tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post7800402320518561231..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: The Total Politics Top 100 UK Political BlogsIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47185273749006922312009-02-05T18:36:00.000+00:002009-02-05T18:36:00.000+00:00It was horrible, absolutely horrible, not seeing m...It was horrible, absolutely horrible, not seeing my cute little site on this list. Am I allowed to advertise here? Well. hopefully - so here goes:<BR/><BR/>johnproblem.com<BR/><BR/>Thanks very much and have a nice day.john problemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523322747257452539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-84599260151325162872008-10-22T15:43:00.000+01:002008-10-22T15:43:00.000+01:00I don’t agree with you re. the People’s Republic o...I don’t agree with you re. the People’s Republic of Mortimer, Iain. <BR/><BR/>It’s a really boring blog and it doesn’t appear as if she has any life outside of politics which only goes to prove, as I had already thought, that most *other* bloggers are saddos or geeks with no social or personal lives at all. Christ, she still lives with her parents at 29, how sad can you get!<BR/><BR/>I’m personally only interested in blogs of people I either a) know or b) whose well-rounded lives interest me somehow.<BR/><BR/>Plus I found it really amusing and you might be interested to discover that the Lib Dems*still* spend their time talking about me and my husband when they should be electioneering - TWO AND A HALF YEARS after we left the party. Maybe that’s why they haven’t been able to win any by-elections since we left? Talk about obsessed. We’re way too busy as a working family.<BR/><BR/>You could give Alix Mortimer an award for *Bitch* of the Year instead if you like. Despite having never met me before in her life she saw it fit (as did her geeky “boyfriend) a few months ago to write a load of crap about me on the web and gave a verdict about an incident which happened before she was even a member of the Party which she therefore knows diddly squat about and still hasn’t apologised to me for it even though I pointed out that she doesn’t know me, wasn’t there at the time and therefore is in no position to comment.<BR/><BR/>I also think anyone who thinks writing “politics” as “pollyticks” or using the non-existent word “aten’t” is funny is probably more immature than my one year old daughter and that for someone who is nearly 30 she badly needs to grow up and act her age.<BR/><BR/>When the political blogging community starts recognising people with interesting lives (not sad ones) and stands up against mass cyber bullying as experienced (and still experienced) by myself and my husband (rather than jumping on the bandwagon as most of the blogging twats did) that’s when you might get more normal people tuned into political blogging. Cyber bullying, I note, is now recognised as a problem and a crime and I had to make two separate police reports against Lib Dem members during the relentless and entirely unnecessary hate campaign we suffered.<BR/><BR/>When I told my normal friends what Mortimer and her crew were still saying recently I got the response that “Those Lib Dem/bloggers SERIOUSLY need to get a life.” Yep. That is, I am afraid, what normal, non-political people like us still think of you all.<BR/><BR/>We, by the way, still get messages from people who miss our blog and enjoyed it for what it was. I expect they were probably normal people too.<BR/><BR/>Leah Darbyshire (Mrs) <BR/>(yes, because despite all the sad bloggers’ predictions our marriage is as happy as ever. Ha bloody ha.).Leah & Robin Darbyshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09914978256801482589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59631293772711303712008-09-19T16:57:00.000+01:002008-09-19T16:57:00.000+01:00Jeff, those are my own personal favourites, nothin...Jeff, those are my own personal favourites, nothing to do with the vote.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29490022547149486382008-09-19T16:49:00.000+01:002008-09-19T16:49:00.000+01:00Thanks for that, apologies for being somewhat vagu...Thanks for that, apologies for being somewhat vague.<BR/><BR/>There's a link on your front page "Iain Dale's Top 50 blogs". It links to here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.totalpolitics.com/politicalblogs/blogs.php?category_id=24<BR/><BR/>The 50 blogs included are not the same as the top 50 per the final results of the voting.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I have, however, just realised that this may be your own personal top 50 which I have no right to force myself onto so if that's the case then by all means, apologies for the interruption to whatever you were doing...<BR/><BR/>Cheers!