Blogroll: A link from one weblog to the top-level of another, (e.g., links to http://overstated.net, http://www.overstated.net or http://overstated.net/index.asp). I assume this is a proxy to popularity.Permalink: Any link from one weblog to deep content on another (e.g. a link to http://overstated.net/04/05/24-weblogs-and-authority.asp). I assume this is a proxy to influence.
Blogroll Degree Rank Permalink Degree Rank links url links url 1. 2581 metafilter.com 1322 boingboing.net 2. 2434 slashdot.org 1270 diveintomark.org 3. 2146 boingboing.net 1096 metafilter.com 4. 1825 kottke.org 1073 slashdot.org 5. 1604 instapundit.com 982 kottke.org 6. 1527 scripting.com 976 weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor 7. 1307 evhead.com 956 instapundit.com 8. 1220 andrewsullivan.com 828 andrewsullivan.com 9. 1062 memepool.com 827 themorningnews.org 10. 1007 doc.weblogs.com 826 rathergood.com 11. 977 megnut.com 819 textism.com 12. 961 littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog 683 denbeste.nu 13. 899 diveintomark.org 626 doc.weblogs.com 14. 880 littleyellowdifferent.com 625 asmallvictory.net 15. 848 textism.com 582 rightwingnews.com 16. 846 rebeccablood.net 577 microcontentnews.com 17. 758 plasticbag.org 568 joi.ito.com 18. 737 dashes.com/anil 560 buzzmachine.com 19. 719 ftrain.com 553 waxy.org 20. 714 plastic.com 522 a.wholelottanothing.org
Cameron Marlow's posting about his ICA paper, Audience, Structure and Authority in the Weblog Community, has received much attention. Clay Shirky:
His most important finding is how radically the lists differ in both who’s on them, and, for blogs on both lists, how the rank order differs. Metafilter and boingboing trade places — on the blogroll list, MeFi is #1 and bB #1, but on the permalink list, they are #3 and #1 respectively. Scripting.com and rebeccablood.com both appear on the blog roll list (#6 and #16, respectively) but neither appear in the Top 20 of rank-by-permalink. Dan Gillmor’s column and Jeff Jarvis’s blog both appear in the permalink list (#6 and #18 respectively) but neither is on the Top 20 blogroll list.There’s more than one powerlaw — the shape remains but the population changes radically, depending on the ranking characteristics.
