Top Ten Baby!

by Dave on May 1, 2007 2:55 PM PDT in News

As "junit" pointed out in his diary to the right, Blazersedge made the Top Ten list of most influential NBA blogs according to a company called SportsMediaChallenge who indexes these things. The link is here. We came in at #8, which isn't bad for a starting point! (Especially true when you consider how many thousands of NBA blogs are out there.) Our sister site GoldenStateofMind came in at #5 and Truehoop (natch) was #1.

This is, of course, a community award, so I think everybody has a right to be a little proud. It's actually pretty remarkable that a blog covering a team up in an obscure corner of the country (and a team that has been in a slump for a while to boot) could have that significant of a presence. But then again, that's Blazer fans, right? A tip of the hat should go to the Blazer organization too for giving us things to be interested in and talk about. Also the role that guys like Casey Holdahl at O-Live, Jason Quick at the Oregonian, and Mike Barrett with the Blazers play in helping us out and giving us great material to work with shouldn't go unnoticed. Truly all three of those gentlemen should go higher on the "Most Influential" list than we.

Still, this is a nice thing! With a little work, a few more comments, and another reader or two maybe we'll crack the top five next year...

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

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This is awesome, Dave...

and nice find by Junit. Number 8 with a bullet.

Congrats all around.

by ken @ Blazer's Edge on May 1, 2007 3:29 PM PDT reply actions

haha

woops, we were 8 not 7, my bad..

but, in the 9 months I've been a part of this site, I finally got my name mentioned on the front page by Dave.. my dream is complete!

ROY for R.O.Y.

by junit3123 @ Blazer's Edge on May 1, 2007 3:55 PM PDT reply actions

Most Influencial !

Wow! That goes beyond just presenting a product. It speaks of making a difference. Way to go,Edge!

"...though you may fail...aim at something high." Henry David Thoreau

by Dr Dave on May 1, 2007 4:38 PM PDT reply actions

Really impressive

It was interesting to see that apparently too many off-topic tangents will change a ranking. I'm not sure that I agree with that, I think it totally depends on what the "off" topic is. Pop culture gossip may be an issue, but when it's a community that is of above average intelligence some of the off-topic things can be thought provoking, educational, or just plain fun.

And I'll insert the words Trail Blazers here so the spider searching for SMC will not consider this as off-topic :-) (I wonder if you are downgraded by the number of smilies included.)

by jorga on May 1, 2007 4:54 PM PDT reply actions

That reminds me of an off-topic opportunity I

missed out on awhile back...

2 of my favorite local desserts are the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies from Grand Central Baking Co.and the apple marionberry pie from Piece of Cake. Both places have locations in SE, but Grand Central has multiple locations in pdx, and some in seattle too.

Enjoy All!

Go Trail Blazers!

Go Blazers Edge!

by JMblazerfan on May 1, 2007 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Awesome!

That's pretty impressive dave!!!

Out of all the blazer sites, this is my definite number one stop. The fact that members of the community can add conversation and posts on the side bar is a plus too.

Now... you want to be number one... set up the blogs so that you can be emailed when someone replies to a post...i guarantee you the number of posts will quadruple!

by ratbastird on May 1, 2007 5:32 PM PDT reply actions

Something cool.

You probably already knew about this, but your post got me thinking and I found a cool feature on our personal pages.

Go to your "ratbastird's Page" in the upper right corner and click on the comments tab. It displays every one of your posts plus whether or not anyone responded. Quick way to see if a conversation is still rolling.

by TP43 on May 1, 2007 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions

stat seeking....

Many congrats Dave! I'd be curious to know how much the level of unique visitors increased from the season opener to present if you can do so easily enough.

How large of a blazers community are we talking about these days?

Cheers,
DCB

nobody makes me bleed my own blood

by dcblazer on May 1, 2007 7:13 PM PDT reply actions

Sweet

wow, im really surprised. Great job everyone, and especially you Dave. I think top 5 is totally possible.

Bucky

by Bucky Blazer on May 1, 2007 7:47 PM PDT reply actions

Only #8?

Clearly they don't read the blog often enough. 8 is an outrage, a disgrace! easily #3 my friend. ;)...guess that leaves more room for improvement though!

congrats Dave, keep up the good work (i feel i say that a lot-as if you really NEED the reminder huh?) and good find Junit!

written by the Blazer Thoughts artist formely known as "Scott R"

by saregister on May 1, 2007 8:44 PM PDT reply actions

Congrats, Dave!

And thanks goes to everyone who posts on the site - usually my first web visit of the day.

Go Blazers!

Ball Don't Lie

by bothteamsplayedhard on May 2, 2007 7:00 AM PDT reply actions

now,

All we need to do is to have like at least 1k comments at every single game open-thread, blow-out or not. That way, we would be at least #3, above GSoM.

Go Edge!

Give me Blazers, or give me Death!

by nateinaloha on May 2, 2007 7:35 AM PDT reply actions

Kudos Dave! But .....

there are 7 NBA basketball blogs better than Blazer's Edge??! I don't think so. Probably that small market bias thing again. But this is still a wonderful acknowledement.

by TwoDeep on May 2, 2007 10:48 AM PDT reply actions