I’ve been having so much fun with a little project I’m working on that I just had to share my first results with you. I’m doing a little network diagramming of Instapundit and the sites that Glenn links to. Just to see what kinds of relationships emerge. My early results are still a little rough but here goes.
One interesting note is that four sites account for about 10% of all of Glenn’s links.
For the month of September 2004 so far Glenn’s links look like this:
Total links 960 Total distinct sites 438 Sites linked to once 278 Sites linked to twice 76 Sites linked to three times 31
The detailed results follow.
Site Links www.nationalreview.com 35 justoneminute.typepad.com 26 www.washingtonpost.com 16 hughhewitt.com 14 www.amazon.com 13 slate.msn.com 12 althouse.blogspot.com 11 belmontclub.blogspot.com 11 techcentralstation.com 11 volokh.com 11 www.techcentralstation.com 11 powerlineblog.com 10 www.nytimes.com 10 www.reason.com 10 www.strategypage.com 10 patterico.com 9 www.captainsquartersblog.com 9 www.msnbc.msn.com 9 www.nypost.com 9 www.opinionjournal.com 9 www.professorbainbridge.com 9 wizbangblog.com 8 www.belgraviadispatch.com 8 www.celluloid-wisdom.com 8 www.dynamist.com 8 beldar.blogs.com 7 www.donaldsensing.com 7 www.indcjournal.com 7 www.rogerlsimon.com 7 vodkapundit.com 6 www.command-post.org 6 www.lileks.com 6 www.suntimes.com 6 apnews.myway.com 5 images3.blogads.com 5 littlegreenfootballs.com 5 medienkritik.typepad.com 5 polipundit.com 5 www.corante.com 5 www.dailyrecycler.com 5 www.latimes.com 5 abcnews.go.com 4 andrewsullivan.com 4 weeklystandard.com 4 www.boston.com 4 www.imao.us 4 www.mudvillegazette.com 4 www.newsmax.com 4 www.powerlineblog.com 4 www.realclearpolitics.com 4 www.spectator.org 4 www.theaustralian.news.com.au 4 www.usatoday.com 4 bias.blogfodder.net 3 billhobbs.com 3 boifromtroy.com 3 brain-terminal.com 3 chrenkoff.blogspot.com 3 gaypatriot.blogspot.com 3 idleryet.blog-city.com 3 shapeofdays.typepad.com 3 timblair.spleenville.com 3 windsofchange.net 3 www.allahpundit.com 3 www.buzzmachine.com 3 www.chicagotribune.com 3 www.deadparrots.net 3 www.fightaging.org 3 www.flounder.com 3 www.google.com 3 www.hughhewitt.com 3 www.instapunk.com 3 www.musil.blogspot.com 3 www.newsday.com 3 www.nydailynews.com 3 www.reuters.com 3 www.rhsager.com 3 www.rockwoodcomic.com 3 www.salon.com 3 www.saysuncle.com 3 www.steveverdon.com 3 www.telegraph.co.uk 3 www.usnews.com 3 yglesias.typepad.com 3 128.255.244.60 2 ace.mu.nu 2 baseballcrank.com 2 blogcritics.org 2 brian.carnell.com 2 cicada.typepad.com 2 coldfury.com 2 copperlive.com 2 dalythoughts.com 2 daschlevthune.typepad.com 2 dbsoxblog.blogspot.com 2 drudgereport.com 3 froggyruminations.blogspot.com 2 galleyslaves.blogspot.com 2 images2.blogads.com 2 instapun.exposuremanager.com 2 iraqnow.blogspot.com 2 jimtreacher.com 2 journalism.nyu.edu 2 marketplace.publicradio.org 2 msnbc.msn.com 2 mysterypollster.typepad.com 2 nanobot.blogspot.com 2 nypost.com 2 oxblog.blogspot.com 2 qando.net 2 radio.weblogs.com 2 ratherbiased.com 2 realclearpolitics.com 2 simonworld.mu.nu 2 spinswimming.blogspot.com 2 story.news.yahoo.com 2 unclebrad.com 2 www.alphecca.com 