My 50 Most Linked To Posts

What a great list of resources – thank you! I’ll be sending more people your way (instead of attempting to answer their questions the hard way!)

That’s a wonderful list of posts. I particularly liked “Etiquette in the age of social media” and “Vital Importance of your network”. I personally feel that its very important to understand the finer nuances of socially acceptable behavior before
jumping right in with a loud speaker.

A nice round-up of cool posts. Bookmarked

hey thats really a huge list. i would say all listed posts are a gem. one would surely want to go through all of them at first visit only.

What a fantastic list of resources! thanks for compiling them for us.

I probably haven’t worked out how Yahoo Explorer works properly. I’m assuming it shows all links to your posts not just links from blogs. However will also be influenced by your own linking?

How differently does it work or is it more effective at analyzing your post than using Postrank.com where you can compare Delicious Saves, Google Blog Search links etc?

Linking via Delicious, twitter, other blogs depends totally on the type of posts. Have to say need to spend more time pondering your lists and impact on linking :)

That Yahoo! Site Explorer is a great tip, Chris. Thanks. Even though Google obviously has market share, it’s important to be able to figure out which pages of yours are in demand on other search engines.

Chris, great list! Maybe you should do a post on the top 10 blog posts that you think should have been in the top 50. I’d be interested in scanning those archives too.

I tried it with my blog, but I’m on the old version of blogger and all the posts show up as my blog title. If someone could point me in the right direction on how to edit my HTML to make my blog post title show up on the permalinks of my posts, I’d appreciate it.

I think the ‘list’ or ‘numbered list’ posts get an extra bump because
in this rush rush world of limited minutes, they give a sense of
condensed information.
“Give me the bottom line in 2 minutes” type juice.

But it also depends on the blog/blogger.
I see hundreds of “concentrated” posts I didn’t link to all year.
Since the trust factor is already established here, when I want to give
a friend an authority run down on a subject, I’m linking here instinctively.
I’d probably do it more if the Lijit search didn’t SUCK.
Just sayin’

Chris

I echo somewhat what Sue says above. Does this change if you count other measures of ‘influence’?

Also I think the high traffic and high conversation posts identify how others see us. On my personal blog (yes, please do not ask why it is separate but it is http://laviequotidienne.wordpress.com), my most read posts are about challenging fallacies about Indians and Hindus, followed by the only negative review of a book that claims to explain Indians through game theory (and fails), and a post on Indian mythology. I did not try to be that person but somehow an Indian well-versed in her own culture, history, mythology as well as commerce just emerges.

Now I must work out how to link it to my work blog and create a joined picture. Guess I did not start my web life (in the early 1990s) with a social media strategy, eh? ;-)

I am still in awe Chris, I could read you all day and all night! So much value, great list. I was not even aware of Yahoo Site Explorer, so thanks for that too. Insightful.

Thanks a lot for this very useful list. I have to learn a lot…
Have you never wrote about niche blogs such as foodblogs? I have some difficulties in promoting mine foodblog in the Italian market

Chris, as you’ve said in another post, people like blogs with numbers in the title. Linking may a bit different. I think there are alot of blogs out there just reblogging others’ content. A 5-ways or Top Ten list is always a good one. Personally I prefer numbers with $ before the number or % after it. I’m a whore for solid facts and figures. I can write content on conclusions I draw from the data pretty quickly. My most linked to blog (about marketing for a movie) mentioned Kate Beckinsale something like 10 times. I purposely overused her name, and linked each mention to a fabulous picture (as if there are any that aren’t) of the actress. My suspicions were correct, it got alot of activity and linking.
I’m trying new strategies for my new site, some based on your suggestions, some I’ve conjured with my own twisted mind.

Chris, as you’ve said in another post, people like blogs with numbers in the title. Linking may a bit different. I think there are alot of blogs out there just reblogging others’ content. A 5-ways or Top Ten list is always a good one. Personally I prefer numbers with $ before the number or % after it. I’m a whore for solid facts and figures. I can write content on conclusions I draw from the data pretty quickly. My most linked to blog (about marketing for a movie) mentioned Kate Beckinsale something like 10 times. I purposely overused her name, and linked each mention to a fabulous picture (as if there are any that aren’t) of the actress. My suspicions were correct, it got alot of activity and linking.
I’m trying new strategies for my new site, some based on your suggestions, some I’ve conjured with my own twisted mind.

Thoughtful and sensible. Reading your work always comes with a reminder of how much there is to learn in this field which is heartening.

Just goes to show none of us should put ALL of our eggs into the Google basket. Thanks for the tip on Site explorer and the lesson on creating linked to posts!

Google and Twitter rule the day. Says a lot about Twitter.Thanks for all the links.

This will definitely teach people the kind of content that gets linked to you. Everyone wants backlinks to their Blog so write this kind of content if you are wanting them.

Thanks for posting this nice list. I’m going back and rereading all your older posts. Such a wealth of great knowledge here!

Now this is a post that should have a Digg widget in it.

I’ll be referencing this for myself and others for years to come. What list would you make, Chris?

- John

I did a review of this based on the metrics provided by postrank – in its widget which is some combination of most linked, comments, bookmarked, diggs, and twittered –

http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/12/best-of-beths-blog-2008-finding-the-top-ten-posts-in-less-than-ten-minutes.html

Some debate as to what is the number one metric to use for value of the blog. I think it depends on the type of post, don’t you?
Comments for conversational
Outbound links for influence
Bookmarked saves for value of content
Twittered – for velocity

Do views matter?

B

@Beth I think the concept of breaking apart the posts based on those categories are good; with the blogger using their own personal knowledge of the posts. For example some of my posts with high comments indicate great conversations while I have a classic post that if an outsider looked at sheer numbers of comments would think it must be good.

Similar not all posts with high twittering necessarily indicate great posts.

Still not totally convinced on high page views – especially when trying to analyzing posts from different dates.

The titles say alot and the whole Cosmo magazine approach seems very effective. Perhaps b/c it’s to the point and people know what they are getting in terms of numbered or bulleted blog, which is perhaps easier to read and for scanning over purposes.
Good job!