Why Is There Only 73 On The List Of 100?

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Sunday, 9 of September , 2007 at 4:18 pm

I found 45n5’s list of Top 100 Make Money at Home Blogs very interesting. But why are there only 73 blogs on the list? Did he run out of blogs to analyze or just wanted to publish the list before it was finished? Either way, it’s an interesting list.

Here are some of the most interesting blogs included in the list:

• Carl Ocab - This guy is 14 years old. He’s making money. How cool is that?
• Blog About Your Blog - I just don’t like the way this one looks. I couldn’t believe it was so high on the list.
• Aojon.com - OK, besides being dark and depressing like the movie “The Crow” with Brandon Lee, what does Aojon mean? I couldn’t figure that out.
• 45n5 - Uh, isn’t he the one who created the list? Why is he on it?
• John Cow - Really just making fun of John Chow, though they do offer make money at home tips, mostly by taking potshots and jabs at John Chow. Why?
• Reality Wired - Firefox couldn’t find the server. Hmmm.
• Vandelay Web Design - How did a blog about website design get on the list?
• Dirty Little Secrets - Cool name for a blog, but it leads to miriguy.com.
• Egonitron - Makes me think of ghostbusters.
• Dazzlin Donna - Cool design and branding job. I was dazzled.
• Affiliate Marketing Journal - Uh, say, can I buy that domain name?
• Mom Works at Home - Oh, look, a very busy Blospot blog.
• Webmaster Chick - Cute. Nice, soft brand, and good design.

Of course, none of this is meant to be disparaging. I found some of these entries interesting for one reason or another. A couple of other observations: I also noticed most of the blogs included on the list are either blogs about blogs or blogs about affiliate marketing and many of them also seem to write about the same topics (a contest run by David Airy, AuctionAds, etc.). Just as interesting is who is not included on the list:

• Lorelle on WordPress
• I didn’t see any SEOs on the list
• Marketing Pilgrim
• Seth Godin
• Other pioneers of Internet marketing

These observations make me wonder why a more thorough examination couldn’t be made to include criteria such as branding, content, creativity, design, and other such factors rather than merely data such as PageRank, Technorati Authority, and Alexa Ranking. Still, I applaud 45n5 for giving it a try. The list needs a little improvement. Oh, and why is Michael Martine in the sandbox?

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