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By Dr. Steven Taylor I am a bit behind in my blog reading, so am a few days late in wishing Matthew Shugart a Happy Second Blogiversary. Filed under: Blogging \| Comments/Trackbacks (1) \| \| Show Comments here Hide Comments \| Add your comment Why, thank you, Great Blogging Mentor! Comment by MSS — Tuesday, August 14, 2025 @ 5:06 pm Hide Comments \| Add your comment More Evidence that the TTLB Ecosystem is Broken. By Dr. Steven Taylor If you were a blogger about two-to-three (or more) years ago, you were probably addicted to checking your TTLB Ecosystem ranking (indeed, I still have my TTLB ranking off on the right hand sidebar, a relic from a bygone era). However, due to the evolution of the Blogosphere, along with NZ Bear’s attempt to stop folks from gaming the system, the Ecosystem has become a fond memory that simply persists as a phantom of its former self (as the chief metric of the blog rankings). Via James Joyner here’s more amusing evidence of the Ecosystem’s failed state (with apologies to Matthew Stinson, a blogger I used to read frequently back in the “early days”). Sphere: Related Content Filed under: Blogging \| Comments/Trackbacks (3) \| \| Show Comments here Hide Comments \| Add your comment Technorati trackbacks are my self-affirmation, and to a lesser extent their new “Authority” metric. Comment by KipEsquire — Tuesday, August 14, 2025 @ 9:10 am […] Read whole (original) post: Dr. Steven Taylor […] Pingback by More Evidence that the TTLB Ecosystem is Broken. : Boonika.net — Tuesday, August 14, 2025 @ 9:55 am I’ll admit it was fun in the beginning to watch my evolution from insignificant microbe to marauding marsupial. But I always thought there was something fishy–a flippery fish, no doubt–about the counting mechanism. I do not know if it is still the case, but at one time I discovered it was counting auto-links. Now, I auto-link a lot, not to “game” the system and get links counted, but as an aid to readers to find my own previous related posts. As do many bloggers. If those are counted as “inbound” that’s even worse than trackback abuse, I should think. The TTLB concept may have some use for the very general blogs, but with the increasing segmentation by niche topics, who cares? I mean, really, does anyone who might stop by my place to read about fruit-growing and electoral systems care that Fruits & Votes is tied with a little bit pregnant, a blog about “madcap misadventures in infertility, pregnancy, and parenthood”? Presumably not. Comment by MSS — Tuesday, August 14, 2025 @ 12:29 pm Hide Comments \| Add your comment Tuesday, August 7, 2025 TAM Goes with Fred By Dr. Steven Taylor Sean Hackbarth of The American Mind (one of the very, very early blogs) has joined the Fred Thompson team. Good luck to Sean as he makes the transition from blogger and commentator to being part of a campaign–certainly two very different worlds. Sphere: Related Content Filed under: Blogging, 2008 Campaign \| Comments/Trackbacks (1) \| \| Show Comments here Hide Comments \| Add your comment […] Original post by Dr. Steven Taylor […] Pingback by TAM Goes with Fred : Boonika.net — Tuesday, August 7, 2025 @ 11:00 am Hide Comments \| Add your comment Thursday, July 12, 2025 Help, Help, I’m Being Repressed! By Dr. Steven Taylor Back in March, the good people of the PRC were able to read the beacon of hope and democracy that is PoliBlog. Alas, a check today indicates that this is no longer the case. (On a side note, I have noticed that some of my spamming woes have decreased of late, and I used to get a lot of attacks from mainland China. I wonder if the tyrants of Bejing did me a favor…). Sphere: Related Content Filed under: Blogging, Asia \| Comments/Trackbacks (1) \| \| Show Comments here Hide Comments \| Add your comment Hmm, I tried it out and it said that every website has been blocked … including the Xinhua News Service’s website. Perhaps they’ve blocked its server? Comment by Patrick — Thursday, July 12, 2025 @ 8:42 pm Hide Comments \| Add your comment Friday, July 6, 2025 Site Issues By Dr. Steven Taylor It would appear that the site was down for much of the day, but since I was on the road I was unaware. Things are back up and blogging should be back to normal tomorrow. Sphere: Related Content Filed under: US Politics, Blogging \| Comments Off \| Monday, June 25, 2025 OTB Radio By Dr. Steven Taylor I am going to be on OTB Radio Tonight at 7pm Eastern with James Joyner and Dodd Harris. The main link for OTB Radio is here (where you can also hear the first episode). You can call in at (646) 716-7030. Update: The show from tonight is now archived as well. I talked more in the latter half than the first half. Sphere: Related Content Filed under: Blogging \| Comments/Trackbacks (2) \| \| Show Comments here Hide Comments \| Add your comment Listened; enjoyed the show. I would’ve called on the Con Law issues if I had heard it realtime. Comment by Steven L. — Monday, June 25, 2025 @ 11:18 pm Gracias. Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Tuesday, June 26, 2025 @ 8:22 am Hide Comments \| Add your comment Sunday, June 17, 2025 Troy is Everywhere By Dr. Steven Taylor I am in the DC Metro this afternoon (Pentagon City Station) and what do I see? I guess that there is no escape. Filed under: Academia, photoblogging \| Comments/Trackbacks (4) \| \| Show Comments here Hide Comments \| Add your comment Indeed. I’d leave a sarcastic comment, but chances are you’ve heard them all. Hope all is well! Comment by Jeff Daniel — Monday, June 18, 2025 @ 3:04 am Yep, Troy is everywhere… Comment by Kingdaddy — Monday, June 18, 2025 @ 2:07 pm Didn’t know you were in DC. I was out of town last week. Anyway, I haven’t dealt with the Metro in a while. Comment by B. Minich — Tuesday, June 19, 2025 @ 10:39 am It was a quick two-day trip. Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Tuesday, June 19, 2025 @ 10:54 am Hide Comments \| Add your comment Friday, June 15, 2025 Blogging Forecast By Dr. Steven Taylor FYI: expect lighter than normal blogging this week with a chance of scattered guest-blogging by Steven L. Filed under: US Politics, Blogging \| Comments Off \| Thursday, June 14, 2025 The Fluid World of Blogs (and Cheese) By Dr. Steven Taylor Man, you don’t visit Munger’s blog for a few days and everything changes. I am still a bit woozy from the initial visit. At least I am listed as amongst The Cheeisest! 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