PubSub rankings makes me dizzy
I notice that this blog ranks quite high on PubSub's PR List. November 12th, 2005, it (I) made it to third place. Almost a religious experience to be so close to the almighty Rubel... ;-)
But then I looked up the PubSub LinkRank from October 18th, 2005. This blog's LinkRank was then 31,997 (compared to the 2,314 that earned me the third place on the PR list for one day). And that illustrates very clearly my main objection to PubSub's link ranking in general. It changes too quickly to be valuable. The problem is not my own ranking, but everyone else's. Now and then I want to get a sense of how "important", whatever that really means, a blog is. PubSub is certainly a place I check -- but I tend to distrust what I find. How can we trust a ranking that fluctuates like the track of a drunken elk?
Many sound people out there probably thinks "Who cares?". You're right I guess, which makes me want to point to Neil Kramer's insights after a weekend of exploring the world of male blogging:
"Too many men write about too many boring subjects - like computer technology, politics, gadgets, business news, and management styles. Ironically, these are the most popular sites on the web and make up most of the Technorati 100."