Blog Tipz

Time has released a list of the top 25 blogs that makes a complete mockery of bloggers like most of us, that are not yet established, and do not bring in incomes of millions per month.  It is a disgrace for a company that expects to be trusted, reliable, and read-worthy (and relies off of subscriptions and ad revenues for profits).

Maybe I didn’t get the humor from the writer, Tom McNichol, when he criticized bloggers (which includes himself), stating: “That’s what makes Lifehacker one of the few truly — gasp — useful blogs on the net.”  We should all go to Lifehacker and all our problems would be solved.  Maybe Lifehacker should be the only blog that exists, as all other blogs simply don’t provide any useful “stuff”.  He severely misses the point that every blogger needs to be able to find information, often specified to one blog niche.  For example, relating to blogging, if you need to find out how to customize a WordPress theme, a single blog likely won’t be able to deliver all the information.

Next, he goes on to say, “While the typical blog is written by one person wearing sweatpants reclaimed from the hamper, Metafilter lets any user — regardless of what they’re wearing — contribute links and brief commentary highlighting interesting stuff he or she finds on the web.”  I doubt he dresses up in formal attire every time he blogs or writes books in his home.

While this may appear like a personal attack on McNichol, I feel that he should give more respect to his readers that have actually created a successful blog, unlike he, who blogs for those established by already dominating media powers.

In terms of the accuracy of the list, this post from Blogcosm breaks apart the list by Technorati Rank, Alexa rank, and category.

Update – Blogcosm has posted some of the many ways the list bashes bloggers by going through the list of 25 blogs.

Top 25 Blogs According to Time

1. The Huffington Post
2. Lifehacker
3. Metafilter
4. Tree Hugger
5. PostSecret
6. Blog di Beppe Grillo
7. Engadget
8. Freakonomics
9. Gigazine
10. Ace of Spades HQ
11. Radosh.net
12. Gawker
13. The Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan
14. Velveteen Rabbi
15. Boing Boing
16. Tech Crunch
17. Web 2.Oh…really?
18. The Sartorialist
19. Daily Kos
20. The Consumerist
21. Indexed
22. Wired’s Threat Level Blog
23. Regret the Error
24. Bad Jocks
25. The Reverse Cowgirl

Most Overrated Blogs

1. Slashdot
2. JIm Cramer Blog on RealMoney.com
3. Ars Technica
4. Nicholas Kristof On the Ground
5. I Can Has Cheezburger

You can vote for your favorite blogs on a scale from 1 to 10.  With more than 4,600 votes, Ace of Spades HQ comes in at first place for user votes, with Indexed, Lifehacker, TechCrunch, and Engadget following suit.

What do you think about this list of top blogs?  Do you think it truly reflects the most favorited blogs or is it simply a way for Time to add another abysmal feature for bloggers?