This was supposed to be an entry for the “I’m a Standout in Life” by Tiger Beer and Nuffnang but I decided to put myself in a position where I DON’T standout… at least when compared to the top 100 bloggers in Malaysia which Adi Wong, a prolific blogger at RiceBlogger.com, produced through his self-written automated script (still in the works, looks to me as if he’s constantly reviewing it to get the perfect balance between Technorati and Alexa rankings for better results)
These are the top 10 along with some stats back in 2007 from Sabahan.com *click to enlarge*
The last time I done a search on this for various purposes, the only source out there that seemed reliable was found at Sabahan’s blog, which talks about the top 50 most influential blogs in Malaysia (2007). Apart from that, this is the first time a realistic effort is being done to create a dynamic ranking system in which those who are interested can improve their ranks, for whatever their reasons, all thanks to Adi.
Let’s view our current top 10 in the Malaysian blogosphere, shall we?
1. Hong Kiat — Design & Tech
2. Kenny Sia — Lifestyle
3. Paul Tan — Automotive
4. Raymond.CC — Tech
5. Anwar Ibrahim — Politics
6. Lim Kit Siang — Politics
7. Hemmy.net — Mixed
8. Jeff Ooi — Politics
9. LiewCF — Tech & Lifestyle
10. Cheeserland.com — Lifestyle
So what do you think then? The categories are not labeled in Adi’s system but I do think it’ll be an interesting addition to it, so that we can also filter the list by categories if we want to, to shortlist the top 10 for example by category. Adi, possible? If so how can we help?
One thing comes to mind after reading one of LiewCF’s commentator at his post, who said that some of these blogs are rubbish and that they gain traffic through linking their site at “blog communities” and such. I totally disagree on that, because if that were the case there will be many rubbish blogs who will have high traffic, simply by posting their URLs in every place they can find, including blogs, forums and community sites. However from the top 10 list, some of which I know personally, it is very apparent that each of them have their unique styles and content based on the category they are listed in, which is why they truly deserve to be top 10.
With a 5 digit feedburner figure, I don’t think it leaves much room for doubt *click to enlarge*
Of course sometimes we won’t know who they are, for instance, a friend of mine asked who the heck is Hong Kiat and why is he so popiuler. Geeks will all know of his site (which honestly, do make up most of the online population in Malaysia lol) because of the tips and tricks he writes, especially on WordPress-related issues (I go to his site for wordpress theme suggestions), but others who does not have interest in these things will not know of him. Maybe the commentator thinks of these as rubbish, because it does not relate to him or her, at least that’s what I think.
Cheesie herself has more than 1000 subcribers… so how many hits does she have daily? *click to enlarge*
After taking a look at the list, I pleasantly noted a few familiar names like my ex-wife Suanie (57), Timothy(19), FriedBeef (24), KY (20) and ST (22) just to name a few and well, they really deserve to be there. Of course Cheesie, Kenny and PaulTan are obviously doing quite well with what they do to be at the Top 10. As for the politicians, their names alone are enough to send shivers down your spine, so it’s no surprise we see them there.
But what about others such as Quaintly.net or FourFeetNine, Suet Li’s’ or even NicoleKiss? I know they are all lifestyle bloggers (and pretty to boot) but I’m betting their hits should be somewhere at the Top 100, so why the missing links? It’ll be interesting as more blogs get inserted into the system for review, as Adi would probably be getting many requests as he’d mentioned in his post. Who knows what it might come up with?
In any case, like I said this post was supposed to be for the I’m a Standout in Life event, but somehow or rather I got sidetracked and did this instead. Anyhoo, if you guys are going, and if I did receive invites (any offers?) I’ll see you there. If not, there’s always Terminator Salvation tomorrow *grins*
Lastly, if you guys have any thoughts on this, do let me know. Maybe I’ll pass this on to Julian Hopkins for his research, this seems like a useful tool for him. Once again check it out here and see if you are listed in the top 100 blogs in Malaysia! http://www.riceblogger.com/top-100-malaysian-blogs/
I think it’s because Su Ann and Suet Li is now not in Malaysia and it’s hard to see her so less link by others lor, the same with Nicole who is traveling always. As for Audrey, I’m not sure, maybe she’s not actively around a few years ago?
