June BiblioBlog Top 50 by Alexa and Other Big News …

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

Biblioblog Rankings by Alexa May 2011 – The “Nah, nah, nah, nah … Hey, hey, hey Goodbye, Jim West” Edition

Oh my! This is the real deal this time.  “Number 2″ Joel Watts (et al) has taken over the top spot from perennial Biblioblog rankings tyrant leader the devil Jim West.  Will the top two spat or will Beelzebub  Jim relinquish his title graciously?  Will the person who I’m sure must have cheated somehow Joel rub it in or behave like a good sport?  Stayed tuned for this episode of As The BiblioBlog World Turns …. :)

Updated

Rank	Blogger	Blog Name	Alexa Rank
1	Joel L. Watts, et al	Unsettled Christianity	67111
2	Jim West	Zwinglius Redivivus	69774
3	James McGrath	Exploring Our Matrix	106545
4	Marc Cortez	Scientia et Sapientia	152050
5	John Loftus	Debunking Christianity	160318
6	Neil Godfrey	Vridar	185837
7	Matthew and Madeleine	MandM	198403
8	J. R. Daniel Kirk	Storied Theology	200710
9	Airton José da Silva	Observatório Bíblico	226410
10	Todd Bolen	Bible Places	234263
11	Scott Bailey	Scotteriology	235483
12	Dan Wallace	Contra Mundane	267707
13	Thomas Verenna	Musings of Thomas Verenna, The	284452
14	Brian LePort	Near Emmaus: Christ and Text	327445
15	Ferrell Jenkins	Ferrell’s Travel Blog	344004
16	Glenn Peoples	Say Hello to my Little Friend	347064
17	Jason Skipper	Pastoral Musings	349995
18	Peter Kirk	Gentle Wisdom	372622
19	Henry Neufeld	Participatory Bible Study Blog	373907
20	Doug Chaplin	Clay Boy	407285
21	Dave Black	Dave Black Online	414193
22	Jeff Oien	Scripture Zealot	422429
23	Rodney A. Thomas, Chad Pressley, Amanda	Political Jesus	453965
24	Bob Hayton	Fundamentally Reformed	468768
25	Jim Linville	Dr Jim’s Thinking Shop and Tea Room	535047
26	Mitchell Powell	Font Words	553798
27	T.C. Robinson	New Leaven	579952
28	Ari	Ari’s Blog of Awesomeness	600433
29	Tim Bulkeley	5 Minute Bible	616290
30	Tim Bulkeley	Sansblogue	618470
31	Brandon Wason	Sitz im Leben	628095
32	Michael F. Bird, Joel Willitts	ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ / Evangelion	633986
33	Daniel O. McClellan	Maklelan	656252
34	Matt Dabbs	Kingdom Living	659944
35	Nick Norelli	Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth	664575
36	Craig	Simul Iustus et Peccator	668803
37	Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma	Sacred Page, The	676443
38	Ken Schenck	Quadrilateral Thoughts	696546
39	Gavin Rumney	Otagosh	703430
40	John Hobbins	Ancient Hebrew Poetry	716042
41	Stephan Huller	Stephan Huller’s Observations	754399
42	Jason Skipper, et al	Re: Fundamentals	767899
43	Chris Terry	Walking in the Way of Christ	771483
44	Rachel Marszalek	Re-vis.e Re-form	781442
45	Pat McCullough	Kata ta biblia	807736
46	Peter J. Leithart	Leithart.com	823806
47	Robert Cargill	Official Blog of Robert R. Cargill, The	827993
48	Leo Quix	Quixotic Infidel, The	892627
49	Nijay K. Gupta	Nijay K. Gupta	898323
50	Phillip Long	Reading Acts	900502
50*	Matthew Crowe	A Fistful of Farthings	919006
* Previously #50

BiblioBlog Rankings (by Alexa) – April 2011

Here are your rankings for the month of April:

