What Do All These “Popular” Bloggers Have in Common?
I decided to see what are considered “the most popular blog posts” in today’s Google Blogoscoped blog piece titled Popular Blog Posts.
Every single blogger featured was a man.
That turned me off. No women? There’s so many brilliant, creative, contributing, fun women bloggers. Of the MILLIONS of blogs, this list focused on men?
The blog post author insists women were inquired of. To which someone commented:
How many women did you write compared to men?
One? Two?
Looked for a couple in the Technorati Top and left it at that?
Not to make light or ignore all the single Dad’s, work from home Dad’s and Dad’s holding down job, house and kids there are (I have met and spoken to so many of them…and deeply love and cherish these guys), there remains many more women like me, who work from home and run the home and all the jobs related to that including accountant, maid, cook, nurse, errands runner, appointment maker, gardner, daycare provider and taxi driver.
Hubby gets the milk on his way home from his long day and 3 hour daily commute, to save me that hassle. I appreciate the help. He’s also the “pool boy”, otherwise we wouldn’t have purchased a house that has one. No way was I taking THAT job on too.
My son loves to mow lawns because he’s athletic and maintaining the property (small as it is) helps him stay in shape. He’s learning to help me with the vegetable (organic) and flower gardens because he’s interested in those things.
Daughter manages to clean her room once a month. Her day will come. My mom has had the biggest kick watching me suffer, after whining while being raised about how hard it was to take care of my bedroom.
Step-son is young and is in the “put your cup in the dishwasher and don’t pee on the toilet seat” stage. Not much help from him.
When I get time to fit in this blog, I don’t aim for the popularity contest or being Slashdotted, thank you very much. I’m not aiming for the Blogosphere list, but there are plenty of exciting female bloggers out there worth featuring, even if it means waiting a little while longer for them to do 146 other things before they reply to your request.
Meanwhile, back in my little world, it’s a priviledge just to have a moment or two to write at all. When I look for stuff to read, I aim for some of my favorite women bloggers:
Rebecca, Jane and Mystery Guest at SEOMoz.org
Daryn Kagan (Whoo hoo! She’s back!)
Who are the women bloggers you love to read on a regular basis?
Stumble it!
Comments (17) to “What Do All These “Popular” Bloggers Have in Common?”
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Sophie wrote:
I’m exhausted just reading your post Kim.
Thanks for the list. Another great woman blogger is Mary’s blog http://www.maryschmidt.com/.
Posted on 13-Nov-06 at 4:48 pm | Permalink
Li Evans wrote:
How about SugarRae http://www.sugarrae.com/
And Debbie Weil who wrote the Corporate Blogging Book - http://www.blogwriteforceos.com/blogwrite/
And church of the customer blog - co written by Jackie Huba - (which just got a new redesign today!) - http://www.churchofthecustomer.com/blog/
Those three, plus your’s and my own are the 5 out of about 130 feeds listed in my bloglines. Wow, what a ratio!
Posted on 13-Nov-06 at 10:20 pm | Permalink
Li Evans wrote:
oh and i forgot one! Jenn Slegg’s Jensense (http://www.jensense.com/).
and… I’m blogging about this! I saw those comments on GB …. wow
Posted on 13-Nov-06 at 10:40 pm | Permalink
John wrote:
Vanessa Fox + Amanda Camp at http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/ (not much regular posting, but always interesting)
Posted on 14-Nov-06 at 2:00 am | Permalink
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Posted on 14-Nov-06 at 3:02 am | Permalink
Sophie wrote:
Whoops can’t believe I forgot SugarRae. Apart from a great blog the design is wicked!
Posted on 14-Nov-06 at 3:01 pm | Permalink
Ammon wrote:
Can’t believe that nobody has mentioned Natasha Robinson aka ThatGirlFromMarketing
http://www.thatgirlfrommarketing.com/
Posted on 16-Nov-06 at 7:13 am | Permalink
dazzlindonna wrote:
Thanks for the list, Kim. I’ve added most of them to my feed reader (some were in an unknown channel format, so they couldn’t be added.)
Don’t have time to read them all, as I have to get ready for today’s sessions at PubCon, but I’m anxious to get to reading them all asap. Of course, I already had some in my list, but it’s great to be able to add more.
Posted on 16-Nov-06 at 8:57 am | Permalink
isgblog wrote:
Women outnumber men on our office blog 2:1. We’ll be adding author attribution soon, and it’ll become clear that women drive our blog.
Posted on 16-Nov-06 at 9:48 am | Permalink
cre8pc wrote:
isgblog, thank you so much for dropping by. I’ve not met this blog yet, and I’m pleased to be introduced
Ammon, I haven’t been to Natasha’s blog in ages…so this is a good reminder.
To everyone who offered suggestions, thank you so much! It’s been helpful to flesh out these blogs that I know are out there, and give them the attention they deserve
Keep the list going!
Posted on 16-Nov-06 at 10:32 am | Permalink
isgblog wrote:
Thanks, Kim. We’re a fledgling blog about to get a makeover, but we’re long-time readers, first-time commenters.
We’ve got a blogroll of 101 of our favorite industry blogs, and yours is counted among them.
Posted on 16-Nov-06 at 11:26 am | Permalink
Yvonne DiVita wrote:
Hi Kim, this is quite an impressive list. I”m honored to be on it! I truly, really, totally believe that women drive the blogosphere - but get ignored by mainstream media. I bet there are tons more Mommy bloggers than Daddy bloggers - and, just to be open and honest - these women write about more than diapers and car-pooling. These are intelligent women who do product reviews, interviews, and talk about social issues.
You’re right on in your post - keep up the good work. We all thank you!
Hey, visit my petblog if you get a chance! The URL is here: http://www.scratchingsandsniffings.com - cause women are the biggest, baddest pet lovers, too!
Posted on 16-Nov-06 at 11:35 am | Permalink
Jen Dotson wrote:
AMEN!!! we started a our blog ‘business’ in August of 2006 for ‘moms’ and we’ve received awesome feedback!
Posted on 16-Nov-06 at 1:17 pm | Permalink
Diane Vigil wrote:
Well, thanks, Kim, for mentioning my searchable data dump of a blog.
And, as you know, I read yours too.
Posted on 16-Nov-06 at 5:54 pm | Permalink
cre8pc wrote:
LOL…but it’s such an intelligent and informative “data dump of a blog” Diane
I love your Designer Jones blog too. Pure class and always interesting!
Posted on 16-Nov-06 at 6:01 pm | Permalink
TagMan wrote:
In addition to JenSense, here are some other prominent bloggers I’d suggest for your list:
Catherine Seda (catherineseda.blogspot.com)
Susan Mernit (susanmernit.blogspot.com)
Jennifer Laycock (searchengineguide.com)
Tara Hunt (horsepigcow.com)
Caterina Fake (caterina.net)
Mena Trott (mena.vox.com)
Emily Chang (emilychang.com/go/ehub)
Posted on 21-Nov-06 at 8:56 am | Permalink
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