Here's a little inside baseball ... my friend Gary recently chided me that I link Powerline too often. Hmmm... I wondered, really? I like Powerline and they link interesting stuff, but I don't want to become too one-sided. Not to mention, if all I did was link one site, that wouldn't be very interesting to you - you could simply link them directly.
[Update: Gary clarified, when I post political things I link Powerline too often. And other "right" sources. And I think he's right; as I look at this list, most of the political sites are "on the right". (It could be argued that many of the "mass media" sites are "on the left", but they are not purely political. So a) sorry I misrepresented your comment Gary, and b) I'll try not to be such an echo chamber...]
So I did what anyone would do - wrote a script to analyze my links. Here's the top 100 domains in 22,446 links from 3,443 posts:
| domain |
total |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2020 |
2022 |
2023 |
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| w-uh.com |
2972 |
320 |
191 |
155 |
49 |
28 |
461 |
456 |
336 |
276 |
1 |
37 |
197 |
201 |
93 |
25 |
32 |
27 |
87
|
| feedproxy.google.com |
1057 |
|
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|
69 |
302 |
180 |
241 |
|
37 |
142 |
43 |
20 |
4 |
15 |
3 |
1
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| velonews.competitor.com |
373 |
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|
109 |
100 |
|
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111 |
49 |
4 |
|
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| boingboing.net |
360 |
57 |
60 |
30 |
15 |
2 |
10 |
28 |
18 |
10 |
|
9 |
24 |
42 |
23 |
2 |
19 |
5 |
6
|
| wired.com |
317 |
105 |
66 |
30 |
5 |
1 |
18 |
31 |
17 |
10 |
|
6 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
|
2 |
6 |
6
|
| engadget.com |
283 |
|
25 |
27 |
5 |
2 |
24 |
52 |
34 |
19 |
|
6 |
28 |
27 |
25 |
1 |
4 |
|
4
|
| cnn.com |
280 |
95 |
91 |
11 |
5 |
1 |
18 |
13 |
5 |
3 |
|
6 |
14 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| velonews.com |
238 |
1 |
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|
15 |
4 |
83 |
127 |
|
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3 |
4 |
1 |
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| nytimes.com |
226 |
56 |
36 |
9 |
3 |
|
30 |
22 |
16 |
12 |
|
3 |
9 |
15 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
|
2
|
| kottke.org |
216 |
7 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
40 |
40 |
30 |
15 |
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12 |
25 |
18 |
6 |
3 |
10 |
2 |
4
|
| amazon.com |
215 |
49 |
33 |
16 |
3 |
|
24 |
24 |
10 |
3 |
|
15 |
8 |
21 |
4 |
|
4 |
|
1
|
| feeds.feedburner.com |
201 |
|
21 |
22 |
7 |
4 |
122 |
25 |
|
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| radio.weblogs.com |
190 |
120 |
60 |
10 |
|
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| youtube.com |
173 |
|
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1 |
3 |
22 |
32 |
31 |
38 |
|
4 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
2
|
| powerlineblog.com |
167 |
1 |
12 |
8 |
5 |
|
47 |
39 |
18 |
16 |
|
|
1 |
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2 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
3
|
| pajamasmedia.com |
157 |
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|
60 |
64 |
21 |
12 |
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| scripting.com |
150 |
18 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
21 |
25 |
21 |
16 |
|
5 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
|
2 |
1 |
3
|
| facebook.com |
149 |
1 |
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|
3 |
6 |
9 |
23 |
41 |
58 |
5 |
1 |
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2 |
|
|
| inhabitat.com |
149 |
|
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|
23 |
19 |
22 |
11 |
|
20 |
21 |
14 |
14 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
| daringfireball.net |
147 |
6 |
11 |
4 |
|
|
34 |
27 |
28 |
9 |
|
1 |
11 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
|
3
|
| google.com |
141 |
19 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
9 |
38 |
4 |
13 |
|
6 |
25 |
13 |
6 |
|
1 |
|
|
| techcrunch.com |
140 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
21 |
17 |
15 |
9 |
|
3 |
22 |
31 |
16 |
|
|
1 |
4
|
| blogs.law.harvard.edu |
122 |
26 |
22 |
1 |
|
|
12 |
20 |
10 |
10 |
|
1 |
10 |
10 |
|
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|
| rss.slashdot.org |
117 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
16 |
30 |
22 |
13 |
|
7 |
11 |
7 |
6 |
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|
| sports.espn.go.com |
116 |
41 |
26 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
29 |
12 |
2 |
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| gnxp.com |
115 |
58 |
26 |
13 |
1 |
|
16 |
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1 |
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| economist.com |
113 |
7 |
10 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
39 |
17 |
3 |
1 |
|
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|
1 |
|
1 |
13 |
|
1
|
| americandigest.org |
112 |
|
9 |
11 |
5 |
1 |
23 |
18 |
12 |
9 |
|
6 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
|
3 |
2 |
|
| apple.com |
112 |
37 |
30 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
|
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
| en.wikipedia.org |
112 |
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
20 |
17 |
10 |
6 |
|
4 |
11 |
14 |
13 |
|
5 |
|
5
|
| instapundit.com |
103 |
20 |
33 |
12 |
3 |
1 |
24 |
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|
6 |
4
|
| rss.com.com |
99 |
92 |
7 |
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| salon.com |
99 |
36 |
10 |
|
1 |
|
10 |
5 |
13 |
4 |
|
2 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
4
|
| news.com.com |
97 |
47 |
32 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
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|
| littlegreenfootballs.com |
95 |
13 |
22 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
24 |
13 |
6 |
4 |
|
2 |
2 |
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1 |
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|
| aperio.com |
94 |
11 |
25 |
13 |
5 |
9 |
13 |
3 |
15 |
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|
| newyorker.com |
88 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
|
1 |
20 |
25 |
12 |
6 |
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|
8 |
3 |
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
| news.bbc.co.uk |
86 |
47 |
16 |
8 |
1 |
|
7 |
6 |
1 |
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|
| tbray.org |
86 |
29 |
16 |
4 |
1 |
|
5 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
|
1 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
3
|
| foxnews.com |
84 |
7 |
3 |
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|
24 |
34 |
9 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1
|
| althouse.blogspot.com |
83 |
|
8 |
2 |
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|
28 |
25 |
9 |
6 |
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1 |
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|
1 |
1 |
2
|
| feeds.powerlineblog.com |
82 |
|
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|
10 |
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2 |
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6 |
11 |
20 |
14 |
5 |
14 |
|
|
| news.cnet.com |
