It's here! And now with added arrows! The June edition of the Top Fifty Aussie Blogs on Writing is live and ready for you to enjoy, argue with, marvel at and link to.
There are a few new blogs on the list. Some are very new with only a couple of posts - great to see some fresh bloggers taking a hand so give them encouragement. Some are only new to the list and had I discovered them would have been included before. If there are any blogs on writing or by published writers that you are aware of that aren't included, please drop me a line.
Welcome to:
- The Unutterable Phrase
- Christine Bongers
- About Writing
- Gingatao
- Benjamin Solah, Writer and Revolutionary
- Even in a Little Thing
- Typing Space
- Doing All Write
- Karen Tyrell
- inJenuous.com
- Global Copywriting
Observations and changes
I've also added in some handy up/down arrows signifying how much a blog's position has changed since the last chart. Now you can see who's on the way up and who's in need of a boost to turn them around. There has been some huge movement for some blogs - the biggest jump being William Kostakis leaping 55 places to come in at 51 (sadly, just outside the Top Fifty).
Others, such as Australian Romantic Suspense and Stories are Light have leapt up the chart into the Top Fifty, which is fantastic. And, let's not forget, there's movement at the top of the chart too with a new number one! The Top Ten is home to some pretty strong blogs jostling for position, so it's exciting to see a few shifts in the order.
Some of the big leaps up the chart are down to the blog owner registering their blog with Technorati, enabling an accurate Technorati score. Technorati is free and is one of the biggest central blog directories on the web. By registering, you allow it to track how many other blogs are linking to your articles - a strong indicator of how successful your blog is becoming. If your blog is yet to be registered with Technorati and you are still languishing towards the bottom of the list, I can suggest this may be the best chance you have to see a similar leap in future lists.
What goes up, must come down
Of course, if a lot of blogs move up, an equal number have to move down. Some may only have slipped a place or two, but some slid quite dramatically. This may be due to a slow down in posting activity. Certainly, there are a handful of blogs on the list that were eliminated for not posting within three months and a handful more very close to that benchmark. A three month window is more than long enough to establish that a blog is 'dead' or not active enough to warrant inclusion. If your blog has languished unloved for a few weeks, maybe now is the time to pay it some attention and add some wonderful gems on writing.
Add the badge
You may want to promote the list or show off your achievement. If so, you can add this badge to your website with the following code.
The link within the badge stays constant as each new update will happen on the same page. If you have a badge linking to an older version of the list, you may want to update it so that it always stays current.
Congratulations and start reading
Of course, the focus of this list is to encourage networking and a greater interaction between Aussie writer/bloggers. I have personally found blogging to be a valuable tool in my writing career and hope more amateur and professional writers will increasingly discover the benefits of marketing themselves in this way.,/p>
If you have any questions about how the list is put together, what all the numbers mean or how you can get your blog added in the next update (due in September), check out the FAQ.
Congratulations to the bloggers who make the Top Fifty, but let's not forget all those rapidly rising up the runner-up list. Maybe we'll see some more radical changes in the next update!
