Last September I asked AdAge to delist the Buzz Bin for several reasons, but mostly because I felt the system favored older blogs with too much emphasis on historic Bloglines accounts and not enough on recent performance.
ToddAnd and Charles Moran listened. AdAge added Alexa page rank and re-calibrated rankings to make a more complete picture. So we relisted. The Buzz Bin was ranked at 230 before this change, and now we’re at 128. That’s a 100 points because of these changes.
I am not a huge fan of the subjective measure (even though the Bin benefits with a high score), and the blog still has a relatively low BlogLines score, but overall a significant change.
More importantly, I respect AdAge and in particular Todd and Charles because they listened.
I will continue to support organizations that listen through social media channels. That’s why I finally ordered my Dell computer last week. And that’s why the Buzz Bin will remain a fixture on the AdAge 150 no matter where we rank. It is clear to me that AdAge wants to serve this community.
Thanks, Geoff, but you’re not giving yourself any credit.
Between September 21 (when you delisted) and today, you greatly improved your blog theme/design, added a ton of very compelling content, published a successful book about new media, and participated in several related publicity and speaking engagements. All of which drove traffic to your site and increased both links and subscribers. So, don’t sell yourself short – you controlled a big part of that leap. Great job and keep up the awesome work!
And thanks for recognizing our commitment to serving the community. That means a lot.
Ironically, I got dropped to 300 something thanks to some glitch with the Technorati ranking. Oh well.