tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post8120015215519546002..comments2024-03-28T19:21:17.654+00:00Comments on Evangelical Textual Criticism: The Biblioblog Top 50P.J. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388225485348300613noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-12753799170377834202009-02-24T12:53:00.000+00:002009-02-24T12:53:00.000+00:00No doubt due to the influx of those who follow Jam...No doubt due to the influx of those who follow James White's ministries!<BR/><BR/>J.C.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-10390364624461559782009-02-22T22:02:00.000+00:002009-02-22T22:02:00.000+00:00Thanks "Biblioblog Top 50" for the clarification.Thanks "Biblioblog Top 50" for the clarification.Tommy Wassermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674769923361035721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-1574050243938270752009-02-22T19:27:00.000+00:002009-02-22T19:27:00.000+00:00The user ratings for Davila's blog are quite depen...The user ratings for Davila's blog are quite dependent on interesting stories in the news. It usually does very well when there are popular archaeological stories around. But in January its user ratings accordingly went just below the top 50. It is at the same level this month, so far. But if a Jerusalem digger uncovers a tomb marked Yeshua ben Yosef, it could end up rather higher on the list.<BR/><BR/>And, as I said, the Top 50 is a popularity ranking of biblical studies bloggers, not an indication of quality. As such, it is something that is both fun and mildly interesting for most bibliobloggers and their readers. As it so happens, and Davila's <I>Paleojudaica</I> is for a couple of months the one notable exception that proves the rule, the Top 50 regularly includes the big biblical studies blogs near the top of the list (including <I>Evangelical Textual Criticism,</I> of course). Quality still wins through in the long run.Biblioblog Top 50https://www.blogger.com/profile/05161280191786720093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-30902399413739938732009-02-22T09:12:00.000+00:002009-02-22T09:12:00.000+00:00Biblioblog Top 50 (ex NT Wrong?), I remember that ...Biblioblog Top 50 (ex NT Wrong?), I remember that when a previous top list was released a while ago, Jim Davila's website was not included on that list, which seemed very strange. I think Mark Goodacre also noted this. Was there an explanation?Tommy Wassermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674769923361035721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-78373301846459290452009-02-21T23:24:00.000+00:002009-02-21T23:24:00.000+00:00As explained on the new blogsite, the rankings are...As explained on the new blogsite, the rankings are based on <B>total users.</B> It follows that the rankings <I>do not</I> correspond to 'quality' or directly to 'commenting trends'. The rankings do not, and cannot credibly, attempt to measure such subjective things as 'quality'. The rankings are sourced from the publicly available statistics provided by Alexa, which you are quite entitled to record yourself, so as to check the results. Of course, the rankings are subject to the accuracy of Alexa, but Alexa has to date provided a by and large trustworthy mesure of the popularity of the biblioblogs involved - which 'intuitively' (yet, from an informed intuition) has correctly recorded noted increases and decreases in the pupolarity of vaious biblioblogs.<BR/><BR/>In fact, if anybody wishes to review the calculation spreadsheet used to calculate the rankings over the month of February, please email us when the rankings are released, and we will be happy for you to do so.Biblioblog Top 50https://www.blogger.com/profile/05161280191786720093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-6356750107857221552009-02-21T21:04:00.000+00:002009-02-21T21:04:00.000+00:00I agree, they are suspect in some regards. On the ...I agree, they are suspect in some regards. On the other hand, regarding the positive trend for this blog, the data corresponds with our "site meter" where I have noticed a significant increase of visitors and page views in the last couple of months.Tommy Wassermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674769923361035721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859011.post-75157522545982644332009-02-21T20:44:00.000+00:002009-02-21T20:44:00.000+00:00I've seen these rankings for a while and they don'...I've seen these rankings for a while and they don't seem - intuitively - to correspond to either quality, popularity and/or commenting trends. I reckon the rankings are as much a spoof as the blog on which they appear.Peter M. Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379103292621457026noreply@blogger.com