The 50 Most Powerful Blogs, By Anorak
THESE are the world’s 50 most powerful blogs, as gussed at by the Guardian:
1. The Huffington Post
Least likely to post ‘I’m so over this story – check out the New York Times’
2. Boing Boing
Least likely to post ‘Has anyone got a stamp?’
3. Techcrunch
Least likely to post ‘YouTube? It’ll never catch on’
4. Kottke
Least likely to post ‘Look at this well wicked vid of a dog on a skateboard’
5. Dooce
Least likely to post ‘I like babies but I couldn’t eat a whole one’
6. Perezhilton
Least likely to post ‘Log on tomorrow for Kofi Annan’s live webchat’
7. Talking points memo
Least likely to post ‘Barack is so, like, gnarly to the max’
8. Icanhascheezburger
Least likely to post ‘Actually, dogs are much more interesting…”
9. Beppe Grillo
Least likely to post ‘Sign up to our campaign to grant Silvo Berlusconi immunity’
10. Gawker
Least likely to post ‘We can only wish Rupert Murdoch well with his new venture’
11. The Drudge Report
Least likely to post ‘Oops, one sec – just got to check the facts…’
12. Xu Jinglei
13. Treehugger
Least likely to post ‘Why Plastic Bags rock’
14. Microsiervos
Least likely to post ‘The internet is, like, so over’
15. TMZ
Least likely to post ‘Paris is a metaphor for Third World debt’
16. Engadget
Least likely to post ‘An iWhat?’
17. Marbury
Least likely to post ‘Is it just me or is Romney getting cuter?’
18. Chez Pim
Least likely to post ‘Chocolate’s my favourite flavour of Pop Tart’
19. Basic thinking
Least likely to post ‘Mein heim, mein gott – I need to get a life’
20. The Sartorialist
Least likely to post ‘Sometimes you need to chill in a shellsuit’
21. Students for a free Tibet
Least likely to post ‘Hey guyz, any hotties in the Nepal region?!’
22. Jezebel
Least likely to post ‘How To Look Skinny While Pleasing Your Man!’
23. Gigazine
Least likely to post ‘Anyone seen these charming croquet mallets?’
24. Girl with a one-track mind
Least likely to post ‘I’ve got a headache’
girlwithaonetrackmind.blogspot.com
25. Mashable
Least likely to post ‘But why don’t you just phone them up?’
26. Greek tragedy
Least likely to post ‘Enough about me – what’s your news?’
27. Holy Moly
Least likely to post ‘What do you think of the new Hanif Kureishi?’
28. Michelle Malkin
Least likely to post ‘That Obama’s got a lovely smile, hasn’t he?’
29. Cranky flier
Least likely to post ‘There’s nothing wrong with a well-conducted cavity search’
30. Go fug yourself
Least likely to post ‘Oprah looked great in those stretch jeans’
31. Gaping void
Least likely to post ‘This product really sells itself’
32. Dirtydirty dancing
Least likely to post ‘Revellers at the Earl of Strathdore’s hunt ball’
33. Crooked timber
Least likely to post ‘Did anyone see Casualty last night?’
34. Beansprouts
Least likely to post ‘Make mine a Happy Meal’
35. The offside
Least likely to post ‘Check out Ronaldo’s bubble butt’
36. Peteite Anglaise
Least likely to post ‘J’ai assez parle de moi, qu’est-ce que vous pensez?’
37. Crooks and liars
Least likely to post ‘So just what is a caucus?’
38. Chocolate and Zucchini
Least likely to post ‘Just add instant mash’
39. Samizdata
Least likely to post ‘I’d say it’s six of one, half a dozen of the other’
40. The daily dish
Least likely to post ‘Sorry, I can’t think of anything to say’
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41. The F word
Least likely to post ‘What’s the difference between a woman and a condom?’
42. Jonny B’s private secret diary
Least likely to post ‘OMG, I saw Jessica Simpson in Lidl and she signed my bum!’
43. Popjustice
Least likely to post ‘I prefer Pierre Boulez’s interpretation of Mahler’s third’
44. Waiter rant
Least likely to post ‘The customer is always right’
45. Hecklerspray
Least likely to post ‘If you can’t say anything nice…’
46. WoWinsider
Least likely to post ‘Who fancies a game of space invaders?’
47. Angry black bitch
Least likely to post ‘I’m off to anger-management’
48. Stylebubble
Least likely to post ‘I even wear my Ugg boots in bed’
49. AfterEllen
Least likely to post ‘George Clooney – I wouldn’t kick him out of bed’
50. Copyblogger
ANORAK gets more traffic than many of those blogs. It is more popular than many of thsoe blogs. It’s just less visible. But palns are afoot…
Posted: 9th, March 2008 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
