ms. Eaton also lists only the top 5 ranked “Illinois Influence” blogs. Two group blogs, 2 news blogs and John Ruberry’s Marathon Pundit comprise those 5. But guess which blog is ranked #6 after only 3 months of being “on the air”?
(And yes, the word “conveniently” in the paragraph above has a double-entendre given this blog’s 6th position.)
Go check out the rankings for yourself — many a good blog to be read from across the political spectrum.
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May 23, 2007 at 11:17 am
David Mastio
Nobody should toot too hard because the ratings are based only on activity from a single week. They are updated every Sunday morning at 12:01 AM.
May 23, 2007 at 12:50 pm
robnesvacil
Agreed Dave. Perhaps I should’ve advised everyone that I wrote the above with tongue planted firmly in cheek…
The BNN “rating” (different than their “influence ranking”) has this blog at 20 — on the precipice since they only list 20.
May 23, 2007 at 4:27 pm
dan l
Bah! I’ll just write a post that uses “jill stanek” and a picture of the geico cavemen wearing american flag burqua’s and we’ll get the Illinoize rank up at 1.
May 24, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Tiffany
Yes, some will always peek over to see a bloody car crash.
May 24, 2007 at 9:25 pm
robnesvacil
Yikes Tiffany.
May 28, 2007 at 2:22 pm
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