Having collected a wide selection of local blogs to monitor and found a means to rank their performance, my next job it to start reviewing them one by one, which you can find here.
So just to start off with I'll review this blog to show readers how I'll be doing it.
If you want to add your review of this blog or suggest another local site for review, please do so in the comments section.
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Title: Reading List
Publisher: Oranjepan
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Berkshire blog ranking: 5th (July 2009)
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Type: Community hub
Focus: General, local and current affairs
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Sample posting: Mixed Reception For Rebranded Radio Station (March 26th, 2009)
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Style: (1.5 out of 2pts)
Largely impersonal compare and contrast. Tries to be impartial and objective. Some humour.
Specialisms: (1.5 out of 2pts)
Particularly interested in personal and party political views. Several regular and irregular features.
Regularity: (2 out of 2pts)
Mostly daily.
Multi-media: (1 out of 2pts)
Occasional photos and video.
Interactivity: (1.5 out of 2pts)
Large number of links, active in comments section.
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Total rating: (7.5 out of 10pts)
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Quote this: "An excellent digest of the thoughts of local bloggers" (from Reading Guide)
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August
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- Round-Up: Reading Festival 2009
- Love Your Lothario
- Round-Up: The Results Are In!
- Campaign Update: Action On Empty Homes!
- Dealing With Kids On Wheels
- The Rich Man
- Recommended Reading List #33
- Reading West Selection Up In Air
- Campaign Update: Save The Bath Road Reservoir!
- Campaign Update: Save Pincents Hill!
- Picture: Across The Muddy Banks Of The Thames
- Round-Up: Health Battle Causes Election Headache
- Don't Forget The Gurkhas
- Slough Promises Invisible Footprint
- Reviewing The Berkshire Blogosphere
- Cav Court Completed
- Police Charged With Corruption
- Taking A Break, Or Not
- Top of the Berkshire Blogs - July 2009
- Round-up: Discussing Appropriate Social Media Beha...
- Twittergate
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- On The Eclectica Trail
- On The Election Trail
- Who Is Your Hardest Working Local Politician?
- The Expenses Scandal
- Berkshire Council Taxes
- Reading Budget 2010/11
- Reading Budget 2009/10
- Reading Civic Status
- Reading Festival
- Reading University in Transition
- Reading Buses
- Transport Matters
- Local Crime Issues
- Sport & Leisure Stories
- Children's Services in Reading
- Housing in Reading
- Local Media & Communications
- Weather Issues
- King's Meadow Campaign
- Bath Rd Reservoir
- Pincent's Hill & White Hart Meadow Campaigns
- Save Our Pubs!
- Heathrow Expansion
- AWE Aldermaston
- Berkshire Jobs
- BBC Berkshire
- ITV Local - Meridian
- Teletext Thames Valley
- BBC Radio Berkshire
- Heart Berkshire Radio
- Reading4u 87.9fm
- Reading 107fm
- Radio Bracknell Forest
- Asian Star 101.6fm
- Local Berkshire
- City Local - Reading
- Berkshire Life
- Reading Post
- Newbury.net
- NDS - South East
- Google News - Reading, Berkshire
- Topix News - Reading
- About My Area - Reading News
- Spark
- Reading Forum
Berkshire Campaign Links
- Action For Market Towns
- Amnesty Reading
- Berkshire Nature Conservation Forum
- Bring It Back
- Campaign Against Living Miserably
- Campaign Alliance For Lifelong Learning
- Campaign For The Reform Of Council Tax
- Econet Berkshire
- Greenham & Cookham Commons Commission
- Gurkha Justice
- Jubilee Debt Campaign
- Keep Trade Local
- Kennet Valley Ark
- Living With Fibromyalgia
- Loddon Valley Action Group
- National Playing Fields Association
- NO2ID
- RACE
- Re-Open The Jolly Anglers
- Reading Area Charities Together
- Reading CAMRA
- Reading Civic Society
- Reading Cycle Campaign
- Reading Friends of the Earth
- Reading Pride
- Reading Refugee Support Group
- Reading Single Homeless Project
- Reading Trade Justice Group
- Reading Voluntary Action Directory
- RISC
- Rising Tide
- Save Calcot Fields
- Save King's Meadow Baths
- Save Pincent's Hill
- Save Slough Town Hall
- Save The Bath Road Reservoir
- Save Windsor Fire Station
- SkyScreamers
- SOS Reading
- Stop Heathrow Expansion
- UK Missing Kids
- White Hart Meadow - Have Your Say
- Whiteknights Studio Trail
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- AboutMyVote - register to vote
- votewise.co.uk - compare the candidates
- TheyWorkForYou
- The Public Whip - MP voting records
- HearFromYourMP
- WriteToThem
- r8yourpolitician
- WhatDoTheyKnow - Freedom of Information requests
- iPetitions
- E-Petitions - No10 Downing St
- parliament.uk
- The Electoral Commission
- The Stationary Office
- The Hansard Society
- Political Studies Association
- Do Politics
- Get Elected
- The Straight Choice
- Democracy Club
- Be A Councillor
- I'm A Councillor
- Contact your councillor
- RBC Complaints Department
- Planning Portal
- Planning Alerts
- Report A Crime - Thames Valley Police
- Report Empty Homes
- FixMyStreet
- FillThatHole
- ClearThatTrail
- Scenic Or Not?
