The Guardian UK lists the World’s 50 Most Powerful Blogs |
The Guardian UK published a comprehensive list of the world’s 50 most powerful blogs about a month ago, websites that have excelled at carving their niche, establishing their authority on their subject matter and continually offering their readers consistent and unique content.
These blogs are more than just popular, they are incredibly influential multiple social arenas, shifting political attitudes, exposing scandals, revealing exciting new technologies or just showing strange and funny pictures. All of these examples are demonstrations of effective branding and remarkable content development. They have each earned substantial followings.
We are also thrilled to see our personal favorite copyblogger.com get mention. We do have a guest post there after all!
Here is the full list:
- huffingtonpost.com
- boingboing.net
- techcrunch.com
- kottke.org
- dooce.com
- perezhilton.com
- talkingpointsmemo.com
- icanhascheezburger.com
- beppegrillo.it
- gawker.com
- drudgereport.com
- blog.sina.com.cn/xujinglei
- treehugger.com
- microsiervos.com
- TMZ.com
- engadget.com
- marbury.typepad.com
- chezpim.typepad.com
- basicthinking.de/blog
- thesartorialist.blogspot.com
- studentsforafreetibet.org
- jezebel.com
- gigazine.net
- girlwithaonetrackmind.blogspot.com
- mashable.com
- stephanieklein.blogs.com
- holymoly.co.uk
- www.michellemalkin.com
- crankyflier.com
- gofugyourself.typepad.com
- gapingvoid.com
- dirtydirtydancing.com
- crookedtimber.org
- bean-sprouts.blogspot.com
- theoffside.com
- petiteanglaise.com
- crooksandliars.com
- chocolateandzucchini.com
- samizdata.net
- andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
- thefword.org.uk
- privatesecretdiary.com
- popjustice.com
- waiterrant.net
- hecklerspray.com
- WoWinsider.com
- angryblackbitch.blogspot.com
- stylebubble.typepad.com
- afterellen.com
- copyblogger.com
Phew! What a list! We encourage you to visit each of these sites and draw comparisons between their content to see if there are any common elements that may have contributed to their success. While they offer a diverse array of opinions, topics and presentations, they surely possess some common features that make for captivating reads, catchy content and general accessibility.
Who knows, maybe with your help, Apollo’s Blog will someday turn up in the list! 
