I was just alerted that this blog, Next Level Biz Tips, is considered an "influential authority" on blog marketing. I rank #8 in the top 20 according to a study done by Onalytica, a company in the UK that "identifies, measures and monitors who has influence on issues, markets and brands."
You'll see I'm not very popular but I do come in ahead of some very big name blogs.
I'm shocked as hell, so let me show you the definition that Olyalytica provides about influence and popularity:
The difference between influence and popularity
The difference between influence and popularity can be highlighted by looking at the parameters taken into account when measuring the two.When you want to measure the popularity of a stakeholder, you count the number of other stakeholders who refer to the first stakeholder in the context being analysed. So the only variable taken into account is “number of referrals”.
Analogous this can be used to measure the link-popularity of a particular website by counting the number of inbound linkers.
However, when measuring influence we take one more variable into account: The influence of the endorser (linker).
I have to confess that this is a bit too complex for me so I'll take it at face value and accept the honor with gratitude. Thank you, Onalytica. I'm glad to know what I'm doing has some influence!
One more thing, AllBusiness.com came in at #15. I also write for that blog network at Your Project Partner.
Congrats on this "win!" Very, very nice. It's great to hear of your success, and it's even beter when it's unexpected!
- John
Posted by: John Trosko | Wednesday, July 26, 2006 at 12:22 PM