2 www.americandigest.org 2 www.andrewsullivan.com 2 www.artsjournal.com 2 www.balloon-juice.com 2 www.beggingtodiffer.com 2 www.blogsforbush.com 2 www.brothersjudd.com 2 www.browning.com 2 www.chicagoboyz.net 2 www.cnsnews.com 2 www.creators.com 2 www.dailypundit.com 2 www.danieldrezner.com 2 www.drudgereport.com 2 www.foxnews.com 2 www.guncite.com 2 www.indepundit.com 2 www.instapundit.com 2 www.janegalt.net 2 www.jquinton.com 2 www.npr.org 2 www.oliverwillis.com 2 www.pbase.com 2 www.pollingreport.com 2 www.poynter.org 2 www.prospect.org 2 www.rathergate.com 2 www.scrappleface.com 2 www.sfgate.com 2 www.sitemeter.com 2 www.slate.com 2 www.stormcarib.com 2 www.tagorda.com 2 www.thespoonsexperience.com 2 www.time.com 2 www.townhall.com 2 www.tradesports.com 2 www.transterrestrial.com 2 www.venturpreneur.com 2 www.washtimes.com 2 www.weeklystandard.com 2 www.worldnetdaily.com 2 216.239.41.104 1 abigailbrayden.blogspot.com 1 acepilots.com 1 americandaughter.blogspot.com 1 ariagoesdown.blogspot.com 1 asia.news.yahoo.com 1 authorskeptics.blogspot.com 1 balkin.blogspot.com 1 barcepundit-english.blogspot.com 1 belledejour-uk.blogspot.com 1 biz.yahoo.com 1 blogborygmi.blogspot.com 1 blogfromonhigh.blogspot.com 1 blogs.salon.com 1 broadband.msnbc.com 1 browndailysqueal.com 1 bullmooserepublicans.com 1 byrddroppings.typepad.com 1 capwiz.com 1 cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au 1 christnu.org 1 ciceronianreview.typepad.com 1 cinemocracy.blogs.com 1 claytoncramer.com 1 comedian.blogspot.com 1 coxandforkum.com 1 custosmorum.blogspot.com 1 daily.nysun.com 1 daybydaycartoon.com 1 defeatjohnjohn.com 1 dislogue.dansch.net 1 dneiwert.blogspot.com 1 donatacom.com 1 dontdrinkthekoolaid.blogspot.com 1 evelynrodriguez.typepad.com 1 fidlerontheroof.blogspot.com 1 flyingspacemonkey.mu.nu 1 forums.dpreview.com 1 gbarto.com 1 glennreynolds.typepad.com 1 globetrotter.berkeley.edu 1 hatewhatihate.blogspot.com 1 hnn.us 1 hobbesian.blogspot.com 1 home.bellsouth.net 1 homepage.mac.com 1 hoystory.blogspot.com 1 hurryupharry.bloghouse.net 1 images.blogads.com 1 inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080 1 iowahawk.typepad.com 1 iraqpundit.blogspot.com 1 iraqthemodel.blogspot.com 1 iwf.org 1 johnellis.blogspot.com 1 johnnbrown.blogspot.com 1 jpundit.typepad.com 1 junkyardblog.transfinitum.net 1 large-regular.blogspot.com 1 lashawnbarber.com 1 libertyblog.com 1 lifeisgood.typepad.com 1 limeshurbet.blogspot.com 1 livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us 1 llamabutchers.mu.nu 1 magma.nationalgeographic.com 1 mellow-drama.blogspot.com 1 members.cox.net 1 michaeltotten.com 1 michellemalkin.com 1 minneapolisfed.org 1 moneycentral.msn.com 1 mongaimoments.blogspot.com 1 musil.blogspot.com 1 nathanf.blog-city.com 1 nationalreview.com 1 nerepublican.blogspot.com 1 neworleans.metblogs.com 1 newrome.blogspot.com 1 news.google.com.au 1 news.independent.co.uk 1 news.scotsman.com 1 news.yahoo.com 1 noquarters.blogspot.com 1 nothreeputts.blogspot.com 1 nramemberscouncils.com 1 nydailynews.com 1 observer.guardian.co.uk 1 obsidianwings.blogs.com 1 onefinejay.com 1 online.wsj.com 1 opinion.telegraph.co.uk 