82 |
|
|
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|
19 |
37 |
13 |
7 |
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3 |
3 |
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| arstechnica.com |
80 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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1 |
17 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
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2 |
10 |
3 |
17 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
4
|
| futurepundit.com |
80 |
7 |
12 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
18 |
12 |
9 |
5 |
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2 |
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1 |
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| pjmedia.com |
75 |
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2 |
14 |
21 |
18 |
4 |
13 |
2 |
1
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| thetruthaboutcars.com |
74 |
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34 |
31 |
3 |
2 |
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1 |
2 |
1 |
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| rss.cnn.com |
72 |
|
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|
21 |
15 |
11 |
5 |
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3 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
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1 |
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| eyesfinder.com |
71 |
1 |
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|
2 |
40 |
15 |
13 |
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| laughingsquid.com |
71 |
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1 |
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1 |
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13 |
25 |
16 |
6 |
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7 |
2 |
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| twitter.com |
71 |
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2 |
4 |
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6 |
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1 |
2 |
1 |
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|
23 |
10 |
22
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| zooborns.com |
70 |
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2 |
28 |
19 |
8 |
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2 |
7 |
2 |
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2 |
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| dilbert.com |
69 |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
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4 |
11 |
23 |
13 |
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5 |
8 |
1 |
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1
|
| businessweek.com |
67 |
18 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
|
12 |
14 |
4 |
1 |
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3 |
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| codinghorror.com |
65 |
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|
12 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
17 |
8 |
2 |
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1 |
2 |
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| slate.com |
65 |
1 |
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3 |
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11 |
14 |
1 |
3 |
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6 |
14 |
4 |
5 |
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2 |
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1
|
| cyclingnews.com |
64 |
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25 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
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7 |
6 |
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3 |
1 |
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| gizmodo.com |
64 |
17 |
15 |
10 |
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7 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
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| pvrblog.com |
64 |
15 |
31 |
13 |
4 |
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1 |
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| washingtonpost.com |
64 |
29 |
8 |
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4 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
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3 |
7 |
4 |
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| feeds.arstechnica.com |
63 |
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2 |
8 |
15 |
12 |
8 |
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2 |
7 |
9 |
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| archive.scripting.com |
62 |
9 |
37 |
16 |
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| denbeste.nu |
62 |
46 |
14 |
2 |
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| iditarod.com |
62 |
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7 |
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11 |
13 |
30 |
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1
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| esr.ibiblio.org |
60 |
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2 |
3 |
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13 |
10 |
16 |
4 |
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5 |
2 |
2 |
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3 |
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| joelonsoftware.com |
58 |
17 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
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11 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
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2 |
1 |
1
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| spacex.com |
56 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
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12 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
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4 |
2 |
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1
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| alwayson-network.com |
55 |
12 |
42 |
1 |
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| blogs.wsj.com |
51 |
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3 |
24 |
6 |
6 |
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1 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
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| collisiondetection.net |
51 |
3 |
9 |
13 |
7 |
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8 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
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1 |
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| digg.com |
50 |
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3 |
2 |
6 |
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1 |
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3 |
10 |
16 |
6 |
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1 |
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2
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| slashdot.org |
49 |
22 |
19 |
4 |
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1 |
1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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| feeds.wired.com |
48 |
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8 |
