June BiblioBlog Top 50 by Alexa and Other Big News …
Posted by Jeremy on June 30, 2011
Well, this may come as a shock to some of you, but we are approaching the end of BiblioBlog rankings by Alexa …
Steve has already made mention of it HERE, so I guess the cat is already out of the bag to some extent. He is working on our very own BiblioBlog ranking system that is not enslaved to Alexa. That’s right, we’re getting ready to be the real deal now. It’ll be like BiblioBloggerati … or something. To be honest, I’m a bit floored by Steve’s computer skills.
In addition, the folks here at the BiblioBlog Top 50 have recently written up a set of criteria for what will be considered a BiblioBlog, a related blog, etc … well, mostly Steve wrote up the criteria and we gave our input. So (and this is meant for those listed below as well as for those that didn’t make the top 50 this month) don’t be surprised if your blog is classified and ranked differently shortly (or even dropped).
I pondered making use of Steve’s updated lists this month, but it didn’t seem worth the time considering he’ll have everything revamped and up and running soon. And a few blogs are still pending recategorization. I’m not sure of his exact time frame for having kicked off, but I do know that he’ll have some kind of announcement within the week.
So, I’m not sure if this will be the final time for Alexa or if we might need a little time for the new ranking system to start calculating stats … At any rate, here’s your BiblioBlog Top 50 for June while that news sinks in … oh, and congrats again to Joel:
| Rank | Blogger | Blog Name | Alexa Rank |
| 1 | Joel L. Watts, et al |
Unsettled Christianity | 69368 |
| 2 | Jim West | Zwinglius Redivivus | 71790 |
| 3 | John Loftus | Debunking Christianity | 149425 |
| 4 | Marc Cortez | Scientia et Sapientia | 181003 |
| 5 | Matthew and Madeleine | MandM | 189309 |
| 6 | Dan Wallace | Contra Mundane | 200424 |
| 7 | J. R. Daniel Kirk | Storied Theology | 201744 |
| 8 | Neil Godfrey | Vridar | 217400 |
| 9 | Todd Bolen | Bible Places | 220235 |
| 10 | Airton José da Silva | Observatório Bíblico | 227901 |
| 11 | Thomas Verenna | Musings of Thomas Verenna, The | 231623 |
| 12 | Scott Bailey | Scotteriology | 238133 |
| 13 | Ferrell Jenkins | Ferrell’s Travel Blog | 243552 |
| 14 | Jason Skipper | Pastoral Musings | 288586 |
| 15 | Glenn Peoples | Say Hello to my Little Friend | 293488 |
| 16 | Brian LePort, et al |
Near Emmaus: Christ and Text | 366654 |
| 17 | Rodney A. Thomas, Chad Pressley, Amanda |
Political Jesus | 409321 |
| 18 | Matt Dabbs | Kingdom Living | 444601 |
| 19 | Stephen Huller | Stephan Huller’s observations | 448266 |
| 20 | Tim Bulkeley | Sansblogue | 464170 |
| 21 | Mitchell Powell | Font Words | 464839 |
| 22 | Phillip Long | Reading Acts | 503864 |
| 23 | Bob Hayton | Fundamentally Reformed | 532408 |
| 24 | James McGrath | Exploring Our Matrix | 548560 |
| 25 | Jeff Oien | Scripture Zealot | 590158 |
| 26 | Tim Bulkeley | 5 Minute Bible | 613916 |
| 27 | Henry Neufeld | Participatory Bible Study Blog | 637531 |
| 28 | Ken Schenck | Quadrilateral Thoughts | 640371 |
| 29 | Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma | Sacred Page, The | 653221 |
| 30 | John Hobbins | Ancient Hebrew Poetry | 691301 |
| 31 | Rachel Marszalek | Re-vis.e Re-form | 691347 |
| 32 | Craig | Simul Iustus et Peccator | 710314 |
| 33 | Mark Goodacre | NT Blog | 741752 |
| 34 | Gavin Rumney | Otagosh | 746330 |
| 35 | Dave Black | Dave Black Online | 747471 |
| 36 | Nijay K. Gupta | Nijay K. Gupta | 758789 |
| 37 | Matthew Crowe | A Fistful of Farthings | 782038 |
| 38 | Pat McCullough | Kata ta biblia | 803095 |
| 39 | Nick Norelli | Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth | 811909 |
| 40 | Doug Chaplin | Clay Boy | 812156 |
| 41 | Ari | Ari’s Blog of Awesomeness | 823229 |
| 42 | Deane Galbraith | Remnant of Giants | 865423 |
| 43 | Bob Hayton, Jason Skipper et al | KJV Only Debate | 873495 |
| 44 | Michael S. Heiser | Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive | 911482 |
| 45 | Robert Cargill | Official Blog of Robert R. Cargill, The | 928128 |
| 46 | Andy Naselli | Thoughts on Exegetical, Biblical, Historical, Systematic, and Practical Theology | 981418 |
| 47 | R. Joseph Hoffmann | R. Joseph Hoffmann, Hys Blogge | 1039191 |
| 48 | Peter Kirk | Gentle Wisdom | 1108435 |
| 49 | Chris Brady | Targuman | 1123942 |
| 50 | Brandon Wason | Sitz im Leben | 1132458 |
Jim said
yeah joel!
Joel said
Thanks, Jim. Now, if we could just get the taint of this list off.
I’m number 1 (Again); hope for a better list; Video Message to Jim West | Unsettled Christianity said
[...] thanks to Jeremy for the diligence of this and for being the one to take the heat from the whiners – I’m speaking to you Huller [...]
Madeleine said
I’m curious, how do you hold a number 1 spot on the internet in your hands (cold, dead or otherwise)?
Joel said
Because I hold everything in my hands, Madeleine.
June Biblioblog Top 50 « Simul Iustus et Peccator said
[...] This will probably be my last month being ranked. It depends on how I get classified as Steve rolls out the new ranking system. It’s been fun. [...]
jeremyers1 said
I am looking forward to the new system.
I am not sure how the Alexa ranking research is done, since I should have made the list the last couple months, but didn’t. For example, my current Alexa rank is 900k. No big deal, but I’m just curious.
Joel, Mean Spirited Liberal, Still the #1 Biblioblogger | Political Jesus said
[...] the second month in a row, Joel’s Unsettled Christianity was just so typically him, and played your heart, got lost in the game. He’s not that [...]
Chuck Grantham said
Steve Caruso, poster child for belief that “idle hands are the devil’s playground”. I understand bringing about world peace is a little farther down his to do list, alas.
Christopher Copan Scott said
Well, this may be unfortunate for my blog. Reason being is that I tend to explore biblical concepts in philosophically.
But, if I can be on this list, my blog is currently ranked 769,750. Here’s my site: christmyredeemer.wordpress.com
All the best,
Chris
Christopher Copan Scott said
explore biblical concepts philosophically*
Jouras said
Why is Loftus on this list? He is an admitted liar who has been caught making up things about people.
He pollutes the list.
The Biblioblog Top 50 for June | Participatory Bible Study Blog said
[...] . . finds me at #27, which is actually surprisingly good considering that I only wrote one blog post during June. My [...]
Updated: Biblical Studies Carnival for July 2011 – Targuman said
[...] Marszalek bucked the trend of absolute male dominance in theJune BiblioBlog Top 50 by Alexa by being there, the sole woman Bible blogger blogging alone last month to make it into this [...]
Who’s a Biblioblogger? Who cares? said
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