Amos, one of the drones at the Hive Overmind, pointed out to me that Wikio has chosen this humble blog as their Number 1 Top Science blog (well, at least for now; the top spots change). I would like to accept this honor, and praise Wikio for their obvious good taste and expertise in these matters.
I put a little button in the sidebar reflecting this fact, and will keep it there forever, or until my rank drops to unacceptable levels (#2).
If you went to BadAstronomy.com and found yourself here, never fear: the BA Blog has moved to its new home at Discover Blogs. The original BA site (with the Moon Hoax debunking and all that) is still online, too.
Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He has written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic, and fights misuses of science as well as praising the wonder of real science.
Contact me: The Bad Astronomer "at" gmail "dot" com
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September 2nd, 2009 at 4:35 pm
How do they generate the rankings? Watt’s Up With That is #3, and Climate Audit is #5.
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Or if I’m reading it correctly, then Climate Audit is actually #2, but displayed beneath #4 for some reason.
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
@Other Ian:
“The position of a blog in the Wikio ranking depends on the number and weight of the incoming links from other blogs. These links are dynamic, which means that they are backlinks or links found within articles…the weight of any given link increases according to how recently it was published… Our rankings are updated on a monthly basis.”
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Odd, I’m not seeing PZ’s blog anywhere on their list…
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Hi Phil,
Just a quick off-topic comment about the most recent Mr. Deity show. Deity and Lucy are talking about his “gifts” to his chosen people and Lucy tells him what the Greeks are giving *their* people and mentions astronomy. Deity says something about horoscopes and Lucy corrects him, saying, “Astronomy…not ‘astrology’”. He asks what the difference is and she says, “About 50 IQ points.”
Classic. Thought you’d enjoy that.
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Congrats and well deserved!
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
It seems Pharyngula should be somewhere on the list…congrats thou, well earned.
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Interesting. When I first saw the headline I thought it said “Wikio displays extrasolar activity.”
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:10 pm
You wrote a blog?
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:07 am
Phil, you will never be #2 in my mind… that Celophod loving certain PZ will be tho’!
September 3rd, 2009 at 5:19 am
Congrats. One question: What’s a Wikio?
On second thought, honestly don’t want to know.
September 3rd, 2009 at 6:33 am
congrats!
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:09 am
w00t! Rock on for science and reason, Ph1l.
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:18 am
Congratulations!…your blog is definitely my favorite…actually a tie with The Loom but that’s not astronomy…then there’s Chris and Sheril’s blog…no, no, definitely my favorite, you’re definitely my favorite!
September 5th, 2009 at 6:30 am
“…forever, or until my rank drops…”
You left out “whichever comes first”.
Congratulations…this is one of my favorite blogs as well.
September 9th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Down to #3 now. More shamefully, you’re behind Watts Up.