Tumeke Blog Rankings to y.e 2009

Have a look at the Tumeke Rankings for NZ blogs to the close of 2009. This is just one measure that the Judges will have at their disposal in choosing the ultimate winner of the Air New Zealand Best Blog Award.

nz blogosphere rankings: December 2009

Survey period 01/12/2009 - 31/12/2009.
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Please note the formula used:
TRAFFIC: Average daily unique visits
+ INCOMING LINKS: Technorati "Authority" (x 0.1)
+ POSTS: Average posts per week (Total posts for month ÷ number of days in month x 7)
+ COMMENTS: Average highest commented post per week (Total four posts with the most comments for the month ÷ 4)

= RANKING SCORE

Please note also that bracketed numbers indicate change over last survey. (-) means no change. Previous rankings (left) and scores (right) have been moved below the scoring calculation - in squared brackets. Further notes at end of list.
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#1 (-) Kiwiblog : www.kiwiblog.co.nz
06/2003+ "fomenting happy mischief"
David P Farrar : Right - National : Wellington
nz122 * 68,664 : c.7300 (Sitemeter, self-reporting av.2009:7,340) + 620=62 + 60 + 210 = 7632 (-751)
Previous surveys [rank:1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1] !
[score:8383,8332,8334,8416,8413,8389,8423,8480,9456,10468,11906,5461,7553,7569,7531,7501,7524,7436,7494,7499,7646,7604,2737]

#2 (+3) Gotcha! : www.gotcha.co.nz
11/2005+ "Whale Oil Beef Hooked/political commentary with bite"
Whaleoil/Cameron Slater Right - National : Auckland
GMan Right - ? : NZ
Fried Sushi Right - ? : NZ
Lisa Lewis ? - ? : NZ
Fiscally Conservative Kiwi Right - ? : NZ
The Baptist Right - ? : NZ
nz125 * 104,780 : 3200 (verified) + est.30 + 40 + 60 = 3330 (+1668)
[5,12,12,7,4,4,10,8,8,7,6,6,6,7,6,5,4,3,3,3,3,4,6] ! [1662,850,870,1110,1451,1434,926,953,928,953,924,1070,1332,1180,1210,1222,1787,1572,1477,1305,1242,1120,880]

#3 (-1) The Standard : www.thestandard.org.nz
08/2007+ "The New Zealand labour movement newspaper digitally reborn"
all_your_base : Left - Labour : NZ
Iprent : Left - Labour : NZ
John A : Left - Labour : NZ
Eddie : Left - Labour : NZ
Steve Pierson/Clinton Smith : Left - Labour/Green : NZ
IrishBill : Left - Labour/Green : NZ
Dancer : Left - ? : NZ
Jasper : Left - ? : NZ
Natwatch : Left - ? : NZ
Ralph Malcolm : Left - ? : NZ
Sam Cash : Left - ? : NZ
Tillerman : Left - ? : NZ
Z K Muggletinspofin : Left - ? : NZ
whenua : Left - ? : NZ
nz228 * 147,394 : c.2200 (verified08/2009:2270) + 595=60 + 40 + 140 = 2440 (-79)
[2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,4,6,6,7,7,9] ! [2519,2511,2468,2520,2431,2549,2568,1940,2099,2263,2286,2313,2877,2706,2599,2009,2035,1569,1025,981,854,837,370]

#4 (-1) Cactus Kate : www.asianinvasion2006.blogspot.com
12/2005+ "Feminism at its finest"
Cactus Kate : Right - Act : Hong Kong, China
nz811 * 293,368 : c.1900 (verified11/2009:1960) + 542=54 + 10 + 40 = 2004 (-47)
[3,3,3,3,5,6,9,20,18,17,17,13,13,14,14,15,13,13,13,15,15,14,10] ! [2051,1945,1849,1688,1263,1163,944,331,337,389,379,456,668,676,596,479,452,416,414,363,387,377,354]

#5 (-1) Not PC : www.pc.blogspot.com
04/2005+ "promoting capitalist acts between consenting adults"
Peter Cresswell : Right - Libertarian : Auckland
Susan Ryder : Right - Libertarian : Franklin
Dr Richard McGrath : Right - Libertarian : Wairarapa
Bernard Darnton : Right - Libertarian : Christchurch
nz1,609 * 240,556 : 1460 (self-reporting)+ 556=56 + 20 + 70 = 1606 (-360)
[4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,3,4,6,5,7,6,6,5,4,6,5,5] ! [1966,1808,1782,1565,1527,1533,1612,1627,1716,1589,1167,1346,1695,1469,1475,1118,1130,1028,1121,1108,1053,1011,972]

