Wikio rankings for science blogs are out for July. I was concerned that time spent on my Australian tour and the reduction in posts might knock us out of the #1 slot.
This is testament to the people who kept the blog operating in my absence.
Special thanks the Charles, DBS, Tallbloke, Evan, Mike Lorrey, Steve Mosher, Steve Goddard, Willis Eschenbach, and many others for keeping the home fires burning.
And, my thanks to all the readers that spread links to other blog sites, provide tips, and provide comments. – Anthony
Oh no! Get ready for the blame game (CAGW).
“Heatwave causes power cuts in eastern US and Canada”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10541710.stm
Congratulations Anthony!
Her illustrious and most beloved Highness of Great Briton Queen Elizabeth is ratcheting up the man-made climate change meme at the UN. Battle stations, battle stations. Get ready to push the Internet ratings even higher as the global elite try to push their global governance carbon tax through again.
My secret weapon; the extended solar minimum.
Still #1!
This – to put it bluntly – is. as. it. should. be.
Congratulations, Anthony.
No surprise about #1. The cream rises.
But about #3. I noticed Climate Progress is not on the sidebar list of pro AGW views. Should it be there?
It was interesting to compare their article on the Muir Russel investigation and the review that appeared here a bit ago. WUWT made more sense.
REPLY: I’d considered a link to CP, but that blog regularly libels people, like AccuWeather’s Joe Bastardi recently. Romm is too much of angry political ranter for me to consider linking to him at this point. Besides, he’d never return the favor in his own blogroll because CP is all about him, the books he’s written/ pushing, and his view of how the world should be, not anyone else’s. He’s also as touchy as Fulminate of Mercury, almost anything will set him off. In fact maybe he’s his own special mix; Fulminate of Romm. 😉 -A
> the reduction in posts
Umm, are you keeping count? I could do this better from home, but from work I see there were 71 posts in May and 140 in June. And 32 in the first 6 days of July. I’ll post some comment counts tonight.
I think you’ve created a self-sustaining monster crushing all those who try to subvert the forces of good science. Or something like that.
You’re welcome Anthony. After spending a few days helping out I don’t see how you do it.
Since when does Romm report on science?
Congrats. Love this blog for the science, but I gotta mention that the thread yesterday on “NASA FAIL” was a complete embarrassment and a disaster. The best way to destroy the reputation of this blog (and with it the wide reader base) is to do more blatantly political hatchet jobs like that, and let the racist, right-wing anti-Obama commentary fill the space with their crapola. Glad you closed it, but the next step is to delete it and assure us that this kind of descent into political hackery won’t happen again. It’s lowered my opinion of Anthony a notch or two. Don’t let that continue. This blog is a valuable resource across the political spectrum and it’s only weakened by identifying itself with a particular political slant.
[REPLY – I would have to say that NASA policy statements are of legitimate concern for this blog. I will also note that lack of agreement with presidential policy does not necessarily equate to racism. ~ Evan]
Congratulations!
If this trend continues, by 2011 you can be at spot -1!
One of the few science sites I have found worth visiting. The only one I visit regularly.
conradg says:
July 7, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Congrats. Love this blog for the science, but I gotta mention that the thread yesterday on “NASA FAIL” was a complete embarrassment and a disaster.
—————–Reply
Face it–NASA is a complete embarrassment and a disaster. And the blame goes to one political party. Such is reality.
So if you’re really interested in “science” yet skeptical of my estimation, I’d say let’s watch what happens. But from my current perspective, the view ain’t purty.
The accolade is deserved, unreservedly!
Anthony, you have created what is possibly the greatest bulwark against the AGW catastrophic propaganda.
WELL DONE!!
Romm is a straight up opinion political blog. There are very few people that don’t trip his temper.
There is a lot to learn on this site about climate.
conradg says:
July 7, 2010 at 1:46 pm
“[…] delete it and assure us that this kind of descent into political hackery won’t happen again. It’s lowered my opinion of Anthony a notch or two. Don’t let that continue. […]”
Smells like a concern troll.