12 |
13 |
12 |
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3 |
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| cultofmac.com |
47 |
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10 |
14 |
7 |
2 |
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1 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
1
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| parislemon.com |
47 |
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3 |
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5 |
22 |
14 |
3 |
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| scriptingnews.userland.com |
45 |
45 |
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| slate.msn.com |
41 |
14 |
18 |
9 |
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| horsesmouth.typepad.com |
40 |
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4 |
13 |
10 |
6 |
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3 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
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| popularmechanics.com |
40 |
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11 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
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1 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
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4 |
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| blognewsnetwork.com |
39 |
12 |
27 |
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| nasa.tumblr.com |
39 |
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4 |
19 |
3 |
11 |
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2
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| online.wsj.com |
38 |
5 |
2 |
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11 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
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1 |
2 |
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| silflayhraka.com |
38 |
14 |
16 |
7 |
1 |
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| doc.weblogs.com |
37 |
11 |
21 |
4 |
1 |
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| latimes.com |
36 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
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8 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
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1 |
3 |
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5 |
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| russellbeattie.com |
36 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
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11 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
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1 |
2 |
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| diveintomark.org |
35 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
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1 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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| telegraph.co.uk |
35 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
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5 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
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3 |
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1 |
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1 |
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| ventureblog.com |
35 |
30 |
4 |
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1 |
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| newscientist.com |
34 |
13 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
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| pandasthumb.org |
34 |
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7 |
7 |
3 |
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9 |
5 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1
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| teslarati.com |
34 |
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2 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
11 |
3 |
3
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| caltriplecrown.com |
33 |
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7 |
26 |
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| gigaom.com |
33 |
1 |
3 |
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1 |
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1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
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1 |
10 |
8 |
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| jrobb.mindplex.org |
33 |
19 |
13 |
1 |
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| story.news.yahoo.com |
33 |
20 |
12 |
1 |
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| command-post.org |
32 |
7 |
24 |
1 |
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| rottentomatoes.com |
32 |
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1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
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3 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
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1 |
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| xkcd.com |
32 |
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1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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3 |
1 |
4 |
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11 |
2 |
4
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| blog.aperio.com |
31 |
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7 |
4 |
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8 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
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Thoughts on this list:
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Almost all of those sites still exist. Whew. But not all of them.
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I have started linking to Twitter. Did not do previously, could not follow. I predict this will grow a lot.
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Many links to YouTube. I used to embed videos, it was hard to do, and the technique kept changing. I just link now, although it's worse for you; the user experience of visiting YouTube is terrible.
- Other than linking back here, the second most popular link destination is feedproxy.google.com; those are links to blogs that use Feedburner RSS feeds (acquired by Google in 2007). I should make sure those links point straight back to the blogs, a project for another day. Google, argh!
- Would be interesting (and not that easy) to figure out how many of these links are still valid. In the old days, you could do an HTTP GET and if you got a 404 status, okay, page is gone. But many sites (including this one?) simply take you to the home page instead. You get a page, but not the one you linked. So there would have to be some logic to compare the linking text to the page to see if a redirection took place.
Some other interesting facts:
- The post with the most links was "catching up" in 2004, with 228. I'm sure you clicked all of them.
- 690 posts have zero links! Many probably think pieces which were not a reaction to an external link.
- 509 posts have one link, and 282 have two links.
Cheers and onward!
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