Comments on: ‘Nacle Numbers 2007, Part 2

By: Zelophehad’s Daughters | Nacle Numbers, 2003-2008, Part 2: The Blogs

Zelophehad’s Daughters | Nacle Numbers, 2003-2008, Part 2: The Blogs — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:04:24 +0000

[...] year, I counted up posts and comments for 11 Bloggernacle group blogs and found that By Common Consent was the largest in 2007, in terms of both posts and comments. So which blog was the biggest in [...]

By: Zelophehad’s Daughters | ‘Nacle Numbers 2007, Part 3

Zelophehad’s Daughters | ‘Nacle Numbers 2007, Part 3 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:28:25 +0000

[...] ‘Nacle Numbers 2007, Part 2 [...]

By: Jacob J

Jacob J — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:56:17 +0000

I left Kristen off the NCT numbers in #21 and now I am really sweating it. Don’t hate me Kristen!

By: Eve

Eve — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:49:05 +0000

Thanks for all your work in putting this together, Ziff. It’s really fascinating.

By: a random John

a random John — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:08:29 +0000

I really doubt that I could say anything that would get me into hot water. I am amazed at how quickly Mormon Matters has gone from 0 to 60, and how they’ve incorporated lots of relatively new voices as well as having very interactive/inclusive discussions with a good number of comments. I think they are to be applauded.

By: Ziff

Ziff — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:54:25 +0000

Interesting prediction, arJ. But won’t saying that get you in hot water with your co-bloggers at Mormon Mentality?

Steve mentioned earlier the issue of big general blogs versus more specifically focused blogs (like ZD–the blog for arguing about presiding ). I don’t know whether the specific ones will take more traffic over time or if the bigger broader ones will dominate. If anything, perhaps the (relatively recent) creation and success of blogs like Mormon Mentality and Mormon Matters indicates that the more general blogs are going to be more successful in the long run. Maybe it’s like with businesses, where the big absorb the small. Isn’t that what happened to LDSLF as BCC snapped up RT and SV? I don’t know.

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. I’m glad I’m not the only one who enjoys staring at rows of numbers. And I appreciate you taking the time to comment even when the topic is more for your information rather than being very thought- or discussion-provoking.

By: a random John

a random John — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:23:01 +0000

Ziff, this is all very itneresting. Many thanks.

I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that if you run these numbers again next year the big surprise will be Mormon Matters. In fact, I’d bet that it will be in the top 3 in terms of posts, post length, and comments.

By: Geoff B

Geoff B — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:27:16 +0000

Ziff, thanks for doing this.

By: fmhLisa

fmhLisa — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:17:13 +0000

Ziff, You’re my hero! Very cool stuff.

By: jessawhy

jessawhy — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:25:50 +0000

I wonder if comment volume can be related to the placement of links on the aggregators?
For example, some of the smaller blogs are further down on the page, not as noticeable as the links to the posts of the larger blogs.
I guess it would depend on how many people go to the sites through aggregators versus other ways (bookmarks, etc).