Nominations have closed and the voting has begun for the best Sci/Tech blog in Canada. Here's the ballot.
The nominees are ....
- The World's Fair
- Eastern Blot
- Climate Audit
- XSAMPLEX
- Clangmann
- A Few Things Illconsidered
- jules.ca
- WinExtra
- Weighty Matters
- cyberbuzz
- Mark Evans
- Dark Matter
- Internet Duct Tape
Is there an easy way of finding out how popular those blogs are? There must be some tool out there that will tell me the average number of visits per day/week/month for each of the nominees.
The only one on the list I'm remotely familiar with (I read it less often than its rare updates) is Clangmann.net.
ReplyDeleteDisclosure: Clangmann is written by a friend of a friend, a person I met once several years ago, who occassionally comments on my own blog (which must have very low readership).
I have to say I was quite surprised to see Clangmann on the list - most of the posts are about Canadian politics, rather than science and/or technology. I know the author puts a great deal of time and thought into each and every post, as evidenced by their length and detailed arguments. But the author is also a self-professed libertarian, and has nothing but harsh criticism for all things even vaguely socialist - the Canadian health care system is a favourite target, probably because the author is a medical doctor.
To answer your question (partly), I think readership on Clangmann is very low, on the order of less than ten views per day. But I could easily be wildly mistaken.
I haven't read most of the blogs on that list, other than maybe the odd post of from the scienceblogs.com members if they reach the front page and the content catches my eye.
ReplyDeleteI have read Dark Matter from time to time. It's an online offering of The Ottawa Citizen. I can't say I particularly recommend it. I don't know what the readership is like, but if the complete lack of commentary on any post is an indiction, then probably not high. On the other hand, comments may be received but not posted - I know I've commented in the past only to have them not make it to the blog. Either way, the lack of interactivity on that one is a bit of a turn off.
I'd be interested in knowing which other Canadian science blogs you're reading, Larry. I have quite a few blogs in my own regular readership but not many that (I know) are Canadian save for Sandwalk and my own (Bayblab).
kamel asks,
ReplyDeleteI'd be interested in knowing which other Canadian science blogs you're reading, Larry. I have quite a few blogs in my own regular readership but not many that (I know) are Canadian save for Sandwalk and my own (Bayblab).
Here's my list of Canadian blogs. In addition to these I read a few others written by Canadians living abroad.
Mike's Weekly Skeptic Rant
Primordial Blog
Runesmith's Canadian Content
Bayblab
easternblot
Science Notes
Canadian Cynic (Not much science)
Genomicron
Recursivity (An American in Canada)
The Frame Problem
Musings of the Mad Biologist
Thinking for Free
No More Walls
The Unexamined Life
RRResearch
Botany Photo of the Day