1 opinionjournal.com 1 overtaken.blogmosis.com 1 patriotparadox.mu.nu 1 paulboutin.weblogger.com 1 peaktalk.com 1 polipundit.blogspot.com 1 politics.slate.msn.com 1 possumblog.blogspot.com 1 powerandcontrol.blogspot.com 1 pqasb.pqarchiver.com 1 proudrepublican.blogspot.com 1 quote.bloomberg.com 1 rathergate.com 1 redcoyote.blogspot.com 1 rightothepoint.blogspot.com 1 rising-hegemon.blogspot.com 1 rogerlsimon.com 1 sandefur.typepad.com 1 sekimori.org 1 shannonlove.blogspot.com 1 shotsacrossthebow.com 1 silflayhraka.com 1 sinequanon.spleenville.com 1 site-essential.com 1 slashdot.org 1 slate.com 1 slingsnarrows.erudite-absurdity.com 1 sofiasideshow.com 1 sparsepundit.blogspot.com 1 staunchmoderate.blogspot.com 1 stormcarib.com 1 stuartbuck.blogspot.com 1 talkleft.com 1 taxprof.typepad.com 1 tennessean.com 1 themoderatevoice.typepad.com 1 theweeklystandard.com 1 uptime.netcraft.com 1 usmilitary.about.com 1 varifrank.typepad.com 1 voluntaryxchange.typepad.com 1 web.knoxnews.com 1 www.14wfie.com 1 www.1976design.com 1 www.abc.net.au 1 www.acme.com 1 www.aftenposten.no 1 www.aim.org 1 www.al.com 1 www.alarmingnews.com 1 www.americandaily.com 1 www.americanoutlook.org 1 www.americanprogress.org 1 www.americanthinker.com 1 www.arabnews.com 1 www.ashbrook.org 1 www.baltimoresun.com 1 www.battlebots.com 1 www.beldar.org 1 www.belowstreetlevel.com 1 www.bitpass.com 1 www.blank.org 1 www.brendanloy.com 1 www.burningannie.com 1 www.business-standard.com 1 www.caymannetnews.com 1 www.caymannetnews.com 1 www.cbsnews.com 1 www.cdharris.net 1 www.championshooters.com 1 www.chaos-faction.com 1 www.chicagosuntimes.com 1 www.cincypost.com 1 www.classicalvalues.com 1 www.claytoncramer.com 1 www.cnn.com 1 www.colbycosh.com 1 www.copperlive.com 1 www.crc4pr.com 1 www.crnano.org 1 www.cronaca.com 1 www.crushkerry.com 1 www.cybersocket.com 1 www.d-42.com 1 www.dailytexanonline.com 1 www.danrathermustgo.com 1 www.deanesmay.com 1 www.democraticunderground.com 1 www.detnews.com 1 www.dhogberg.com 1 www.dinocrat.com 1 www.drudgereport.com 1 www.dvorak.org 1 www.editorandpublisher.com 1 www.emailthis.clickability.com 1 www.enquirer.com 1 www.freerepublic.com 1 www.futurepundit.com 1 www.gallup.com 1 www.gideonsblog.blogspot.com 1 www.globalsecurity.org 1 www.globetechnology.com 1 www.gregpiper.com 1 www.guardian.co.uk 1 www.gunstuff.com 1 www.hillnews.com 1 www.hughhewitt.com” 1 www.ibiblio.org 1 www.ibpat.org 1 www.infidelcowboy.com 1 www.inkgrrl.com 1 www.intellectualconservative.com 1 www.internetnews.com 1 www.investors.com 1 www.isthatlegal.org 1 www.jayreding.com 1 www.jessicaswell.com 1 www.joannejacobs.com 1 www.johnkerry.com 1 www.jpost.com 1 www.jsonline.com 1 www.kansas.com 1 www.kansascity.com 1 www.kenrockwell.com 1 www.kentucky.com 1 www.ksg.harvard.edu 1 www.leanwrite.com 1 www.livejournal.com 1 www.local6.com 1 www.logicandsanity.com 1 www.madpony.com 1 www.mediaresearch.org 1 www.mercurynews.com 1 www.michaeltotten.com 1 www.microcontentnews.com 1 www.mournival.com 1 www.nbc4i.com 1 www.newsfeedonline.com 1 www.nhc.noaa.gov 1 www.nyobserver.com 1 www.nysun.com 1 www.oregonlive.com 1 www.ornery.org 1 www.papadoc.net 1 