{"id":6504,"date":"2011-05-02T07:04:38","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T13:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/?p=6504"},"modified":"2011-05-02T09:06:55","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T15:06:55","slug":"wikio-beer-blog-rankings-for-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wikio-beer-blog-rankings-for-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikio Beer Blog rankings for May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month it falls on me to preview the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikio.com\/blogs\/top\/beer\">Wikio Beer Blog<\/a> (U.S.) rankings for May, which are based on April (and perhaps months before) social activity.<\/p>\n<p>I considered an alternative headline, like &#8216;BROOKSTON BEER BULLETING RETURNS TO TOP&#8221; or &#8220;APPELLATION BEER CONTINUES TO FALL&#8221; or &#8220;OAKSHIRE BREWING &#8211; WTF?&#8221; But those who care about the rankings just want to see them and the rest of you have already moved on. Here they are with the tiniest bit of news to 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:\/\/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\">2<\/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\">3<\/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\">4<\/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\">5<\/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\">6<\/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\">7<\/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\">8<\/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\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thedailypull.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >The Daily Pull<\/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:\/\/oakbrew.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Oakshire Brewing<\/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:\/\/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\">12<\/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\">13<\/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\">14<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebeernews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Seattle Beer News<\/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:\/\/www.its-pub-night.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >It&#8217;s Pub Night<\/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:\/\/brewvana.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >brewvana<\/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:\/\/beer47.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Beer 47<\/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.realbeer.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Beer Therapy<\/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:\/\/beerstainedletter.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Beer-Stained Letter<\/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.notsoprobeer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >The Not So Professional Beer Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">21<\/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\">22<\/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\">23<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musingsoverapint.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Musings Over a Pint<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">24<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lostabbey.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Brewer&#8217;s Log (Blog)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">25<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Yours for Good Fermentables &trade;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">26<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.topfermented.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Top Fermented<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">27<\/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\">28<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.stonebrew.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >The Stone Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">29<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brewlounge.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >The Brew Lounge<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"bg\">\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\">30<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/craftaustin.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Craft Austin<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ranking brewed by Wikio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wikio.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ranking brewed by Wikio<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>No need to <a href=\"http:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/how-wikio-ranks-the-us-beer-blogs\/\">revisit the various conversations<\/a> that sprung up when Wikio first began ranking U.S. beer blogs, so instead some news.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonbeerblog.com\/\">Washington Beer Blog,<\/a> which dropped from No. 8 to No. 11 this month, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogaboutbeer.com\/\">Blog About Beer<\/a> are among the six finalists for <em>Saveur<\/em> magazine&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saveur.com\/2011-best-food-blog-awards.jsp\">Best Wine or Beer Blog.<\/a> The other four are wine blogs. It&#8217;s something of a popularity contest, with voting to begin May 12. <\/p>\n<p>There are more than a dozen categories, and I find it interesting that the last one listed is &#8220;Best Professional Blog.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What does that say about the rest of us?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month it falls on me to preview the Wikio Beer Blog (U.S.) rankings for May, which are based on April (and perhaps months before) social activity. I considered an alternative headline, like &#8216;BROOKSTON BEER BULLETING RETURNS TO TOP&#8221; or &#8220;APPELLATION BEER CONTINUES TO FALL&#8221; or &#8220;OAKSHIRE BREWING &#8211; WTF?&#8221; But those who care about &#8230; <a title=\"Wikio Beer Blog rankings for May\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wikio-beer-blog-rankings-for-may\/\" aria-label=\"More on Wikio Beer Blog rankings for May\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[292],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4wTn-1GU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6504"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6521,"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6504\/revisions\/6521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}