#6 (-) Dim Post : www.dimpost.wordpress.com
01/2008+ "Satire"
Danyl McLauchlan : Other - ? : Wellington
nz884 * 409,684 : 1415 (Sitemeter) + 498=50 + 8 + 70 = 1543 (+21)
[6,5,6,8,7,8,6,9,10,10,8,11,16,13,12,16,19,32,71,new] [1522,1544,1287,1103,1153,1147,1137,874,815,761,842,557,628,678,696,457,327,229,85,new]

#7 (-) Red Alert : www.blog.labour.org.nz
05/2009+ "Labour MPs on issues that we care about"
Labour MPs (various): Left - Labour : Wellington
nz465 * 256,373 : c.1200 (verified09/2009:1250) + est.30 + 35 + 75 = 1340 (+5)
[7,6,5,5,15,18,28,new] [1335,1385,1370,1355,455,395,260,new]

#8 (-) No Minister : www.nominister.blogspot.com
06/2007+ "Sir Humphrey's acid reflux"
Gooner : Right - Act : Auckland
Adolf Fiinkensein : Right - National : Auckland
Psycho Milt : Left - ? : Palmerston North
Lou Taylor : Right - ? : Auckland
Grant : Right - ? : Auckland
Barnsley Bill : Right - ? : Northland
The Veteran : Right - ? : NZ
Sagenz : Right - ? : NZ
nz438 * 271,045 : 1085 (self-reporting) + 551=55 + 20 + 40 = 1200 (+114)
[8,7,8,9,8,7,5,5,5,5,5,4,5,4,10,6,7,7,10,11,13,11,11] ! [1314,1136,1013,1087,1093,1156,1193,1154,1135,1136,952,1109,1657,1791,1078,1156,938,968,618,492,442,455,353]

#9 (-) Public Address : www.publicaddress.net
09/2002+ "community of New Zealand-centric weblogs"
Hard News Russell Brown : Left - Labour : Auckland
Cracker Damian Christie : Other - ? : Wellington
Busytown Jolisa Gracewood ? - ? : Connecticut, USA
Island Life David Slack Other - ? : Auckland
Radiation Fiona Rae ? - ? : Auckland
Random Play Graham Reid ? - ? : Auckland
Field Theory Hadyn Green ? - ? : ?
Southerly David Haywood ? - ? : Christchurch
Legal Beagle Graeme Edgeler : Right - ? : NZ
Up Front Emma Hart : ? - ? : NZ
nz1,276 * 224,496 : c.700 (est.-no stats) + est.50 + 10 + 300 = 1060 (-102)
[9,8,7,6,6,5,4,4,4,4,3,5,3,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2] [1162,1067,1062,1202,1171,1331,1396,1339,1194,1164,1271,1083,2834,2424,2435,2431,2445,3317,3499,3416,1920,1896,1903]

#10 (+1) Frogblog : www.blog.greens.org.nz
03/2005+ "political blog Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand"
frog : Left - Green : Wellington
Green Party MPs : Left - Green : Wellington/NZ
nz1,648 * 144,949 : c.700(80% of greens.org.nz) (est.-no stats) + 531=53 + 25 + 245 = 1023 (+69)
[11,10,10,10,9,11,8,7,7,8,7,7,8,8,9,4,5,5,4,5,4,3,3] ! [954,947,959,934,1039,965,977,956,934,949,900,971,1144,1147,1100,1315,1136,1106,1163,983,1213,1172,1329]
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#11 (-1) No Right Turn : www.norightturn.blogspot.com
02/2003+ "Irredeemably Liberal"
Idiot/Savant : Left - ? : Palmerston North
nz2,023 * 546,124 : 845 (sitemeter) + 584=58 + 25 + nil = 928 (-146)
[10,9,9,11,10,9,7,6,6,6,9,8,7,9,8,9,9,8,7,7,5,6,4] [1074,984,1008,961,927,1114,1087,1045,1079,1026,834,910,1195,1089,1103,927,850,828,911,877,1055,933,1022]

#12 (-) Tumeke! : www.tumeke.blogspot.com
04/2005+ "Aotearoa, international - current affairs and culture"
Tim Selwyn : Other - ? : Auckland
Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury : Left - ? : Auckland
Phoebe Fletcher : Left - ? : Auckland
nz1,916 * 625,314 : 585 (extremetracking) + 505=51 + 20 + 20 = 676 (-205)
[12,11,11,12,11,10,11,10,9,9,10,9,9,12,11,10,10,10,11,12,10,12,7] * [881,856,897,866,855,968,860,829,831,782,799,720,952,718,699,639,564,574,544,455,479,425,403]