<BR/><BR/><BR/>JeffJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485196287282298695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51608969359727992372008-09-17T11:56:00.000+01:002008-09-17T11:56:00.000+01:00Jeff, I don't understand what you are saying. Whic...Jeff, I don't understand what you are saying. Which two lists?Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-4092417572416315062008-09-17T11:08:00.000+01:002008-09-17T11:08:00.000+01:00Hi Iain,Not sure if this'll reach you it being so ...Hi Iain,<BR/><BR/>Not sure if this'll reach you it being so late in the day but I was wondering why the Total Politics Top 50 blogs on your web don't agree to the Top 50 in this post. (Yes, I am unashamedly chuffed to make No. 44 which is the main reason for my flagging this.)<BR/><BR/>Maybe the 2 lists aren't supposed to correlate or maybe it's a work in progress, but I just thought I'd mention it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Cheers!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485196287282298695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-84586305486968551422008-09-05T21:32:00.000+01:002008-09-05T21:32:00.000+01:00Iain, many (belated) congratulations on putting th...Iain, many (belated) congratulations on putting this thing together. It was obviously quite an effort!<BR/><BR/>Out of curiosity; the PDF booklet version mentions that the remaining 300-500 are on the TP website, but I can't seem to find them anywhere. Are there plans to produce a list of these lower entries?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72257437584317460972008-09-04T20:55:00.000+01:002008-09-04T20:55:00.000+01:00No sign of Push Jelly on that list:http://pushjell...No sign of Push Jelly on that list:<BR/><BR/>http://pushjelly.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64123008768667489602008-09-04T17:59:00.000+01:002008-09-04T17:59:00.000+01:00>Newspaper websites still use pageviews as thei...>Newspaper websites still use pageviews as their method of counting readers.<BR/><BR/>That actually changed at the end of 2006. Now they cannot get a Page Impressions report from the ABCe without a Unique Users report:<BR/><BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/dec/06/abcs.newmedia<BR/><BR/>They are currently thinking about moves towards measuring time on the site.<BR/><BR/>Thanks very much for the lists again.<BR/><BR/>MattMatt Wardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326720801362744582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54845273464802165972008-09-04T15:31:00.000+01:002008-09-04T15:31:00.000+01:00I was wondering whether there was a criteria or wh...I was wondering whether there was a criteria or whether it was just a judgement call.<BR/><BR/>I was centre-right and I just wondered why.Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021800974251370747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61342946554659476912008-09-04T14:33:00.000+01:002008-09-04T14:33:00.000+01:00Toque, Not sure I understand what is behind your q...Toque, Not sure I understand what is behind your question, but it's quite clear whether most blogs are on the right or left. If we're not sure we tend to put them under Non Aligned. They are all in the Total Politics Blog Database. We have corrected any errors we have been alerted to.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45593941538059649772008-09-04T14:27:00.000+01:002008-09-04T14:27:00.000+01:00Iain,How have you defined left and right; and how ...Iain,<BR/><BR/>How have you defined left and right; and how have you decided who is left and who is right?Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021800974251370747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61689578373966890312008-09-04T12:58:00.000+01:002008-09-04T12:58:00.000+01:00Hi Iain,Good to see the SNP blogs shining brightly...Hi Iain,<BR/><BR/>Good to see the SNP blogs shining brightly in yellow as opposed to the rather odd blue in the Scottish list.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your effort in getting these lists up and running. Highly enjoyable to see the results for various categories.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jeff (SNP Tactical Voting)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485196287282298695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51368271844933519982008-09-04T12:15:00.000+01:002008-09-04T12:15:00.000+01:00Iain: Every time you've linked to Nadine Dorries i...Iain: Every time you've linked to Nadine Dorries in these lists, you have linked to her 'website', rather than an actual political blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59997325619687884122008-09-04T11:17:00.000+01:002008-09-04T11:17:00.000+01:00"I see Bob Piper's gone down the pan."Bob Piper to..."I see Bob Piper's gone down the pan."