www.pavefrance.com 1 www.pcmag.com 1 www.pejmanesque.com 1 www.polidock.com 1 www.polipundit.com 1 www.qando.net 1 www.rapp.org 1 www.rightvoices.com 1 www.rion.nu 1 www.rishon-rishon.com 1 www.robinjones.us 1 www.robinjuhl.homelinux.net 1 www.rochesterwatch.com 1 www.rockabilly.nl 1 www.rooftopreport.com 1 www.russellwardlow.net 1 www.samizdata.net 1 www.slantpoint.com 1 www.snopes.com 1 www.spacetownusa.com 1 www.spiritofamerica.net 1 www.srv.net 1 www.talkingpointsmemo.com 1 www.theage.com.au 1 www.thenewatlantis.com 1 www.theunionleader.com 1 www.threeyearsofhell.com 1 www.tnr.com 1 www.truthlaidbear.com 1 www.usefulwork.com 1 www.volokh.com 1 www.volunteertv.com 1 www.vote-smart.org 1 www.wane.com 1 www.washingtonmonthly.com 1 www.wbap.com 1 www.whotendsthefires.us 1 www.wnbc.com 1 www.wunderkinder.org 1 www.yourish.com 1 xrlq.com 1 yclipse.typepad.com 1
UPDATE: Pursuant to a correction in my comments section, I’ve updated my stats.
Good work, but you missed one. My blog, DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS (christnu.org), was Insta-lanched on Septempber 14:
http://instapundit.com/archives/017816.php
(under: “ANOTHER UPDATE”)
Steve Bragg
DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS
Thanks, Steve, I’ll add it to my list. I didn’t do my data collection manually (I wrote a couple of scripts to do it) so it’s possible I have a bug or two.
He linked to me on September 3rd – and I will add that though you get a bunch of visitors over about a 3 day period, every time he has linked to the Carnival of the Recipes, I find that a week later, I may have another 20 regular visitors – so, in the long long long run, it is helpful.
I get a lot of visitors from Dean Esmay, too.
The bloggers seeming to generate the most traffic are a bit like the Rolodex President, Bush 41. They make contacts and they’re lavish in their acknowledgements. Nothing wrong with that. They’re the creators and caretakers of a vast and growing cyber-community.
Mark, I believe that generating traffic is marketing and follows pretty much the rules of marketing. There’s no single way. Name recognition can catapult you immediately into the front of the pack (like Michelle Malkin). An Instalanche may be like an advertising spot on the Superbowl. Such a spot never created any products or companies. But it did propel companies that had products along.
Blogs with a much smaller actual target marketplace may take quite some time and effort to reach that marketplace.
http://www.techcentral station and techcentral station are technially the same site.
as are http://www.nationalreview.com and nationalreview.com
as are http://www.hughhewitt.com and hughhewitt.com and http://www.hughhewitt.com”
as are http://www.andrewsullivan.com and andrewsullivan.com and so forth. Fyi.
You’re quite right, spacemonkey. I haven’t incorporated synonyms into my scanning program. I could easily strip out lead “www.” from domain names, however.
I have been checking out various sites from your list. Lots of interesting stuff, including one right in my backyard. http://www.rochesterwatch.com , which turns out to be quite cool, especially if you are local.