I suspect if you plot your hit rates since inception you would get a hockey stick shape which is just cause for us to blame you for global warming as correlation = causation (doesn’t it?).
Well done and it was a pleasure to hear and meet you in Adelaide (where we are suffering the longest run of overnight temps below 5C since the mid 1980’s).
Joe Romm was prattling on about “Peak readership for anti-science blogs?” a couple weeks ago;
http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/23/blacklist-peak-readership-for-denier-blogs/
and how “webstats comparison sites (like Compete or Alexa) almost certainly miss a large fraction of my readers because I have chosen a subscriber-driven strategy.”
It’s quite entertaining to watch the Warmists try to delude themselves into believing that things are going well for them…
conradg,
Equating being “anti-Obama” with being “right wing” is simply stupid.
Equating being “anti-Obama” and/or “right wing” with being “racist” is a libel.
conradg says:
July 7, 2010 at 1:46 pm
The political hackery is with an administration that is anti science and thinks that “feel good” is better than competence. I don’t care what party they’re from. The party with the elephant is just as incompetent.
Webstats sites do, in fact, count all the hits on blogs that have to depend on aggressive subscriber-push marketing to generate hits, like CP.
Just The Facts says:
July 7, 2010 at 2:39 pm
“Joe Romm was prattling on about “Peak readership for anti-science blogs?” a couple weeks ago;
http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/23/blacklist-peak-readership-for-denier-blogs/
”
They love blacklists, it seems. BTW, Google News is full of Huffington post and a lot of left and right fringe blog posts but NO WUWT, none at all. Do they use Romm’s blacklist? 😉
How exactly is this administration anti-science? Do you have any real evidence to support this? Or is it just another trolling line of ideological nonsense?
As for anti-Obama views being right-wing, who here is stupid enough to believe otherwise? All leftist anti-Obama detractors raise your hands.
As for racism, read the thread in question. It’s pretty disgusting.
As for NASA being a disaster, that’s debatable, and there are points and criticisms to be made on either side of it, but how exactly would that be the result of one political party’s incompetence? Obama has been President for less than 18 months. For eight years previously, it was run by a Republican President who was probably voted for by these same anti-Obamists, and yet somehow he’s not responsible for the state of NASA. I call that pure political demagoguery.
And no, the party with the elephant is way more incompetent, unfortunately, and they proved that over the last eight years. Obama is at least trying to boost the profile of science, as in this case, but even when he does, the right tries to put him down for it. Can’t win, apparently.
Warm congratulations to Anthony and the WUWT team.
Good to have a bit of good news.
So far today we have had the Freedom of Information Commissioner deciding in favour of David Holland’s EIR request complaint about the UEA. That’s good news but I guess only Bishop Hill will pick it up (no link – too dfficult for an old guy learning how to comment using a Blackberry). And, of course, the complaint is over six months old so UEA gat away scott free again.
Then we have Muir Russell, the Jackson Pollak of whitewash.
Then we have Phil Jones being appointed Director of Research back at UEA.
Then we learn that the BBC has decided to renew their weather forecasting contract with the MET office.
And to round off the day, Phil Willis, the applier of the first coat of UEA whitewash, elevated to the House of Lords. Don’t know his title but Lord Willis of Whitewash should suit.
You might think that this is news management at its best.
Cynics!
I’m sure it is just a series of marvellous co-incidences!
Perhaps Global Warming causes co-incidences? Did anyone look at that?
conradg says:
July 7, 2010 at 2:59 pm
“[…]party’s incompetence? Obama has been President for less than 18 months. For eight years previously, it was run by a Republican President who was probably voted for by these same anti-Obamists, and yet somehow he’s not responsible for the state of NASA. I call that pure political demagoguery. […]”
First, complains about politicisation of blog.
2nd, incites the same political argument on another thread.
Threadjacking.
I neglected to mention Willis Eschenbach in the first draft. That oversight has been remedied. My apologies.
Still a bit foggy. The whole AU trip was a whirlwind. If I’ve left anyone else out, don’t be shy about speaking up.
There’s other climate science blogs? Why?
Congrats once again, Doc.
….. and all that make it real!