Even if I didn’t have anything else to add to the whole Jim West as #1 biblioblogger discussion, I would have posted anyway, to stake my claim to the fantastic pun on that subject which serves as the title to this post.
But as it happens, Dan McClellan has started a new blog dedicated to the top ten bibliobloggers to be selected by vote, chosen by the bibliobloggers themselves.
I think this has a useful function to complement traffic-based ranking, since the fact that a blog gets many hits doesn’t necessarily indicate that it is getting read carefully and thoroughly, much less that its content is particularly appreciated. And so having multiple systems of ranking using different methods is presumably a good thing.
And of course, one thing Jim West and I agree on is that this whole ranking business should not be taken too seriously. And another thing we agree on is that it is a lot of fun to pretend to take them seriously! 😉
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