In the second installment of the the monthly index, the New York Times notably is twice as influential as any other publication. But YouTube is several times more influential than the NYT.
Technorati usually measures a blog’s influence based on links to blog posts. The more links a blog has, the higher it ranks on Technorati’s list of authoritative blogs. But the new Attention Index measures where the bloggers get their information from in the mainstream media. Technorati says there is a symbiotic link between blogs and mainstream media sites, since bloggers often link to media sites as the primary sources of their information.
Here’s the rankings for the last 30 days, as well as the gainers and losers.
New to the top 50
The Dallas Morning News
San Jose Mercury News
Star Tribune
Out of the top 50
US News & World Report
Rolling Stone
Christian Science Monitor
International Herald Tribune (now part of nytimes.com)
Five biggest gainers in rank
PBS
The Houston Chronicle
Google News
NY Post
Slate
Five biggest losses in rank
The Economist
Chicago Tribune
The White House
Financial Times
Newsweek
Five biggest gainers in attention
YouTube
The Wall Street Journal
CNN
LA Times
Wired
Five biggest losses in attention
Reuters
Telegraph.co.uk
The Boston Globe
Financial Times
The Economist
Overall Rankings and Attention
1. YouTube 60,644
2. The New York Times 17,374
3. guardian.co.uk 8,039
4. The Wall Street Journal 7,513
5. The Washington Post 6,891
6. CNN 6,330
7. Telegraph.co.uk 5,380
8. Yahoo! News 5,070
9. MSNBC 5,036
10. The Los Angeles Times 4,536
11. Reuters 4,314
12. FOX News 4,001
13. The Boston Globe 3,838
14. USA Today 3,619
15. Daily Mail 3,530
16. Time 3,524
17. BBC News 3,399
18. NPR 3,189
19. NY Daily News 2,588
20. Forbes 2,534
21. San Francisco Chronicle 2,420
22. Slate 2,187
23. CBS News 2,156
24. Google News 2,093
25. Wired 2,062
26. Financial Times 2,056
27. PBS 2,053
28. NY Post 2,025
29. San Francisco Examiner 1,968
30. BusinessWeek 1,949
31. The White House 1,929
32. Salon 1,928
33. Chicago Tribune 1,924
34. Newsweek 1,880
35. CNNMoney 1,712
36. CBC 1,696
37. Yahoo! Finance 1,642
38. The Economist 1,565
39. New York Magazine 1,550
40. philly.com 1,288
41. The Houston Chronicle 1,120
42. Science Daily 1,093
43. MarketWatch 1,076
44. People 1,066
45. Miami Herald 1,049
46. The Seattle Times 1,049
47. Yahoo! Sports 1,047
48. The Dallas Morning News 939
49. San Jose Mercury News 879
50. Star Tribune 877
