As one of my duties as the head honcho of the Maryland Blogger Alliance, it’s my pleasure to point out that the 53rd Carnival of Maryland is up at The Political Octagon. Thus begins the 3rd year of our semi-weekly roundup of highlights from our state’s blogosphere (and sometimes beyond).
Today also marks a somewhat sad day but one I figured would happen sooner or later. Of the twenty sites that were on the original most influential list that BlogNetNews began back in 2007, mine was the last one to survive being on the top 20 list every week, until today. Then again I suspected this might be the case once I decided to cut down my posting frequency from the 10 or 12 a week to the 5 you got to read this week. Obviously I have many new demands on my time and something had to give.
So the streak is over. It’s been fun, and I’m sure I’ll be back on the list again but probably not to the extent that I once was. I’ll still track it as I have in the past because the horserace aspect appeals to me regardless of who’s on the list. And there are many fine websites in Maryland that, quite frankly, are probably more deserving of inclusion right now.
It seems to me though that the influence ratings place a premium on how many posts one does a week, particularly when all BlogNetNews consists of is an aggregation of what’s posted on member websites. Obviously the more posts one has, the more opportunity one would have to stay up top on their site and I presume on their influence list. With 10 to 12 posts a week I was always close to the top, with 5 to 7 I fell off the list. I don’t think my writing became worse, just less frequent.
So this week you’ll only see one little badge with my common-sense rantings and ravings – I’m still on the Delmarva list but awhile back I missed a week on that one so the Maryland streak was the only one remaining.
Now that I’ve finished hijacking my post for my resigned complaint, let me return to point and tell you that the next edition (number 54) of the Carnival of Maryland will go to a first-time host, Insane Baltimore. That will occur on March 8th – hopefully by that time I’ll also be able to update our MBA widget to reflect the increased membership of late because Blogrolling will be back online. If you want to join our growing group, let me know via the e-mail address on my upper left-hand column – just above the BNN ranking.