Rank	Blogger	Blog Name	Alexa Rank
1	Jim West	Zwinglius Redivivus	70214
2	Joel L. Watts	Unsettled Christianity	72665
3	James McGrath	Exploring Our Matrix	139095
4	John Loftus	Debunking Christianity	153672
5	Matthew and Madeleine	MandM	155353
6	Brian LePort	Near Emmaus: Christ and Text	157409
7	Dan Wallace	Contra Mundane	179712
8	Marc Cortez	Scientia et Sapientia	196246
9	Airton José da Silva	Observatório Bíblico	201192
10	Todd Bolen	Bible Places	211248
11	J. R. Daniel Kirk	Storied Theology	217721
12	Neil Godfrey	Vridar	226748
13	Jason Skipper	Pastoral Musings	245741
14	Thomas Verenna	Musings of Thomas Verenna, The	247862
15	Scott Bailey	Scotteriology	257264
16	Glenn Peoples	Say Hello to my Little Friend	266748
17	Daniel O. McClellan	Maklelan	277342
18	Ferrell Jenkins	Ferrell’s Travel Blog	303217
19	Rodney A. Thomas, Chad Pressley, and Amanda Mac	Political Jesus	313339
20	Henry Neufeld	Participatory Bible Study Blog	374770
21	Bob Hayton	Fundamentally Reformed	376770
22	T.C. Robinson	New Leaven	386471
23	Jeff Oien	Scripture Zealot	407139
24	Phillip Long	Reading Acts	422988
25	Jim Davila	PaleoJudaica	437600
26	Doug Chaplin	Clay Boy	460311
27	Jim Linville	Dr Jim’s Thinking Shop and Tea Room	486112
28	Tim Bulkeley	Sansblogue	533084
29	Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma	Sacred Page, The	540658
30	Deane Galbraith	Remnant of Giants	548614
31	Michael S. Heiser	Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive	551050
32	Michael F. Bird, Joel Willitts	ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ / Evangelion	557023
33	Dave Black	Dave Black Online	572481
34	Mark Goodacre	NT Blog	589353
35	Nick Norelli	Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth	601033
36	Gavin Rumney	Otagosh	619701
37	Tim Bulkeley	5 Minute Bible	623529
38	Jason Skipper, et al	Re: Fundamentals	675216
39	Mitchell Powell	Font Words	683639
40	Rachel Marszalek	Re-vis.e Re-form	706818
41	Tommy Wasserman, et al	Evangelical Textual Criticism	713225
42	John Hobbins	Ancient Hebrew Poetry	714533
43	Mark Goodacre	NT Gateway	714711
44	Ari	Ari’s Blog of Awesomeness	784492
45	Craig	Simul Iustus et Peccator	808727
46	Darrell Pursiful	Dr. Platypus	831372
47	Peter Kirk	Gentle Wisdom	832891
48	Matt Dabbs	Kingdom Living	854213
49	Brandon Wason	Sitz im Leben	891347
50	Bob Hayton, Jason Skipper et al	KJV Only Debate	898419

Oh My Goodness!!! Jim West Lost

Ok … So, I guess for an April Fools joke to work it has to have some kind of credibility, right?  Anyway, here are your March BiblioBlog rankings:

Rank	Blogger	Blog Name	Alexa Rank
1	Jim West	Zwinglius Redivivus	67430
2	Joel L. Watts	Unsettled Christianity	76709
3	Dan Wallace	Contra Mundane	142679
4	James McGrath	Exploring Our Matrix	146530
5	John Loftus	Debunking Christianity	150931
6	Brian LePort	Near Emmaus: Christ and Text	163558
7	Marc Cortez	Scientia et Sapientia	179079
8	Matthew and Madeleine	MandM	183633
9	Neil Godfrey	Vridar	216038
10	Airton José da Silva	Observatório Bíblico	217395
11	Todd Bolen	Bible Places	228030
12	J. R. Daniel Kirk	Storied Theology	231193
13	Rodney A. Thomas, Chad Pressley	Political Jesus	240646
14	Jason Skipper	Pastoral Musings	248707
15	Thomas Verenna	Musings of Thomas Verenna, The	248731
16	Ferrell Jenkins	Ferrell’s Travel Blog	267262
17	Matthew Crowe	A Fistful of Farthings	322333
18	Doug Chaplin	Clay Boy	334402
19	Henry Neufeld	Participatory Bible Study Blog	340616
20	T.C. Robinson	New Leaven	350607
21	John Hobbins	Ancient Hebrew Poetry	382733
22	Bob Hayton	Fundamentally Reformed	390947
23	Glenn Peoples	Say Hello to my Little Friend	419832
24	Craig	Simul Iustus et Peccator	422219
25	Dave Black	Dave Black Online	451995
26	Tim Bulkeley	Sansblogue	454998
27	Jeremy Thompson	Free Old Testament Audio Website Blog	455342
28	Phillip Long	Reading Acts	457455
29	Scott Bailey	Scotteriology	515970
30	Jim Linville	Dr Jim’s Thinking Shop and Tea Room	518696
31	Mitchell Powell	Font Words	561445
32	Craig Blomberg	New Testament Musings	582568
33	Jason Skipper, et al	Re: Fundamentals	590832
34	Nick Norelli	Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth	600539
35	Tim Bulkeley	5 Minute Bible	625097
36	Gavin Rumney	Otagosh	639477
37	Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma	Sacred Page, The	652898
38	Bob Hayton, Jason Skipper et al	KJV Only Debate	653972
39	Chris Terry	Walking in the Way of Christ	666259
40	Rachel Marszalek	Re-vis.e Re-form	666528
41	Jeff Oien	Scripture Zealot	706559
42	Bacho Bordjadze	Reading Isaiah	708497
43	Mark Goodacre	NT Blog	748596
44	Daniel O. McClellan	Maklelan	768193
45	Michael S. Heiser	Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive	794746
46	Justin Allison	Old Testament and Ecology	801256
47	Darrell Pursiful	Dr. Platypus	806214
48	Matthew R. Malcolm	Crypto-Theology	833470
49	Leo Quix	Quixotic Infidel, The	849733
50	Andy Naselli	Thoughts on Exegetical, Biblical, Historical, Systematic, and Practical Theology	863218

