Comments on: Getting on the Technorati A-List in a Male Dominated Blogosphere

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JCK — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:05:35 +0000

No disclaimer needed. This was a great post. Loved the range of quotes from women. JCKs last blog post..What I took away from BlogHer '08...

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By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:29:00 +0000

My absolute favorite blogger (Gina Trapani) might belong in the list. As the founding editor of Lifehacker, one of the Technorati Top 100 blogs. In fact two of the 3 current editors are women.

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By: Patricia Martin

Patricia Martin — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:49:05 +0000

Stunning post on women bloggers and their rankings in the blogosphere. I had to set it aside until today. As a boomer who marched in the streets for women’s rights, I am disheartened by our lack of deeper reforms. In fact, it makes me wonder if true parity in wages and power will be achieved in my lifetime. The young feminist Gwynn Cassidy, who used to work at iVillage and leads the Real Hot 100, muses that there is no Second Wave in feminism.
Your post led me wonder–do women really matter? Or have we lulled ourselves into believing we do? Do we skirt the need for prestige and recognition that will earn us fair consideration by saying we don’t need those rewards? Perhaps we backseat ourselves and then wonder why we make less money and have less power. So, will women rule in the RenGen (renaissance generation) or just settle and keep moving? Patricia Martin

By: Blog Bloke

Blog Bloke — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:28:22 +0000

I believe I made my point very clearly Wendy.

My so-called “blogging rules” are not my own and are based on years of blogging experience. Most any experienced blogger will tell you the same thing.

Google itself recently took a lot of flak for personal views by one of its bloggers on a topic that wasn’t nearly so controversial.

But if you feel you are immune from such things then by all means blow me off, but you do so at your own risk.

Cheers! It’s been a pleasure

…BB

By: Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:11:25 +0000

PS Bloke, I had to fish both of your comments out of Akismet. I didn’t even know to look for them had you not mentioned them on your blog.

By: Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:46 +0000

Bloke – we can agree on that one – I even said something to that effect in the article, “Getting onto the Technorati Top 100 list is hard for anyone. And the path that Michael Arrington took to get there is far different than the one that Heather Armstrong took to get there – but they both got there.”

Again, this post is not a complaint about anything – and your blogging rules are definitely different than mine. Since this topic, though controversial, is one that is repeatedly asked of me by my readers, I felt they deserved a thoughtful response.

I’m still having a hard time figuring out why you think this is a confrontational post. It doesn’t seem like any of my other readers took it that way -

But I certainly invite others to disagree with me on that one if they feel differently.

By: Holli Jo

Holli Jo — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:41:19 +0000

Aruni – I’m with you! We really should help promote the blogs of other women. If you think of some ways to do it, I’m in.

There are just so many great blogs by women that are underexposed in my opinion. Let’s help each other out.

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entrepreMusings » Blog Archive » Who is on the Technorati A-List — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:41:28 +0000

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By: Blog Bloke

Blog Bloke — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:23:10 +0000

My point is it’s tough for everyone male or female, including long-time bloggers such as myself. My advice is to enjoy your blog and not be fixated on the top 100 lists.

Cheers Wendy!

…BB

By: Maura

Maura — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:48:55 +0000

I’m a mom with a high-tech career (network engineer) and I’ve noticed the female to male ratio more like 1 in 6.

I also have a hard time keeping up with my own daily life, but love blogging and gleaning wisdom from other great women!

By: Aruni

Aruni — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:51:05 +0000

Great post! I Dugg it! I also left a comment on Pearl’s blog. I’m wondering if it has to do with the reasons women blog. I find that I’m drawn more to blogs written by women on business topics.

I have a hard time keeping up with my own daily life, let alone the lives of other great women.

I started blogging for business and have evolved my blog to include my experiences with being a high-tech female entrepreneur: http://www.entrepremusings.com. I’m one of the few founding CEO women who raised multi-million VC bucks back in the day.

My goal with entrepreMusings is not to be in the top 100 because I know that will take more time than I have… because I also have to get a company (Babble Soft) off the ground!

However, I would LOVE to help you, Pearl, and others who do want to get there! How can I help you get there? I’ve linked to your site and dropped links to your site around…but let me know how and I’ll do my best to help out.

As in team sports, there is usually team leader and the rest of the team helps support them…makes them look even better. Lance Armstrong is not the only biker on his team. Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, etc., etc.

I’m serious, how can I (we) help you and other women bloggers reach this goal?

By: Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:02:59 +0000

Ilker – all fixed. That’s what you get for being so dang ambiguous about your identity online! ;P

Bloke – I’m not sure you read this article correctly, because it wasn’t meant as a complaint or a rant at all.

By: Lisa Lam

Lisa Lam — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:50:08 +0000

Another thought provoking post Wendy. My feeling is that whilst it’s great to feature in top 100 lists, I think it’s a bit more important to write a blog that people enjoy, that people find useful, and entertaining, and you like to write! Hopefully that in itself will help your blog to rise in the charts. If not; well I’m not worried about competing against blokes, let ‘em fight amongst themselves

By: Blog Bloke

Blog Bloke — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:39:23 +0000

And here I thought Technorati was fair and unbiased. Silly me.

Wendy, try blogging for several years and being ignored. Then you will have something to complain about.

But who’s complaining?

Cheers!

…BB (male, semi-anonymous blogger)

By: ilker -=- The Thinking Blog

ilker -=- The Thinking Blog — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:16:14 +0000

I can’t believe you didn’t count me!

By: Technorati is Irrelevant and Useless for Most Bloggers

Technorati is Irrelevant and Useless for Most Bloggers — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:36:28 +0000

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By: scary pictures

scary pictures — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:43:42 +0000

I was really surprised to read that more women than men are bloggers. I thought it was totally the opposite. That’s really encouraging to hear that women are becoming much more involved in net issues and getting involved where it really counts.