Blogs, newspapers, and link authority
Only four traditional media sites top the list of aggregated links back from weblogs, "but then things start to get interesting," media blogger J.D. Lasica says. After New York Times, CNN, BBC and Washington Post come Slashdot; Guardian; Plastic; Suicide Girls; Salon; BoingBoing; and Instapundit, he learned at a conference. "The importance of this measurement is obvious: The higher your placement, the more authority you have in the eyes of the blogosphere, and the more you become part of the conversation. . . .What's shocking, in a way, is how quickly the top-tier blogs like Instapundit and BoingBoing already have more link authority than well-established news sites like Slate, Fox, Reuters, MSNBC and USA Today. " Full Item