- The Best Of... Reading
- Touch Local - Reading
- info4local
- OnePlace - South East England
- UpMyStreet
- AboutYourArea
- GroupsNearYou
- ONS - Reading Statistics
- DirectGov
- NHS Direct
- NHS Choices
- Consumer Direct
- Connexions Direct
- jobcentre plus
- Tax Credits Helpline
- RecyclingNearYou
Help, Advice & Support
- Age Concern Berkshire
- Alcohol Help
- Berkshire Disability Information Network
- Berkshire Family Mediation
- Berkshire Lowland Search & Rescue
- Berkshire MS Therapy
- Berkshire NHS Drug & Alcohol Specialist Services
- Berkshire SAR Dogs
- Berkshire Women's Aid
- beYou
- Child Support Agency
- Childline
- Children's Information Centre
- Communicare
- Connexions Berkshire
- Daisy's Dream
- Divorce Aid
- Fatherhood Institute
- FRANK
- Gingerbread - single parents
- Heartbeats
- Help the Aged
- learndirect
- Life Story Theapeutic Centre - Psychological and Therapeutic Care
- links
- Living Reading
- National Debtline
- No5 - Youth Counselling & Info
- Parent Partnership Reading
- Princess Trust Carers Service (Berkshire)
- Readibus
- Reading & District Hospital Charity
- Reading Citizen's Advice Bureau
- Reading Community Welfare Rights Unit
- Reading Credit Union
- Reading Refugee Support Group
- Reading Samaritans
- Thames Valley Crimestoppers
- The Edge
- The Pension Service
- There4U - Berkshire
- Tilehurst Poor's
- Victim Support
- West Berkshire Buddies
"Reading List... is fantastic, it could help revolutinise politics in Reading"
Matt Blackall
"Prolific"
Matt Brady
"Irrelevant"
Adrian Windisch
"Bizarre"
Reading Geek Night
"A bloggers digest of the Berkshire blogosphere"
DMOZ
"An easily accessible collection of Berkshire's excellent blogs"
The Cookham Blogger
"An excellent digest of the thoughts of local bloggers"
Reading Guide
Matt Blackall
"Prolific"
Matt Brady
"Irrelevant"
Adrian Windisch
"Bizarre"
Reading Geek Night
"A bloggers digest of the Berkshire blogosphere"
DMOZ
"An easily accessible collection of Berkshire's excellent blogs"
The Cookham Blogger
"An excellent digest of the thoughts of local bloggers"
Reading Guide
Title: Reading List
ReplyDeletePublisher: Oranjepan
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Type: Lib-Dem Spin hub
Focus: General, local and current affairs
Sample posting: Mixed Reception For Rebranded Radio Station (March 26th, 2009)
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Style: (1 out of 2pts)
Standard blogger template, although does have a useful list of updating links on the right hand side.
Specialisms: (0.5 out of 2pts)
Particularly interested in personal and party political attacks. Several regular and irrelevant features. Likes to post essays on occasions and rarely admits when he is barking up the wrong tree.
Regularity: (2 out of 2pts)
Mostly daily.
Multi-media: (1 out of 2pts)
Occasional photos and video.
Interactivity: (1.5 out of 2pts)
Large number of links, active in comments section.
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Total rating: (6 out of 10pts)
Quite hard to review your own Blog
ReplyDeleteI think its worth reviewing the top 20 Berkshire Blogs slowly and then start picking out the more interesting ones if thats allowed
my review of Reading List
Title: Reading List
Publisher: Oranjepan
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Type: Community hub, local Politics,
Focus: General, local and current affairs and Politics
Sample posting: http://bythemuddybanksofthethames.blogspot.com/2009/08/twittergate.html- Twittergate
Style: (2 out of 2pts)
Largely impersonal compare and contrast. Tries to be objective, then adds own comment after review and sometime knocks local Tories(althought its there own fault) and can be pro lib dem. Some humour.
Specialisms: (1.5 out of 2pts)
Particularly interested in personal and party political views. Several regular and irregular features.
Regularity: (2 out of 2pts)
Mostly daily.
Multi-media: (1 out of 2pts)
Occasional photos and video.
Interactivity: (2 out of 2pts)
Large number of links, active in comments section.
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Total rating: (8.5 out of 10pts)
Title: Reading List
ReplyDeletePublisher: Anonymous Oranjepan
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Type: Spun politics
Focus: General, local muddy banks
Sample posting: http://bythemuddybanksofthethames.blogspot.com/2009/06/reading-joins-runaway-opposition-to.html 30 July
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Style: (0.5 out of 2pts)
Rarely impersonal or objective, often bitter attacks on Tories and Greens, favouring LD particularly Gareth Epps.
Specialisms: (0.5 out of 2pts)
Interested in personal and party political views.
Regularity: (1.5 out of 2pts)
Sometimes daily.
Multi-media: (0.5 out of 2pts)
Occasional photos and video.
Interactivity: (1.5 out of 2pts)
Large number of links, active in comments section.
Great idea; it will be tricky to present the findings clearly in a blog format though IMO.
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