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Top 100 Aussie Blogs by Australian Audience (take 2)

April 13, 2007 · 40 Comments

Well you asked for it – you got it! As a follow up to yesterday’s post Top 100 Most Popular Australian Blogs, I managed to fumble my way around to (kind of) get this into some semblance of a clickable list.

Rank	Alexa	URL	Orig	Technorati
Au	AU		Pos	Rank
1	299	http://www.inthemix.com.au/	26	9,652
2	566	http://www.problogger.net/	1	57
3	1,082	http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/	10	3,671
4	1,231	http://blogpond.wordpress.com/	82	32,919
5	1,581	http://www.istartedsomething.com/	3	1,581
6	2,345	http://alistercameron.com	17	6,620
7	2,698	http://www.smallbusinessbranding.com/	28	11,159
8	2,804	http://www.livingroom.org.au/blog/	16	6,620
9	2,945	http://www.itnews.com.au/	9	3,636
10	2,976	http://duncanriley.com/	31	11,834
11	3,599	http://timblair.net/	4	1,963
12	4,651	http://thepodcastnetwork.com		3,463
13	5,266	http://thewrongadvices.com		15,534
14	5,409	http://www.ozpolitics.info/blog/	23	8,429
15	5,574	http://harpzon.com		23,324
16	7,060	http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/	2	1,469
17	7,467	http://aussielicious.blogspot.com/	48	18,587
18	7,581	http://allaussiebeef.blogspot.com/	90	35,963
19	n/a	http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/	19	6,899
20	28,714	http://www.blogcharm.com/sweets/	20	6,924
21	10,780	http://grabyourfork.blogspot.com/	36	12,855
22	n/a	http://www.abc.net.au/pm/	22	8,089
23	12,263	http://benbarren.blogspot.com/	67	26,132
24	12,514	http://servantofchaos.typepad.com/soc/	21	7,300
25	13,876	http://larvatusprodeo.net/	33	12,275
26	17,131	http://www.themaninblue.com/	25	8,953
27	3,333	http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/	27	10,246
28	17,231	http://muchadoaboutsumthin.blogspot.com/	49	18,922
29	17,895	http://www.thebargainqueen.org/	29	11,408
30	n/a	http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/	30	11,725
31	18,239	http://www.boudist.com/	51	19,976
32	20,341	http://www.incsub.org/blog/	96	38,543
33	21,460	http://trevorcook.typepad.com/weblog/	72	27,285
34	24,016	http://www.nik.com.au/	35	12,573
35	24,336	http://www.lostateminor.com/	92	36,346
36	25,736	http://katiechatfield.wordpress.com/	47	18,374
37	25,880	http://thebreakfastblog.blogspot.com/	84	34,611
38	31,739	http://www.sauer-thompson.com/	70	27,285
39	31,994	http://anonymouslefty.blogspot.com/	68	26,496
40	32,013	http://cookingismypassion.blogspot.com/	76	29,950
41	33,637	http://catallaxyfiles.com/	80	32,050
42	36,340	http://vadirectory.net/blog/	94	36,723
43	40,568	http://craigharper.com.au/	40	14,904
44	40,914	http://www.disambiguity.com/	57	22,292
45	42,770	http://www.andrewbartlett.com/blog/	62	24,592
46	45,090	http://www.hawkwings.net/	5	2,041
47	46,031	http://www.duncans.tv/	43	15,434
48	48,677	http://leehopkins.net/	38	13,900
49	48,696	http://maxbarry.com/	75	29,471
50	n/a	http://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/	50	19,745
51	48,804	http://roadtosurfdom.com/	42	14,963
52	27,405	http://blogs.technet.com/mkleef/	52	20,982
53	51,700	http://moviecritic.com.au/	87	35,632
54	56,279	http://kitta.net/	98	40,434
55	68,027	http://tokyo-girl.blogspot.com		25,948
56	68,867	http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/	6	2,261
57	70,095	http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/	55	21,563
58	82,040	http://angryaussie.wordpress.com/	74	29,245
59	n/a	http://blogs.msdn.com/charles_sterling/	59	22,715
60	85,062	http://www.artnewsblog.com/	73	27,668
61	111,686	http://www.gardeningtipsnideas.com/	77	30,732
62	139,804	http://www.scottwesterfeld.com/blog/	69	26,671
63	114,128	http://youngie.prblogs.org/	63	24,767
64	212,895	http://cookalmostanything.blogspot.com/	44	16,565
65	236,215	http://honeysmack.blogspot.com/	86	35,278
66	243,440	http://www.justinelarbalestier.com/blog/	54	21,438
67	244,437	http://kiddley.com/	12	4,937
68	253,414	http://www.miscmum.com/	13	5,678
69	275,846	http://shaicoggins.com/	34	12,516
70	285,049	http://www.thefoodpornographer.com/	88	35,632
71	296,814	http://wpram.com/	41	14,904
72	DNR	http://www.alexallied.com/	37	13,374
73	DNR	http://www.anecdote.com.au/	46	17,570
74	DNR	http://fumbling-towards-geekdom.blogspot.com/	89	35,963
75	DNR	http://barista.media2.org/	65	25,563
76	DNR	http://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/	99	41,764
77	DNR	http://faith-theology.blogspot.com/	24	8,520
78	DNR	http://www.tomatom.com/	91	36,346
79	DNR	http://www.insanitytheory.net/kitchenwench/	79	31,482
80	DNR	http://kissnblog.blogspot.com/	83	34,263
81	DNR	http://ilovemilkandcookies.blogspot.com/	45	16,988
82	DNR	http://black-dog-knits.blogspot.com/	95	37,519
83	DNR	http://mattstone.blogs.com/	93	36,723
84	DNR	http://morselsandmusings.blogspot.com/	61	23,809
85	DNR	http://void-star.net/	14	5,958
86	DNR	http://sarsaparillablog.net/	78	30,990
87	DNR	http://wilsonsalmanac.blogspot.com/	85	35,278
88	DNR	http://todaymelbourne.blogspot.com/	81	32,623
89	DNR	http://gimmeyourstuff.blogspot.com/	53	20,982
90	DNR	http://fivepublicopinions.blogspot.com/	66	25,755
91	DNR	http://didgeman.wordpress.com/	64	24,929
92	DNR	http://www.foodpast.com/	39	14,834
93	DNR	http://ladedahails.blogspot.com/	7	3,078
94	DNR	http://sparklepanda.blogspot.com/	8	3,561
95	DNR	http://aussieintheorient.blogspot.com/	15	6,140
96	DNR	http://newcenturynotebook.blogspot.com/	32	11,834
97	DNR	http://sydneynearlydailyphot.blogspot.com/	56	21,708
98	DNR	http://www.chrisberg.org/	58	22,435
99	DNR	http://purplegiraffes.blogspot.com/	60	23,809
100	DNR	http://stkildatoday.blogspot.com/	97	39,562

