So where is the latest update of the Top 50 Australian writing blogs, you may be asking? Yes, an update is due, and no, it isn't happening anytime soon.
Some of you have already been contacting me on realising that Technorati has completely destroyed their usefulness by changing the nature of their scoring system. This obviously impacts on how the list is put together and I am yet to find a suitable replacement that can easily be implemented into the list. Reducing the list to merely an Alexa score and a PageRank score would be woefully insufficient in evaluating some of the key ingredients of a strong blog and is open to inaccuracy, manipulation and criticism. So, by themselves, they're not good enough to hang the list on.
Therefore - in the New Year I'll continue looking for alternatives. In the meantime, during the hiatus I plan to showcase some of the blogs on the list in the hope that - score or no score - you all may discover new gems, network and continue building a great Aussie writer's community with our blogs. Please keep sending me you recommendations for inclusion, your press releases, your writing news and other titbits and I may feature you and your blog in the coming weeks.
Until then, have a fantastic Christmas.