<BR/><BR/>Bob Piper told his readers that he was boycotting the poll, so they probably didn't vote for him. Iain included Bob anyway, which was generous of him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50722172778715512432008-09-04T11:16:00.000+01:002008-09-04T11:16:00.000+01:00Iain: Every time you've linked to Tim Worstall in ...Iain: Every time you've linked to Tim Worstall in these lists, you have linked to his 'tabloid edition', rather than his actual political blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6237301434129575822008-09-04T11:14:00.000+01:002008-09-04T11:14:00.000+01:00I think you would be crazy to pack it in. Ok so Gu...I think you would be crazy to pack it in. Ok so Guido took the top spot from you.. so what.. his Blog is the Sun (I like it).<BR/><BR/>You just need to up the game a bit.. stop publishing lists of stuff and posts about posts on other blogs (that's what's hurting your readership) <BR/><BR/>Do more in depth stuff, use your political network to get insightful thought provoking stuff that makes really compelling reading and retake the ground. You are in a better position as a skilled interviewer than anyone else out there.<BR/><BR/>You are a pioneer. You, more than any other blogger have been personally responsible for inspiring other bloggers and catalysing the political blogosphere in this country. <BR/><BR/>Our democracy needs this - so rebuild your belief, don't put all your eggs in the 'old media' basket and take things to the next level.<BR/><BR/>The positive point of falling off your perch is that it energizes you to get back there but with new innovation. Get on with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80567859914248014082008-09-04T11:08:00.000+01:002008-09-04T11:08:00.000+01:00I see Bob Piper's gone down the pan.I see Bob Piper's gone down the pan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-84499448492727083502008-09-04T10:53:00.000+01:002008-09-04T10:53:00.000+01:00One can normally judge a blog's relevance or quali...One can normally judge a blog's relevance or quality by comments on it. Shane Greer at 38 has a blog that nobody reads or comments on. Isn't this list just an insular list of friends talking about friends?Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15755490516141328662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19482839583489118502008-09-04T10:28:00.000+01:002008-09-04T10:28:00.000+01:00Re Iain's and rob's uncle's comments on pb.com...O...Re Iain's and rob's uncle's comments on pb.com...<BR/><BR/>One difference between pb.com and other blogs is the quality of the comments. I read Iain's and Guido's blogs every couple of days for the quality of the blog itself, but rarely find that the Comments are worth my time. However, pb.com is readable for the quality of the discussion in the comments section. Yes the signal to noise ratio is probably only about 30-50% - but in the comments section of other blogs it is quite frankly only 1-2%. So it's a different type of blog - more like a bulletin board - which you would want to look at several times a day if interesting discussions are taking place.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's the fact that it's a politically neutral blog that makes it so: the right wing blogs mostly have cringing sycophants and the occasional leftie troll; although pb.com is right-leaning it is run by a LibDem and there are some pro-Labour posters including at least one MP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89659639327823194022008-09-04T10:08:00.000+01:002008-09-04T10:08:00.000+01:00Lib Dem news to get cash injection from big donor ...Lib Dem news to get cash injection from big donor eh??<BR/><BR/>Let's hope it's Michael Brown again, with some fresh new dodgy cash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52972418326822409562008-09-04T09:54:00.000+01:002008-09-04T09:54:00.000+01:00"Will try to do better next year..."You'd better. ..."Will try to do better next year..."<BR/><BR/>You'd better. Next time it's prison for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47284068451662549782008-09-04T09:32:00.000+01:002008-09-04T09:32:00.000+01:00please God no more listsAndrewplease God no more lists<BR/>AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1180343609621862532008-09-04T08:52:00.000+01:002008-09-04T08:52:00.000+01:00Last Blogging List - not possible. What about the...Last Blogging List - not possible. What about the Top 100 Lists of Top 10 Blogs?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775753218753337766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51062546992753050012008-09-04T08:31:00.000+01:002008-09-04T08:31:00.000+01:00If the selection system used hit counters, the li...If the selection system used hit counters, the list would look completely different.<BR/><BR/>Why bother with votes? Someone should make a list based on hits. It would be more interesting. This is getting like those awful award ceremonies where the biggest advertisers always seem to win.Tapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.com