Biblioblog Top 50 for February (by Alexa Rank)

Well, it’s that time again.  I know what you’re all thinking – if only this year had been a leap year, I could have pulled my ranking up and perhaps even defeated Jim West.  I know that you are all thinking this because I know how important these rankings are to you all.  I realize that many of you think about them constantly and probably could not imagine life without them.  Indeed, I know that some of you can think of little else.

But alas, it is only a regular year and not a leap year.  And, the leader once again was:

*** JIM WEST ***

Jim couldn’t be here to receive the award on his own behalf, so he has recorded a message for you.

 

Rank	Blogger	Blog Name	Alexa Rank
1	Jim West	Zwinglius Redivivus	53741
2	Joel L. Watts	Church of Jesus Christ, The	74727
3	Brian LePort	Near Emmaus: Christ and Text	101647
4	Marc Cortez	Scientia et Sapientia	122072
5	John Loftus	Debunking Christianity	125605
6	James McGrath	Exploring Our Matrix	128606
7	Matthew and Madeleine	MandM	163672
8	Dan Wallace	Contra Mundane	174550
9	J. R. Daniel Kirk	Storied Theology	196006
10	Neil Godfrey	Vridar	209780
11	Todd Bolen	Bible Places	209813
12	Jason Skipper	Pastoral Musings	239897
13	Airton José da Silva	Observatório Bíblico	252892
14	Thomas Verenna	Musings of Thomas Verenna, The	263386
15	Ferrell Jenkins	Ferrell’s Travel Blog	274943
16	Rodney A. Thomas	Political Jesus	290210
17	Doug Chaplin	Clay Boy	320854
18	Daniel O. McClellan	Maklelan	341262
19	Nick Norelli	Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth	347243
20	Henry Neufeld	Participatory Bible Study Blog	347759
21	Bob Hayton	Fundamentally Reformed	349944
22	T.C. Robinson	New Leaven	351891
23	Matthew Crowe	A Fistful of Farthings	360166
24	John Hobbins	Ancient Hebrew Poetry	378539
25	Jeremy Thompson	Free Old Testament Audio Website Blog	390639
26	Bob Hayton, Jason Skipper et al	KJV Only Debate	392496
27	Craig	Simul Iustus et Peccator	396829
28	Robert Cargill	Official Blog of Robert R. Cargill, The	404288
29	Jason Skipper, et al	Re: Fundamentals	428872
30	Tim Bulkeley	Sansblogue	432722
31	Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma	Sacred Page, The	442064
32	Brian Fulthrop	συνεσταυρωμαι: Living The Crucified Life	448410
33	Dave Black	Dave Black Online	453813
34	Matt Dabbs	Kingdom Living	472966
35	Jim Linville	Dr Jim’s Thinking Shop and Tea Room	480751
36	Phillip Long	Reading Acts	495448
37	Glenn Peoples	Say Hello to my Little Friend	537668
38	Craig Blomberg	New Testament Musings	542589
39	Gavin Rumney	Otagosh	614435
40	Rachel Marszalek	Re-vis.e Re-form	616195
41	Mark Goodacre	NT Blog	624850
42	Jeff Oien	Scripture Zealot	667902
43	Chris Terry	Walking in the Way of Christ	675959
44	Mitchell Powell	Font Words	691858
45	Scott Bailey	Scotteriology	697586
46	Bacho Bordjadze	Reading Isaiah	699526
47	Matthew R. Malcolm	Crypto-Theology	760558
48	Justin Allison	Old Testament and Ecology	808560
49	Brandon Wason	Sitz im Leben	812859
50	Anon	Diglot	814818

(N. T. Wrong Approved) BiblioBlog Top 50 January 2011 (by Alexa Rank)

Well, I think this song probably encapsulates how most everyone is feeling:

That’s right … “Say it ain’t so” … You no longer get (are privileged/are blessed) to go to freeoldtestamentaudio.com to get your Biblioblog rankings.  But, just to make sure that I continue to get traffic for this.  I’m going to replace the link for each blog in the Biblioblog top 50 with a link to my website.  Oh wait a second … I’m not Joel.