DNR = Did Not Rate

Please note: Coming in at number 3 should be All For Women with an AU Alexa ranking of 880 (way to go Leigh) – I just didn’t have the energy to redo the list

Please advise any omissions or inaccuracies.

Modified from original list provided by Craig Harper (sidebar)

Update: Please see The Top Australian Blogs Index for the latest list.

Categories: Australia · Australian Blogs · Australian Websites · Top Australian Blogs · blogging

40 responses so far ↓

Leigh // April 13, 2007 at 1:44 pm

Oh Meg, you are a gem!

And don’t worry about adding me just yet, it would be cheating as the blog is only a few weeks old.
Donnie // April 13, 2007 at 3:55 pm

Interesting Meg! How about http://www.accure.com.au/carpark??
Meg // April 13, 2007 at 4:10 pm

Hi Donnie

I reckon you’d just make it on Craig’s original list (better get those links cranking)
steph // April 13, 2007 at 4:40 pm

Wow, that’s interesting! Thanks so much for the mention. I’m gonna check out everyone on that list. We have so much bloggy talent in Oz.
Meg // April 13, 2007 at 4:43 pm

Hi Steph

We sure do! Keep up the great work.

Thanks for dropping by
Donnie // April 13, 2007 at 5:00 pm

Meg,

I’m interested to hear how you incorporated Alexa ranking into Craig’s original list?

I did a quick review of number 76 (Fat planet) on your list just to see how carpark would compare and from what I can see on both Alexa and Technorati, Carpark has a higher rank but does not rate in the top 100 fro au? Am I missing something?

Please don’t get me wrong, making lists is not the reason I blog, but I am interested in the topic of how a blog is rated.
Meg // April 13, 2007 at 5:48 pm

Hi Donnie

Yes you are quite right – when Craig compiled his list, flat planet snuck in at number 99 with a Technorati rank of 41,764 (and remember these can change daily). Craig manually searched for the blogs, so as a first edition it’s highly probable that some blogs were overlooked and the list will probably change a bit. He’s called for feedback via his Ultimate Aussie Blogroll sidebar on his site.

