Comments on: The top 8 travel blogs — and why you should care http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-top-8-travel-blogs-and-why-you-should-care/ The travel troubleshooter. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:45:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: EmilyD in NYC http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-top-8-travel-blogs-and-why-you-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-11643 EmilyD in NYC Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:39:27 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=4981#comment-11643 This is an interesting list, but I don't see how Gothamist is a travel blog at all really. In fact, I think Gothamist is mainly targeted at New Yorkers doing things in New York. I'm a huge Gothamist fan, but I think it's misplaced in a ranking of travel blogs. They certainly feature restaurants, shows and places to go, but I don't see much travel information on offer, and many of the stories are neighborhood gossip pieces that are only of interest to people living in the city. This is an interesting list, but I don’t see how Gothamist is a travel blog at all really. In fact, I think Gothamist is mainly targeted at New Yorkers doing things in New York. I’m a huge Gothamist fan, but I think it’s misplaced in a ranking of travel blogs. They certainly feature restaurants, shows and places to go, but I don’t see much travel information on offer, and many of the stories are neighborhood gossip pieces that are only of interest to people living in the city.

]]> By: Christopher Elliott http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-top-8-travel-blogs-and-why-you-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-11428 Christopher Elliott Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:12:40 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=4981#comment-11428 Good point, Andrew. I was, indeed, referring to authority. I've fixed that. Your blog definitely belongs on this list. I wish there were something more reliable than Technorati/Alexa. As I said, these are very imprecise ways of measuring traffic and authority. Good point, Andrew. I was, indeed, referring to authority. I’ve fixed that. Your blog definitely belongs on this list. I wish there were something more reliable than Technorati/Alexa. As I said, these are very imprecise ways of measuring traffic and authority.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-top-8-travel-blogs-and-why-you-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-11426 Andrew Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:01:28 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=4981#comment-11426 Interesting list, Chris. Alexa is infamous for out-of-touch numbers (they showed YouTube as outpacing Google about a year ago, oops) but you've got to pick your poison. Our Daily Travel & Deal blog has an Alexa rank of 440 today (yes, we benefit from our latimes.com affiliation). Our Technorati rank is 18,829 -- looks like you're actually referencing Technorati "authority" in your numbers ("the number of blogs linking to a website in the last six months"), rather than Technorati Rank, where lower actually means less popular. Our current authority is 320. As for Compete, they don't extract travel.latimes.com numbers from LAT.com traffic, so they show our posts passing in front of as many as 3.3m pairs of eyeballs in March. Any way you care to slice it, it's great to see the growth of group and individual travel blogs continue to snowball. In adventure, Andrew, Sr. Producer LATimes.com Travel Interesting list, Chris. Alexa is infamous for out-of-touch numbers (they showed YouTube as outpacing Google about a year ago, oops) but you’ve got to pick your poison.

Our Daily Travel & Deal blog has an Alexa rank of 440 today (yes, we benefit from our latimes.com affiliation).

Our Technorati rank is 18,829 — looks like you’re actually referencing Technorati “authority” in your numbers (“the number of blogs linking to a website in the last six months”), rather than Technorati Rank, where lower actually means less popular. Our current authority is 320.

As for Compete, they don’t extract travel.latimes.com numbers from LAT.com traffic, so they show our posts passing in front of as many as 3.3m pairs of eyeballs in March.

Any way you care to slice it, it’s great to see the growth of group and individual travel blogs continue to snowball.

In adventure,
Andrew, Sr. Producer
LATimes.com Travel

]]> By: [READY for JL photo] Wednesday Morning - Travel - LATimes.com http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-top-8-travel-blogs-and-why-you-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-11418 [READY for JL photo] Wednesday Morning - Travel - LATimes.com Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:53:54 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=4981#comment-11418 [...] TRAVEL BLOGS | Elliott lists the 8 biggest travel blogs and why you should care. [...] [...] TRAVEL BLOGS | Elliott lists the 8 biggest travel blogs and why you should care. [...]

]]> By: Elliott.org ranks TravelPod #1 « TravelPod News http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-top-8-travel-blogs-and-why-you-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-11417 Elliott.org ranks TravelPod #1 « TravelPod News Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:02:44 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=4981#comment-11417 [...] ranks TravelPod #1 Influential travel blog, Elliott.org has ranked TravelPod at the top of the eight best travel blog sites this [...] [...] ranks TravelPod #1 Influential travel blog, Elliott.org has ranked TravelPod at the top of the eight best travel blog sites this [...]

]]> By: Louise Brown http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-top-8-travel-blogs-and-why-you-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-11404 Louise Brown Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:42:54 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=4981#comment-11404 Hey, awesome, thanks for placing TravelPod at number one! It's definitely a competitive marketplace, but I think TravelPod consistently comes out on top because of our dedicated community of inspiring writers! Louise Brown TravelPod Community Manager Hey, awesome, thanks for placing TravelPod at number one! It’s definitely a competitive marketplace, but I think TravelPod consistently comes out on top because of our dedicated community of inspiring writers!

Louise Brown
TravelPod Community Manager

]]> By: sforhner http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-top-8-travel-blogs-and-why-you-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-11390 sforhner Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:57:06 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=4981#comment-11390 Real Simple has a list of best blogs... http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/gallery/0,21863,1707840,00.html Travel blogs.bootsnall.com/seafarer www.elliott.org www.intelligenttravel.typepad.com Real Simple has a list of best blogs…

http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/gallery/0,21863,1707840,00.html

Travel
blogs.bootsnall.com/seafarer
http://www.elliott.org
http://www.intelligenttravel.typepad.com

]]> By: Justin http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-top-8-travel-blogs-and-why-you-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-11388 Justin Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:21:23 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=4981#comment-11388 ...and according to compete.com, elliott.org comes in just above worldhum.com: elliott.org 22,311 …and according to compete.com, elliott.org comes in just above worldhum.com:

elliott.org 22,311

]]> By: Justin http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-top-8-travel-blogs-and-why-you-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-11385 Justin Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:17:15 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/?p=4981#comment-11385 I tend to trust Compete.com when it comes to rankings, and not just because they put Gadling on top of this list. :) Here's how it stacks up (for the month of March) according to them: gadling.com 514,965 travelpod.com 243,901 gridskipper.com 235,239 gothamist.com 228,683 bootsnall.com 159,286 jaunted.com 125,769 <b>elliott.org 22,311</b> worldhum.com 21,612 travelblog.com 799 I tend to trust Compete.com when it comes to rankings, and not just because they put Gadling on top of this list. :) Here’s how it stacks up (for the month of March) according to them:

gadling.com 514,965
travelpod.com 243,901
gridskipper.com 235,239
gothamist.com 228,683
bootsnall.com 159,286
jaunted.com 125,769
elliott.org 22,311
worldhum.com 21,612
travelblog.com 799

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