As I said before, it’s been fun hosting this over at my place, but I originally took it on because it looked like this site was closing up shop.  Now, that this site is back up and running the rankings are back where they belong.  So, without further ado, the top biblioblogger of the month for January was:

*** Twimmy Twest***

Hey, the rankings aren’t on my blog anymore but that’s still your nickname, Twim.

And, it appears that we all need to keep an eye on Near Emmaus … or about 47 eyes since that’s about how many people they’ve got blogging over there now ;-). But, maybe if we all go over there and blog, Twim’s reign of supremacy will end.  Then, what would happen?  My guess is complete anarchy as Twim unleashes his reign of terror on the world.

At any rate, commence the monthly slew of posts maiming of the blog ranking system and so forth. Just know that now Bishop Wrong may just decide to excommunicate you.

By the way, you may also want to check out the new blogs added to the list this month.

Rank	Blogger	Blog Name	Alexa Rank
1	Jim West	Zwinglius Redivivus	57383
2	Joel L. Watts	Unsettled Christianity	82756
3	Brian LePort	Near Emmaus: Christ and Text	89268
4	Marc Cortez	Scientia et Sapientia	100477
5	Matthew and Madeleine	MandM	103305
6	James McGrath	Exploring Our Matrix	107445
7	John Loftus	Debunking Christianity	135598
8	Jeremy Thompson	Free Old Testament Audio Website Blog	169192
9	J. R. Daniel Kirk	Storied Theology	171690
10	Rodney A. Thomas, Chad Pressley	Political Jesus	176943
11	Neil Godfrey	Vridar	185810
12	Dan Wallace	Contra Mundane	189459
13	Scott Bailey	Scotteriology	206752
14	Glenn Peoples	Say Hello to my Little Friend	206767
15	Todd Bolen	Bible Places	237557
16	Airton José da Silva	Observatório Bíblico	252570
17	Nick Norelli	Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth	254926
18	Thomas Verenna	Musings of Thomas Verenna, The	267240
19	Robert Cargill	Official Blog of Robert R. Cargill, The	302159
20	T.C. Robinson	New Leaven	308017
21	Craig	Simul Iustus et Peccator	332400
22	Daniel O. McClellan	Maklelan	332623
23	Ferrell Jenkins	Ferrell’s Travel Blog	338041
24	Bob Hayton	Fundamentally Reformed	348362
25	Henry Neufeld	Participatory Bible Study Blog	358791
26	Jeff Oien	Scripture Zealot	364485
27	Doug Chaplin	Clay Boy	373914
28	Gavin Rumney	Otagosh	392228
29	Jason Skipper	Pastoral Musings	400585
30	Tim Bulkeley	Sansblogue	426852
31	Ari	Ari’s Blog of Awesomeness	432899
32	Dave Black	Dave Black Online	456412
33	Justin Allison	Old Testament and Ecology	472450
34	Anon	Diglot	475438
35	Matt Dabbs	Kingdom Living	493095
36	Chris Terry	Walking in the Way of Christ	559110
37	Jim Linville	Dr Jim’s Thinking Shop and Tea Room	642491
38	Joseph R. Kelly	Kol ha-adam / כל־האדם	656798
39	Roland Boer	Stalin’s Moustache	673148
40	Brian Fulthrop	συνεσταυρωμαι: Living The Crucified Life	707635
41	Mark Goodacre	NT Blog	709695
42	Brandon Wason	Sitz im Leben	727456
43	Michael S. Heiser	Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive	756927
44	Tim Bulkeley	5 Minute Bible	825502
45	Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma	Sacred Page, The	837374
46	Jason Skipper, et al	Re: Fundamentals	854133
47	Rick Mansfield	This Lamp	886263
48	Rod Decker	NT Resources Blog	936171
49	Michael F. Bird, Joel Willitts	ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ / Evangelion	950060
50	Chris Brady	Targuman	951336