So I took Craig’s list and then analysed these 100 websites (plus or minus a couple) according to where they ranked on Alexa (in Australia). I found that a few of these didn’t rate in Australia, but they did have an Alexa ranking overall, so numbers 72-92 were sorted by their global rank. 93 to 100 didn’t have a global rank either so these were placed according to their original position from Craig’s list.

As I used that as a foundation (and as you can imagine there are a lot of Australian blogs, and no one has a complete list – so it’s up to blog owners like you to put your hand up and say “what about me”? so they can be included on Craig’s next update), any blogs (except for a couple that jumped out at me) not on that list aren’t on mine.

YES – you should be on the list! According to the way I ranked – probably around the mid 60’s

As you can imagine manually checking Alexa ranks for 100 websites is very time consuming, so I’m not sure I can undertake to update this list on a really regular basis – but will attempt to do it from time to time.
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Karen (misc mum) // April 13, 2007 at 8:48 pm

Wow – I’m seeing my name coming up places these past few days, I’m so glad this list has been compiled because I’m coming across so many aussie blogs now I didn’t know existed.
Cheers,!
Karen (misc mum) // April 13, 2007 at 8:49 pm

I am slightly confused as to what columns mean what (I’m not much of a techie) so some further clarification would be wonderful
Meg // April 13, 2007 at 8:56 pm

Hi Karen

Thanks for dropping by. The first column is the rank. The second is where the site ranks in Australia according to Alexa.com. The third is the address (URL) of the site. The fourth column refer to where the site was ranked on Craig Harper’s list (on his home page down the bottom right) and the last where the site rates on Technorati.com.

I hope that explains it a little better. In my previous post I linked to some other posts that might explain these things a little better. Craig’s list should help too!
Donnie // April 13, 2007 at 9:04 pm

Thanks Meg,
I can imagine how time consuming it must be!!
Keep up the great stuff (like this) on this blog.
Deltoid // April 14, 2007 at 5:03 am

Top 100 Australian blogs

Craig Harper has created a list of the top 100 Australian blogs based on Technorati rankings (which are based on the number of blogs that link to you). It’s in his right side bar near the bottom. Of course that…
Karen (misc mum) // April 14, 2007 at 7:52 am

Thanks Meg. Well that’s interesting to see that technorati isn’t the be-all-and-end-all of ranking, like it can be made out to be
Meg // April 14, 2007 at 9:46 am

Hi Donnie – just a little , it’s all good though!
Meg // April 14, 2007 at 9:56 am

Hi Karen

I suppose there’s a few different ways of analysing, and each has their flaws. Alexa’s not perfect either!

Thanks for stopping by and congratulations on the success of your blog
Des Walsh // April 14, 2007 at 3:15 pm

Congratulations on doing this. I’d like to have been in and have pinged Craig with some Technorati rankings, but I’ve never done that well on Alexa – no doubt some seo expert could tell me why

But imho what’s more important than who’s in who’s out is that Craig and you have done these lists, which will be a great help to those of us who would like to know more about who is blogging in this wide brown land.

I live in hope that one day some of us will get an Aussie Blogcon together – or maybe a series of them from state to state – and then some more of us could get to know others.

I’d also love to hear some Australian business blogging success stories – like the amazing Bargain Queen, Sarah Goldstein, who by the way runs the excellent Sydney Webloggers Meetup Group – go to http://www.meetup.com for more info.
Meg // April 14, 2007 at 3:40 pm

Hi Des

Thanks! I’m sure you’d appreciate the onerous task of gathering all the websites – glad you gave a shout to Craig, as businessandblogging.com definitely should be on the list. No doubt Craig will tweak the list as he updates it (I’ll probably be off soon!)

Regarding Alexa – that is a peculiarity. I have another website which gets a LOT more traffic than my blog, but the Alexa rank is on par with this, so go figure! A lot of people don’t realise there is an Alexa add-on for firefox which is available at http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus, so if you have a high percentage of firefox users visiting your site, that could be a reason.

It’s lots of fun discovering Aussie bloggers, isn’t it? Your Blogcon sounds like a terrific idea!

Thanks for stopping by, and for your input
Andy // April 15, 2007 at 12:21 am

Hey meg, I just stumbled here from blogcatalog.

Nice to see someone flying the flag for Aussie bloggers!

