Using Blawg.org to pat yourself on the back

Not really IP, but it is Funny.

First, Larry Bodine posts on how Patrick Lamb is now the King of Blawgs because he has the most hits on Blawg.org.  Then, Tom Mighell posts on Between Lawyers about how to really measure who is the top blawg. 

What is funny is what Blawg.org actually measures.  It measures clicks.  Thus, if you sit there and vote for yourself over and over and over again (which you can do)...you quickly move to the top.

I'm not saying that Patrick has clicked his own blog's name 16000 times, who knows who made those clicks.  What I am saying is that the "most popular" measures nothing useful. 

So...if your blawg isn't on the "most popular" list...happy clicking.  Or...you could pick some obscure blawg and vote for them. 

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Comments

[Daniel Hull]

First, thanks for being a funny IP person. I, at least, needed that. The main IP guy at our firm is while interesting never funny. Ever.

I agree with you about the ratings game. I was very jazzed, glowing and filled with the Wonder Of Me for a week or two that my new blawg www.whataboutclients.com (shameless plug, here) was "#1" under Blawg.org's Popular Recently Added Blawgs. Mine is about the Art of the Client, and how the client experiences lawyers and lawyer services--I thought it was different and brilliant and the rating reflected this.

Until the site meter showed that the traffic, for the most part, was likely a result of me tinkering with and clicking on my new blawg like a mental patient with a new electronic toy.

Still, I like the way Blawg.org collects stuff. Like other blawgs, it gives me ideas. And there really are good blawgs out there which will be read if the content stays good. Word of mouth does the rest. Blawg clearinghouses aren't likely to drive real readership stats. More than I ever would have thought, lawyers can be interesting and creative people who can teach me and people who do read my blawg something.

Funny IP folks, especially.

[IP Funny Guy #1]

What I found funny was how someone decided to smack us around abit...we were added to Blawg and soon found ourselves at the top of the
"recently added blogs" too. Funny prank whoever you were.

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