{"id":5100,"date":"2010-11-03T13:55:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T19:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/?p=5100"},"modified":"2018-04-12T13:42:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T19:42:22","slug":"how-wikio-ranks-the-us-beer-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/how-wikio-ranks-the-us-beer-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"How Wikio ranks the US beer blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guess I&#8217;ll have to try harder.<\/p>\n<p>Wikio ranks Appellation Beer No. 2 among US beer blogs in its November listings. This is only the second month for the US rankings, and just like last month Beervana is No. 1. I know this because the folks at Wikio sent me a sneak preview, which I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;d rather look at than my commentary. Seems pretty interesting just days before the first <a href=\"http:\/\/beerbloggersconference.org\/\">Beer Bloggers Conference.<\/a> (Commentary will follow.)<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" >\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beervana.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Beervana<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brewpublic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Brewpublic<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Brookston Beer Bulletin<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lewbryson.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Seen Through a Glass<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beerblog.genx40.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >A Good Beer Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thenewschoolbrewblog.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >The New School<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drinkwiththewench.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Drink With The Wench<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sessionbeerproject.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >The Session Beer Project&trade;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beerinbaltimore.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Beer in Baltimore<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">11<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beer-runner.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Bay Area Beer Runner<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">12<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beeronomics.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Beeronomics<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">13<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brouwerscafe.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Brouwer&#8217;s Cafe<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">14<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betterbeerblog.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >BetterBeerBlog<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">15<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jackcurtin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Jack Curtin&#8217;s LIQUID DIET<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">16<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kcbeerblog.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >KC Beer Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">17<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.showmebeer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Show-Me Beer<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">18<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonbeerblog.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Washington Beer Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">19<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirstypilgrim.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Thirsty Pilgrim<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">20<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.its-pub-night.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >It&#8217;s Pub Night<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikio.com\/blogs\/top\/Beer\" class=\"wikio-widget-ebmini\">Beer<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/widgets.wikio.com\/js\/ext\/ebmini?country=us\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> <a title=\"Ranking made by Wikio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wikio.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ranking made by Wikio<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Alworth of Beervana <a href=\"http:\/\/beervana.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/number-one-beer-blog-in-america.html\">offered a good look<\/a> at the methodology last month when he showed up in the top spot. Take the time to read it, and consider his caveat: &#8220;no one reads beer blogs.&#8221; Obviously he means &#8220;hardly anybody&#8221; because he, like I, appreciates that you are reading us.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Brown has been <a href=\"http:\/\/petebrown.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/wikio-wine-and-beer-blog-rankings-for.html\">recapping the UK rankings<\/a> for more than a year. This has led to interesting conversations across the way, given that if there&#8217;s anything beer bloggers like writing about more than beer it&#8217;s beer blogging. <\/p>\n<p>I particularly appreciate that Martyn Cornell of Zythophile (No. 5 this month in the UK, <em>with a bullet<\/em>) asked <a href=\"http:\/\/zythophile.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/05\/so-who-is-the-most-popular-beer-blogger-in-britain\/\">one set of good questions<\/a>, then <a href=\"http:\/\/zythophile.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/07\/can-you-drink-beer-and-stare-at-your-navel-at-the-same-time\/\">still more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But to return to the US rankings and the upcoming Beer Bloggers Conference. I don&#8217;t know if these ratings will be discussed, but I do know there are seminars on things like SEO that you can see <a href=\"https:\/\/seoly.in\/\">here<\/a> (that&#8217;s &#8220;search engine optimization&#8221;). All this will surely make the Wikio rankings dynamic and interesting to watch . . . <\/p>\n<p>. . .  if you consider navel gazing a sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guess I&#8217;ll have to try harder. Wikio ranks Appellation Beer No. 2 among US beer blogs in its November listings. This is only the second month for the US rankings, and just like last month Beervana is No. 1. 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