Also great to see somebody managing successful online businesses in country…I look forward to reading your insights
Meg // April 15, 2007 at 9:19 am

Hi Andy – thanks dropping in and introducing yourself

http://www.noodleinvite.com.au seems like an interesting site – I look forward to checking it out.
Mikey // April 16, 2007 at 11:36 pm

Nice to see Mr L and Five Public Opinions made the list.
Meg // April 16, 2007 at 11:55 pm

Hi Mikey

Thanks for dropping in
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Simone // April 19, 2007 at 3:29 am

Hi Meg! Great job!

I was wondering how my blog fits in…. I seem to have a good Alexa rating (even though most of my visitors use IE and are in Perth!), it’s 2345 for Aus, and 172043 global. BUT, you can’t find me on technorati, at all! Having some trouble there. I had my blog claimed, though it wasn’t updating or something, so I decided to delete it and start again, but now it won’t let me claim it at all (I’ve put in several support requests (a week ago), but no response). I’m actually not that worried about not being on Technorati, as I write such a niche blog (events in Perth), I wouldn’t get much traffic from there anyway. But I do wonder where I would fit in to lists like this, out of interest!
Meg // April 19, 2007 at 6:52 am

Hi Simone

Thanks for dropping in That’s a tough one, because without a Technorati ranking the formula doesn’t work (it would effectively be saying that you have a Technorati Rank of 0).

With those Alexa Ranks (great stuff by the way) even a largish Technorati Rank would see you on the list.

I’ll certainly put http://www.enjoyperth.net on the list to be checked next update, no doubt they’ll get around to your request sooner or later!
Miss Smack // April 19, 2007 at 10:25 am

Thankyou SO much !
Meg // April 19, 2007 at 11:02 am

Miss Smack – You’re most welcome!
Simone // April 19, 2007 at 11:35 am

Thanks Meg, oh, how exciting!

I’m actually surprised that Alexa rank is that low, as most of my visitors aren’t tech people, they’re just people googling ‘maintstream’ events, and landing on my page(and probably not even knowing that it’s a blog or what a blog is). For example, I’ve also got about 4 times as many email subscribers compared to RSS subscribers!
Kathie Thomas, VA // April 19, 2007 at 7:48 pm

Thanks for this Meg. Great to see. I first became aware of the list on Tuesday I think it was, after seeing a post by Des Walsh so I went off to our own Craig’s list (the Aussie version of course) and was delighted to see my blog there. And then I found out about the newspaper article today. I plan to visit all of them too – think I’ll be busy this weekend
Meg // April 19, 2007 at 8:41 pm

Hi Kathie

Craig’s Ultimate Aussie Blogroll is a terrific list, and a great initiative

I’m discovering lots of great blogs too, which I think is the more the point of the exercise than “who’s ranked where” – though I think it does spur us on in a way . It’s great to connect in our little corner of the world!

Australia really does have a wonderful sense of community, and I think Craig is to be commended for instigating this.

I’ve merely put a different slant on it.
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Va Va Voom // April 19, 2007 at 10:38 pm

It’s good to know such a list exist and surprising that I’m actually in it! Lots of great blogs in there. Thanks for sharing!
Meg // April 19, 2007 at 10:49 pm

Va Va Voom – congrats! There sure are some great blogs
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Francis Lee // April 20, 2007 at 11:52 pm

Hey meg,
I just started a blog last week regarding search engine optimisation and business strategies (both online and offline). Not sure if my blog would be accepted in the list above but would be interesting if it does. I believe I currently rank 4,573 in Australia but only have one link from technorati as of yet since i only started my blog recently.

Regardless, excellent job in putting together the list. Look forward to hearing from you soon.
Meg // April 21, 2007 at 11:24 am

Hi Francis

Congratulations on the new blog. I’ll add it to the list to be checked each week, so that as soon as it’s eligible it will show up.

Thanks for stopping by.
Dan // April 27, 2007 at 1:03 am

Kudos on making this list and starting a discussion.

But there seems to be a number of websites that aren’t blogs on this list.

In The Mix? ITNews? The World Today?

Those aren’t blogs to me.
Meg // April 27, 2007 at 7:37 am

Hi Dan

I couldn’t agree more – that’s why you’ll find the latest list here:

http://blogpond.wordpress.com/top-100-australian-blogs-index/
Janette Toral // July 15, 2007 at 1:33 am

Hello Meg. Your blog post inspired to do some blog juice research. Thank you.