People send me stuff….sometimes it’s hate mail, sometimes it’s requests for research, sometimes it’s silly science. I didn’t expect this one.
Today I got this notice in the email.
Name: Anuj Agarwal
Email: xxxxxxx
Message: Hi Watts Up With That Team,
My name is Anuj Agarwal. I’m Founder of Feedspot.
I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog Watts Up With That has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 100 Weather Blogs on the web.
https://blog.feedspot.com/weather_blogs/
I personally give you a high-five and want to thank you for your contribution to this world. This is the most comprehensive list of Top 100 Weather Blogs on the internet and I’m honored to have you as part of this!
Also, you have the honor of displaying the badge on your blog.
Best,
Anuj
So I thought, no big deal. I’m already in their list of top 100 science blogs, at #42, as seen on our right sidebar.
Then I saw these new ranks:
Congratulations to Dr. Roy Spencer for being #2. I’m shocked really, especially with REDDIT as competition.
Some other notable ranks:
- Met Service/Met Office 7 and 8 respectively
- AGU Atmospheric sciences, 10
- Cliff Mass #11 (he should be #4 IMHO)
- BoM #12
- NASA #14
- Penn State #23
- Judith Curry #28 (she should be #3 IMHO)
- RealClimate #30
- Royal Meteorological Society #34
Now, watch the screaming begin. I’m going to have a beer.
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I got the email too. Some sort of scam to attract traffic I assume.
Well, maybe…but they don’t seem to have a lot of advertising…in fact, none at all on this link (which is where the badge takes you)
https://blog.feedspot.com/weather_blogs/
#1#1#1….. 😀
Looks like it might be some kind of spammer
Feedspot just spammed all of my contacts
https://www.quora.com/Feedspot-just-spammed-all-of-my-contacts-Has-anyone-else-had-this-problem-I-see-no-way-to-close-an-account-How-do-you-close-your-account-and-stop-this-from-spamming-everyone
Feedspot Supports and Sends Spam
http://www.farmsoftstudios.com/blog/2015/12/technology/feedspot-supports-and-sends-spam/
Looks like icisil nailed a possible reason. Feedspot is out to harvest emails to sell.
While WUWT honestly deserves the top spot for multiple reasons; it’s possible the feedspot is ranking sites by the number of visitors, to maximize potential email addresses.
Anyone visiting the feedspot parasite, should first check they’re signing into websites anonymously.
Both of those links above are dated 2015.
The odd thing is that on the Quora link, Agarwal was the first to respond, and he doesn’t dvny that they do use your contact list. Instead, he says that they have kindly allowed you to opt out, if you know what to do:
“To stop referral email invitations, click on the ‘Referral Email Invitation’ tab on the account settings page and click the ‘Stop Invitation’ button.”
Here is what four Amazon users had to say:
https://www.amazon.com/Feedspot-News-Reader-RSS/product-reviews/B00HU7MEQ4
Isn’t Agarwal or Agarwal family one of the billionaire families in India. If so they would not need advertising.
Scam or not, I liked the pic of you hugging a tree. 😎
Yeah, tree hugger, heart warmer.
That’s Roy, is it not?
That’s picture of Roy Spencer, not AW.
Btw, I wonder, whether Roy and all the other 99 did get similar emails, too?
I was replying to Dr. Roy’s comment. He was the “you” in my comment.
Exactly. They are getting more publicity out of you than you are getting out of them.
Next.
Only really do we get an article about Hotwhopper Sou, and I more-or-less understand why.
But, like Griff & his polar bears, the laughter & spontaneous spitting of coffee on the computer screen is well worth it.
We at WUAT then go into deep angst about having (thru the Streisand effect) massively raised Sou’s traffic numbers. Practically speaking, we probably raise he traffic ten-fold (27/day to 270/day), but the effect lasts for less than 48 hours.
God only knows what kind of scam Anuj Agarwal (and Feedspot) are running…but we do know about Griff & Sou.
A big congrats to Anthony and team Watts!
Agreed, congratulations, you certainly deserve that.
A nice winter brew, hopefully. 😉🍻
I’ll have a beer in your honor also.
Congrats!
Jonas,
Surely this merits a wine – or two.
Never mind.
I have imbibed them on your behalf!
Smiles,
And hugs,
Auto
Gee, if you want a wine or two, just wait until Griff comes along. Oh wait, did you mean…?
D.J.
I sure did. Vin rouge!
Auto
Congratulations!
Anthony ==> #1 — Weather Blog……
It has taken a lot of perseverance on your part to see this thing through — but if nothing else, the Climate Alarm Team is not fooling itself — it knows who their real opposition is: WUWT.
I’ll buy ya that beer (and I’;m a tee-totaller!)
Celebrate with a beer on me too. This is great news and I cannot disagree with your other selections for #2 to #4 either.
Congratulations Anthony, well deserved.
A bigly congrats!!!!!
Make Weather Great Again!!
It’s yuuuuge!
(weather never was great… ☺)
There were a couple of days this past spring …
Congrats Anthony! Well deserved. To think it all started with a change of paint!
But… I thought weather and climate were two distinct things, except hot weather of course.
Well done Anthony, Top again & I agree with your other selections as runners up.
I shall celebrate with a glass of cider, then off to bed.
Kudos and of course and perhaps more importantly cheers
Congratulations.
There’s no doubt about it: WUWT is one of the best blogs on the planet.
What Jimmy said.
So your an ex seal and get 34 posts a week wow congrats Anthony .
You shouldn’t be surprised and thoroughly deserve your outstanding place. Well done and please keep up the good work!
Don’t drink all that beer…you’ll get a headache!
Congrats.
Congratulations to you and to everybody that has made it possible: moderators, contributors, readers and commenters.
What’s he selling?
He wants a reciprocal link from WUWT because WUWT gets a lot of traffic.
“you have the honor of displaying the badge on your blog”
That “badge” will be a link back to his website.
“I personally give you a high-five and want to thank you for your contribution to this world’
I second that. Congratulations
More Fun Than the College Football Playoffs Heh Dr Pepper here
Joe, you deserve more recognition also for your efforts. You rule the long-range forecasting sector of meteorology.
I would most certainly second that!!
I left WU years ago and now get all my weather info from WeatherBell, MeteoStar and Earth nullschool.
I think when modern times become history, Anthony Watts will be heralded with even greater laurels.
Congratulations. The world at large owes you more than it even yet knows.
we’ll let this percolate for a day or so before getting too excited, but if this is credible,
time to spread the word among the warm mongers
Great stuff Anthony. Well done!
Whoever/whatever put that list and all the others together must have spent a huge amount of time doing it.
Looks like congratulations are in order. Congratulations!