Wednesday, 5 January 2011

Wikio Rankings Preview - January 2011

Disgusted at being knocked off the top spot (hey, when you're #1, there's only one way to go), Pete Brown has asked me to preview the Wikio rankings for this month. I'm kidding, of course - I just emailed him and asked if I could present them for a change. Why doesn't someone else do it next time?

Aside from a little light jostling for position (although the re-appearance of Shut Up About Barclay Perkins and a new entry from The Good Stuff are welcome sights), I guess the obvious big news is that several wine blogs have reappeared in the top 20. Personally, I think this is a good thing - any traffic that goes between wine and beer writing and allows more exposure to each has to be positive.

Only one question remains - will Sid Boggle manage a re-entry next month with a tribute to the late Gerry Rafferty?

Wikio.co.uk - January Wine and Beer Ranking
1Brew Dog Blog (+1)
2Pencil & Spoon (+1)
3Pete Brown's Blog (-2)
4Zythophile (+1)
5Beer Reviews (+4)
6Bibendum Wine (+16)
7Woolpack Dave's beer and stuff blog (+6)
8Tandleman's Beer Blog (-1)
9Are You Tasting the Pith? (-1)
10The Pub Curmudgeon (-4)
11Called to the bar (+3)
12I might have a glass of beer (+7)
13Shut up about Barclay Perkins (+11)
14Master Brewer at Adnams (+4)
15The Good Stuff (+26)
16Drinking Outside The Box (+45)
17Sour Grapes (+11)
18Thornbridge Brewers' Blog (-8)
19Rabid About Beer (-7)
20Travels With Beer (+6)

Ranking made by Wikio.co.uk

Posted by ZakAvery at 11:45
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10 comments:

  1. Unknown5 January 2011 at 15:56

    If the number one beer blog is - by definition - the beer blog with the most overall influence, and that beer blog happens to be the in-house blog of an individual brewery, does that not pose all sorts of questions about the role, or the purpose, or indeed the influence of blogs in general?

    Or am I just being a shade too Orwellian...?

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  2. Tandleman5 January 2011 at 18:01

    No. It's an advertorial, not a blog.

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  3. Anonymous5 January 2011 at 18:05

    Don't worry mate, you're still the best and Pete Brown sucks,

    all the best
    DeGarre

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  4. rabidbarfly5 January 2011 at 19:13

    was wondering how far i'd fall this week!¬

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  5. Leigh5 January 2011 at 20:00

    A one-off spike, i'm sure! must be all that spam I get from Viagra. They're good to me.

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  6. Alistair Reece6 January 2011 at 01:52

    Hearty Goodfellow:

    Elephant in the room?

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  7. Rob Derbyshire6 January 2011 at 15:09

    I agree! As much as I like Brewdog's beers their blog is more of a News section than an actual blog. As Tandleman says its an advertorial!

    Kick them out!

    Also they used a photo I took without asking and when I brought it up they didn't even respond.

    Where's the HopZine love James?

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  8. Cooking Lager6 January 2011 at 15:57

    Why is it it only beer and wine? What about tramp based meths drinking blogs?

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  9. Unknown6 January 2011 at 18:24

    Then, judging by the overall reaction here, I deduce that an elephant named "Advertorial" is in our room.

    How do spell 'hijacked' in Canine?

    Does any here speak Dog?

    Or Elephant for that matter?

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  10. ZakAvery6 January 2011 at 19:09

    OK everyone, I don't think it's any secret that BrewDog's blog is a little more commercially driven than most. You could argue that many of the top blogs are publicity-driven - mine included. Most of us have something to sell, even if it is only our opinion in the form of paid writing.

    DeGarre - that's very kind of you to say, but I suck a lot more than Pete.

    Cookie - they're too busy begging, buying and drinking meths to form any sort of co-ordinated geek army.

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