I don’t often check the whole Technorati thing, but because I’ve been stuck at home, all alone, and there’s not much to do when someone is a bit on the sick side, my sick self thought “I wonder how I’m doing ranking wise in the classical music type of scene out in blogville.”
Well, sadly, I’ve moved down in the world. Sigh. I guess I’m no longer as popular as I was … and I never was all that popular. What to do, what to do? 😉
Anyway, due to my obsessive compulsive behavior I put together a list of those who are sort of on the higher side. If I were a good girl I’d continue on, as Scott did last December. But I think I should stop now.
The Rest is Noise: 6,388 Alex Ross
Sequenza21: 25,468 Jerry Bowles
ionarts 29,474 Charles T. Downey
On an Overgrown Path: 30,945 Bob Shingleton
PostClassic: 32,411 Kyle Gann
Sandow: 36,662 Greg Sandow
La Cieca: 39,584 James Jorden
Opera Chic: 43,466 anonymous
Soho the Dog: 58,326
Jessica Duchen: 54,715 Jessica Duchen
Think Denk: 56,482 Jeremy Denk
Sounds and Fury: 58,326 AC Douglas
Adaptistration: 62,668 Drew McManus
Dial “M” for Musicology: 63,787 Phil Ford and Jonathan Bellman
Night after Night: 64,950 Steve Smith
Aworks: 68,901 Robert Gable
Jason Heath Double Bass Blog: 70,299 Jason Heath
The Concert: 73,265 Anne-Carolyn Bird
Musical Perceptions: 83, 640 Scott Spiegelberg
Oboeinsight: 85,762 (moving down, I was 59,315) me
The Rambler: 97,327 Tim Rutherford-Johnson
The Standing Room: 100,015 Monsieur C
ANABlog: 102,856 Analog Arts Ensemble
Iron Tongue of Midnight: 112,644 Lisa Hirsch
Deceptively Simple: 116,196 Marc Geelhoed
Meanwhile Here In France…: 116,196 Ruth
Sieglinde’s Diaries: 123,984 Leon Dominguez
My Favorite Intermissions: 123,984 Maury Dannato
Eric Edberg: 128,371 Eric Edberg
Wellsung: 137,846 Alex and Jonathan
Kenneth Woods-a view from the podium 148,901 Kenneth Woods
An Unamplified Voice: 148,901 JSU
Classical Music: 155,071 Janelle Gelfand
Listen: 161,712 Steve Hicken
Trill: 161,712 Nick Scholl
in the wings: 177,108 Heather Heise
On A Pacific Aisle: 177,108 Joshua Kosman
Classical Pontifications: 177,108 Professor Heebie McJeebie
Renewable Music: 195,207 Daniel Wolf
Vissi d’Amore: 195,207 Ariadne
Now for some reason I can’t get the info on twang twang twang when I plug that URL into Technorati, so if anyone can help me out on that, go right ahead! And of course if I’ve left you off just say the word. I’m happy to add more. I’m just getting lazy and I think I’ll stop.
So why bother with any of this? Of course most of it is pure “Am I still loved?” sort of stuff, but, well, maybe some of you will be check out some of these other sites. You might find some sites you really love!
Update
From ACD (even though he doesn’t think highly of Technorati: Technorati has Twang, Twang, Twang ranked at 177,108.
So there you go.
Uh, <>, not that it makes any difference (as I’ve previously remarked, Technorati is a joke, as are its rankings), but Technorati has Sounds & Fury ranked at 58,326, NOT 92,441 as you have listed it.
Just FYI.
ACD
I can see how the different number happened. I had plugged in http://www.soundsandfury.com/soundsandfury/ to Technorati, and if I change it to http://www.soundsandfury.com/ I get the number you got.
Sorry.
But of course if it’s a joke to you you won’t mind if I don’t change my site, eh? 😉
“But of course if it’s a joke to you you won’t mind if I don’t change my site, eh? ;-)”
No, I don’t mind, but you should.
Also, forgot to inform you, as per your request, that Technorati has Twang, Twang, Twang ranked at 177,108.
ACD
“you should” … as in “you should mind” or “you should change it”? (I’m sure you noticed I changed it the minute I heard from you the first time. We oboists are rather anal folk.)
I’ll do Helen’s site later … far too tired now to do more ….
Don’t feel too badly; I’m not listed at all. *sniff, sniff* 🙂
On the other hand, I think I’d categorize my blog as “academic” more than “musical” anyhow. Not that the two can’t coexist. But you know what I mean. 🙂
“you should” … as in “you should mind” or “you should change it”?
As in the former, of course.
I’m sure you noticed I changed it the minute I heard from you the first time.
As a matter of fact, I didn’t. But it’s good that you did. Change it, that is.
EDIT (04:35 EST): Just to point out how capricious Technorati can be, I just rechecked the ranking for Sounds & Fury. It now no longer reads, 58,326, but 57,332.
ACD
I kind of doubt (yes, I typed “double” first! It’s probably double reed syndrome.) ACD feels badly, from what he wrote about Technorati! (Right ACD?)
I didn’t include you, TD, as you noted, because your blog is not really about music for the most part. No hard feelings, I hope. I know I’ve missed others, though; funny, but this is when readers will contact me, so I’ll bet a few do now! (It’s the same with my lists of double reed instructors and orchestra members. Everyone likes to have their name listed!)
I actually thought about not including anonymous blogs at all, to be honest. I think “ABers” can blog so differently that it may change numbers—being able to talk about anyone and anything isn’t something many of us who are “out” can do. I certainly couldn’t … heck, I’d lose my job or at least gain some enemies. (Little do I need to do either of those!) Notice I never blog negatively about my university gigs? There’s a reason! 🙂
In any case, it was all for fun and a good way to take up time. I was home, bored, alone (which is actually the story of my life). So there you go.
Agreed. No, mine is really NOT a music blog, although it gets listed as such. I suppose that writing about life-and-teaching from a music-academic perspective makes people scratch their heads. 🙂
I’ve been thinking a lot about the anonymous blogging, actually, because so many people in the blog world know who I am…I’m not entirely, truly anonymous any longer. Eventually I’ll have to decide which way to go–should I stay anonymous, and post less “honestly” about my work (or at least obscure even more details than I already do), or should I name my blog and back off on my writing? It’s a funny thing, and I’m not sure which way I’ll go.