Z-List: Thank You, I think… « Organized Mashup

Z-List: Thank You, I think…

I really appreciate being a part of the Z-List. I’ve received some valuable exposure.

As I write this post, Technorati has my authority at 357, a ranking of 9,451along with 511 links. This is cool, yet I know the driving force is the Z-List.

Then I read a white paper on titled: How to Measure Social Media Relations: The More Things Change, the More they Stay the Same. It’s a great resource for those who are new to social media. I even found some stuff I’m going to use.

One is kineda were you can measure your “bloglebrity” status. I’m proud to say that I’m currently a B-List blogger.

Then I came across Stowe Boyd’s Conversation Index which measures the number of comments to posts (1:1 is good). This means that your posts are generating conversations which I believe is the whole point of social media – right?

When I figured out mine (26 comments out of 49 posts), I got depressed.

It’s kinda like that depression you get after listening to a Jason Calcanis podcast – he’s so damn smart and so right, yet he makes you feel so insignificant in the bigger picture.So, the question goes back to what is authority and how useful is it? I think linking is important and I think the Conversation Index is important.

Can the two be combined to establish a new metric for blog ranking?

Should they?