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The 100 Best, Most Interesting Blogs and Websites of 2013
Editor’s note: 2015’s list of the best, most interesting websites has arrived! Welcome to one of the web’s most anticipated lists of the year: The 100 Best, Most Interesting Blogs and Websites of 2013. This is the second such list I have made since founding DailyTekk and it’s very special. A website can only be featured ONCE in this annual series, so make sure to check out last year’s list so you don’t miss 100 other amazing sites and blogs. I’ve broken this monster list down into 19 categories and limited myself to five links per category (except for the last category) to ensure I whittled away all but what I thought were the most deserving candidates of right here and right now in 2013. When I make this list I consider 3 things: content, design and style (you know, that x-factor that really makes a site stand out). Apparently, as of March 2012 there were 644,275,754 active websites (according to Business Insider) and you know the number has done nothing but rocket up since then. Cool
WordPress increases its domination of the top 100 blogs
WordPress is strengthening its position as the dominating blogging platform or Content Management System (CMS) used by the world’s top 100 blogs. This year, WordPress is used by 52% of the top blogs, up from the 48% we identified in our study in 2012. With over 65 million WordPress sites in the world, it’s clear that Automattic’s platform is popular. WordPress keeps on gaining in popularity We grabbed the list of the top 100 blogs in the world from Technorati and tried to identify which blogging platform or CMS the site is using. Here is the result of our 2013 study of the blogging platforms used by the top 100 blogs: You can also download a larger version of this chart. Comparing 2013 and 2012 Here are a few comments about what’s happened since our last study in 2012: And here are the aggregated results, including a comparison to 2012: Complete list: top 100 blogs and their blog platforms Here is the complete list of the top 100 blogs, presented in order of Technorati rank: Blogging’s future
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The Top 5 YouTube Vloggers And Why People Love Them
Social video sites like YouTube have given people the ability to express themselves in a whole new way – vlogging. People can sit down in front of their video or web cameras and talk about anything, from politics to pop culture, upload their videos to YouTube and share their opinions with the world. But what is it exactly that makes some vloggers rise to the top while others fall by the wayside? #1 Nigahiga Nigahiga, the YouTube channel of vlogger Ryan Higa, a Japanese-American comedian from Hawaii, is currently the most subscribed to YouTube channel. Nigahiga also shares a wide variety of views in Skitzo, a show that he has been uploading periodically to his channel since last October. Ryan also rants in a series of videos he calls “Off The Pill”, because he records them when he is off his ADHD medication. #2 Fred’s Channel Fred Figglehorn is a fictional character, portrayed by Lucas Cruikshank, who vlogs at Fred’s Channel on YouTube. #3 Smosh #4 Shane Dawson #5 Equals Three
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Top UK Online Marketing Influencers & Bloggers in 2013
For the past 2 years we’ve been publishing a list of the top UK focused internet marketing blogs in advance of speaking at events. This year I’ll be presenting on Creative Content Marketing at SES London February 19th. Since bloggers do more than just write posts, I’ve shifted the focus of this list from blogs to individuals. With the increasing importance of authorship and personal brands, I think it’s important to consider individual bloggers and the content they share whether its tweets, status updates, or other useful information created online. As a result, the people on this list are recognized for their overall social sharing about “online marketing” related topics, not just blogging. Thanks to nominations made from some really helpful UK bloggers and the folks at Traackr we’ve created the Top 50 UK Online Marketing Influencers & Bloggers. Here’s more info about this year’s Top UK Online Marketing Influencers & Bloggers List and a few inevitable questions: Why did my rank change?
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