#13 (-) Hot topic : www.hot-topic.co.nz
04/2007+ "Global warming in NZ/AUT"
Gareth Renowden : Other - ? : Waipara
Bryan Walker : Other - ? : NZ
nz4,482 * 753,312 : c.500 (verified09/2009:560) + 547=55 + 7 + 80 = 642 (-89)
[13,15,16,17,18,16,16,17,20,20,20,25,24,25,21,33,31,28,45,35,68,62,50] ! [731,522,470,457,418,440,450,389,328,312,252,205,300,245,333,254,257,249,178,261,88,87,104]

#14 (-) Homepaddock : www.homepaddock.wordpress.com
04/2008+ "A rural perspective with a blue tint"
Ele Ludemann : Right - National : North Otago
nz2,006 * 614,777 : 390 (verified/self-reporting) + 441=44 + 45 + 15 = 494 (-61)
[14,13,13,15,17,14,14,15,14,15,12,15,17,17,16,12,16,21,100+,new] ! [555,600,602,521,419,546,546,507,469,449,423,412,612,513,484,523,343,282,46,new]

#15 (-) Roar Prawn : www.roarprawn.blogspot.com
08/2008+ "Militant carnivore, larger than life, often seen lunching"
Busted Blonde : Right - ? : Wellington
nz1,354 * 671,612 : 415 (Sitemeter)+ 549=55 + 10 + 10 = 490 (-53)
[15,14,15,18,30,75,15,13,12,13,16,17,15,11,13,34,new] [543,550,473,429,218,74,455,570,670,470,390,337,651,934,685,245,new]

#16 (+3) TBR.cc (The Briefing Room) : www.briefingroom.typepad.com
04/2006+ "Investigate magazine's breaking news forum"
Ian Wishart : Right - Christian/National : Auckland
Andrei : Right - Christian/National : NZ
nz2,271 * 339,405 : c.400 (est.-no stats) + 1 + 10 + 50 = 461 (+15)
[19,21,47,46,53,53,49,64,56,25,32,27,31,35,30,25,22,29,17,23,26,26,23] [446,363,146,137,111,117,149,94,104,251,183,203,223,182,198,318,305,247,342,306,297,285,232]

#17 (+1) The Inquiring Mind : www.http://adamsmith.wordpress.com
02/2008+ "news/politics/humour/sport"
Adam Smith : Other - ? : Wellington
nz6,803 * 1,319,890 : c.400 (self-reporting/verified:04/2009:605) + est.20 + 25 + 4 = 449 (+2)
[18,16,17,13,13,13,13,11,15,14,18,16,14,15,15,11,12,12,14,new] ! [447,460,468,576,639,637,662,693,467,460,291,368,656,649,577,539,459,446,387,new]

#18 (+2) Kiwipolitico : www.kiwipolitico.com
01/2009+ "Environmentalist, centre-left/left-of-centre, public policy and the political process."
Jafapete : Left - ? : Auckland
Anita : Left - ? : Wellington
Pablo : Left - ? : Auckland
Roger Nome : Left - ? : NZ
nz6,173 * 1,095,570 : c.350 (verified07/2009:380) + 414=41 + 3 + 25 = 419 (-10)
[20,18,19,16,16,17,21,21,19,18,14,new] ! [429,429,447,458,454,420,335,331,335,381,404,new]

#19 (-2) The Hand Mirror: www.thehandmirror.blogspot.com
03/2008+ "Feminism, NZ and international politics, plus cupcakes"
Julie Fairey : Left - ? : NZ
Lil'E : Left - ? : NZ
Maia : Left - ? : NZ
The ex-expat : Left - Labour : NZ
Undomestic Goddess : ? - ? : NZ
The Bewildering Case of Ms Enid Tak-Entity : Left - ? : NZ
Katy : ? - ? : NZ
Deborah : Left - ? : NZ
Anjum Rahman/stargazer : Left - Labour : NZ
Anna : Left - ? : NZ
nz23,793 * 1,680,974 : 320 (extremetracking) + 459=46 + 8 + 25 = 399 (-60)
[17,19,14,14,12,12,12,12,11,12,15,19,20,22,22,18,20,14,30,55,new] ! [459,421,480,568,692,762,804,652,681,582,396,293,379,317,316,412,326,326,294,119,new]

#20 (+2) Open Parachute : www.openparachute.wordpress.com/
05/2007+ "A scientist comments on philosophy, science, religion/Retired scientist."
Ken Perrott : Other - ? : Waikato
nz714 * 474,061 : 265 (Sitemeter) + 466=47 + 5 + 80 = 397 (+38)
[22,22,20,21,20,20,26,19,23,22,19,new] [359,355,388,345,305,360,277,342,306,274,284,new]
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