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what on earth, so what if they not in Malaysia lol, still considered Malaysian blog cause they are Malaysian! and what does it have to do with Nicole’s constant travelling or Audrey not being active a few years ago.. this is updated live. omg simon wth are u on weed? lol
the “Not in Malaysia” shit is not working Simon coz Hongkiat is working in SG as well, although he comes back to KL once in a while..
and i’m surprised HK beats Kenny..LOL..i’m proud to be his fren..LOL
Sulk! Sulk! Mine not on the list…but then again, yours neither! Hehehehehe!!! That means we’re still friends! LOL!!!
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Kenny Sia travels all the time too and yet he is in the list. And I’m actually quite surprise too that HK beat Kenny Sia.. lol.. usually Kenny is number 1.
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I’ve just discovered that the hits are not narrowed to those that come from Malaysia only. Although at times our ISPs may deliver some overseas IP address, we should also consider hits coming directly from Malaysian ISPs if we are looking at popularity only from Malaysia.
If we’re looking at it globally then of course this ranking is still somewhat applicable. For instance the top 10 here do receive a high percentage of overseas clicks (and Hong Kiat’s are at a global scale, so no surprise that his ranking are that high)
I’m sure there are many more quality blogs out there, it’s just that they might not know much about alexa and technorati stuff. For them blogging is really just that, blogging. 🙂
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JL they don’t have to know about Alexa or Technorati, because these are the tools that rank the blogs according to their own stats which they automatically spider through without any sort of scripts needed.
Meaning that if the blogger’s content is awesome, it should have many readers and hits and thus naturally have good technorati or alexa ranks 🙂
I see. I don’t know much about alexa/technorati so don’t know how it really works. Though you must sign up or get the toolbar to get it working 🙂
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I wish I could be there one day…
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hhmmm…me checking out the top 100 blogs now..oohhh..not much food blogs..
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yeap, the notable ones are there already
thanks for the write up..
i will be checking out those blogs mention…
actually i would consider any resident blogger in malaysia or malaysian overseas…but I may take a poll
also if you see hemmy.net is not updated for quite some time..but its ranking is still high…not sure how should we handle this
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true, i guess it’ll be great if you opened it up to the rest of us bloggers, your polls and maybe be a little creative abt that.
as for other discrepencies, I guess there should be a “like – unlike” button that bloggers can choose to somewhat have a better accuracy on things?
hahahah I was listed at all lol!
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chris tock where is your standout post?!
i thought this post is like a stand out post among other stand out post!! I mean there’s no other stand out post quite like this stand out post right?
By this virtue alone shouldn’t this be a successful stand out post? 😛
and nobody offered me their share of tix yet, shit this effort is failing!
No photo of you standing leh?…Oops! LOL!!!
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Comecome Christ, atleast a StandOut photo of you ar. If not how to get the invites? ;p
Top100~ I wish I can !
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interesting, to see Malaysian blogs that made the cut. seriously, I crawl food blogs for that’s my passion.
thought kennysia would have topped the list, doubtless-ly, but surprised a techie blog’s so famous.
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Hiya, thanks for telling me about this post – you’re right to think it interests me. It’s also scary to see how many ‘top blogs’ I don’t know about :/ There are so many out there!
I agree with you about looking at hits from Malaysia only, that might give a better idea of the ‘Malaysian blogosphere’ – but then that would miss out Malaysians living overseas…
Alexa rankings only apply to those who sign up with them right?
Another way to complement the stats would be to check inbound links.
I’m not sure how he does it, but I guess that he starts with certain blogs and then compares them? So if he doesn’t know of a blog he can’t compare it to the others (e.g. fourfeetnine). As far as I know there’s no automated way of finding out which blogs are ‘Malaysian’, as they can be hosted anywhere. Unless it’s possible to see where the IP address that’s updating the blog is coming from?
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Thanks for the interesting post. Wish my blog is top 100.
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Thank you!
I cant believe that idiot is number 2. Time to read more Paul Tan to kick him backwards a notch
oooh not a fan of Kenny are we now? lol!
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