Ranking Preludium amongst the stars.

Peter Ould has been looking at Anglican Blogs and how they rank. There are two parts to this series so far. You can read them HERE and HERE. 

Technorati, which ranks blogs on the basis of how many links from unique sites, gave the following:

Blog	Technorati Influence	Comments
Virtue Online	371	Love him or loathe him, David Virtue is  top of the pile when it comes to Anglican blogs that are linked to. Some say that’s a good thing, others start turning their Bibles to Genesis 11. Interestingly, David Virtue appears absolutely nowhere on the Telegraph list of the 50 most influential Anglicans. Perhaps Technorati rankings aren’t all that…
Episcopal Café	349	Whereas Thinking Anglicans used to be the site of choice for liberals, that mantel has now fallen to Episcopal Café, resourced by the Diocese of Washington. ECafé has become the hub of all things TEC on the web, easily outstripping the official ECUSA website.
Church Times	308	Not to be mistaken with the Church Times blog, the Church Times website is widely quoted and accessed.
Ruth Gledhill - Articles of Faith	250	Ruth Gledhill of the Times has developed a blog on Anglican and general religious affars that is second to none. Absolutely the place to find the most important and influential stories and comment.
CaNN	195	They started it. Seriously. Binky and the elves were blogging away way before any of the rest of us had even heard of CMS or PHP. Not as active as it used to be, CaNN is still way up the list, a tribute to the huge impact it has had on the rest of the Anglicans who are now on the web. Undoubtably the original, if no longer the best.
Titus One Nine	174	In the beginning was the word, and the word was “Kendall Harmon”. OK, so that’s actually two words, but such has been the influence of Kendall on the Anglican blogosphere and the conservative wing of the church that we can stretch that far for him. An eclectic blend of church news with a particular emphasis on things Anglican, as well as economics, politics and culture. And the Superbowl. If his team is winning.
Stand Firm in Faith	156	Known by its detractors as Viagraville, Stand Firm is probably the leading conservative site on the web. It’s strength is the coming together of all streams of conservative Anglicanism, whether Sydney or Fort Worth style, in a fusion of wit and incisive comment.
Thinking Anglicans	139	TA is to the liberals what Stand Firm is to the Conservatives, but with less Pfizer product witticism potential.
Anglican Mainstream	108	Once upon a time, the grand-daddy of conservative websites, now fading fast. A mixture of Anglican and culture-wars news, spearheaded by the well connected Chris Sugden.
Bishop Alan Wilson	98	All Alan Wilson ever wanted to do was be a suffragan bishop in a green and pleasant corner of Oxfordshire. That all changed when he started blogging and picked up a growing band of followers. Charming, provocative and thoroughly English. Hurrah!!!!!
Preludium	90	Mark Harris, member of TEC Executive Council and scourge of conservatives. Rumour has it, he has a collection of cat-o-nine tails hanging in a closet. We cannot confirm….
BabyBlueCafe	54	“Am I blue? Am I blue? Are these tears in my eyes telling you?” - Mary Ailes has done a fantastic job of producing her little corner of the Anglican web. News from Virginia and beyond, with a healthy dose of Bob Dylan for company.
Covenant	46	“We are evangelical and catholic Anglicans, and fellow travelers from the wider household of God, assembled and summoned to a common labor in the ecumenical Church of Christ, not least through the present struggles and gifts of our communities.” Church. Deep. Reading Covenant you get the impression it’s where C S Lewis would be hanging on the internet…
George Conger	43	Apparently only slightly more influential than yours truly, Uncle George’s blog simply records electronically his pieces for various papers, but in doing so demonstrates the strength of his journalism.
An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy	42	Should be much higher up the list (and all the people said “Amen”). Do something about that folks.
The Ugley Vicar	39	U G L E Y, He has got an alibi, ‘cos the extra E stands for Evangelical as in “Conservative”. John Richardson’s blog provides food for thought and content for his regular appearances in New Directions.
Anglican TV	30	Kevin Kallsen has worked hard to provide video coverage of major Anglican events. Still fairly low down the table, despite this he is increasingly seen as a vital resource.

So PRELUDIUM comes  in the lower third  on this one... I like the comment, "Rumour has it, he has a collection of cat-o-nine tails hanging in a closet. We cannot confirm…."  

The second posting on Anglican Blogland is different, using something called Alexa traffic rank. Peter says about this, "The Alexa traffic rank lets us know on a day to day basis who is reading what. The lower the value, the further up the table a site gets."  Remember, here LOWER NUMBER IS BETTER NUMBER. 

My sense is this is a bit more to the point re popularity. I gather this is a daily read, so it matters if the reading is taken at a time when particular bloggers are going strong or not.  Still it's an interesting ranking. Again PRELUDIUM is still in the pack, althoug further down the list. Here it is.

Blog	Alexa Traffic Rank
Stand Firm in Faith	194,238
Episcopal Church Official Site	197,222
Church Times	261,437
Titus One Nine	299,087
Virtue Online	309,816
Ruth Gledhill - Articles of Faith	321,192
Perpetua of Carthage	370,959
Sydney Anglicans	540,455
MidWest Conservative Journal	564,978
BabyBlueCafe	581,828
Episcopal Café	591,850
Anglican Mainstream	768,690
Anglican Curmudgeon	773,136
Thinking Anglicans	799,061
Bishop Alan Wilson	814,519
An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy	1,049,767
Northern Plains Anglicans	1,057,283
Fulcrum	1,649,747
Covenant	1,665,361
Gentle Wisdom	1,728,848
Preludium	1,808,601
George Conger	2,393,795
Susan Russell	2,506,270
David Ould	2,533,572
Anglican Continuum	2,731,356
The Ugley Vicar	3,073,343
Brad Drell	3,264,695
Anglican TV	3,415,551
Integrity USA	4,090,326
Integrity Blog	4,392,905
Changing Attitude	7,503,840

Sometimes I wonder if this work is useful or interesting to any at all.  At leat the statistics in Anglican Blogland seem to indicate that PRELUDIUM is in the mix. 

Thanks Peter for compiling this.