A Quarterly Ranking of Style Blogs

How did we arrive at the 99 blogs listed? We started with hundreds from around the world - some from first hand knowledge, others discovered from countless hours of following blogrolls, network publisher listings and links from comments. After eliminating the ones that were abandoned or hadn't been updated in a while, we took a few statistics, did a little math and gave them a score representative of general content quality, popularity and buzz.  The 99 most influential blogs span multiple categories: from the street and personal style of the trendsetters around the world, to behind the curtain looks at the people who create and shape the fashion industry - and of course the bloggers who stay on top of who's wearing what, and where to buy it. Are these the best fashion blogs? Best is subjective, so we can't say, but it's certainly the best measure of style influence to date.

Signature9 will release the next ranking in January 2010

*Alexa score estimated based on other sites with similar scores in other areas

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Style 99 Rankings | September 2009

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Methodology

S9 (Signature9 Points)

Range: 0-15

The only subjective ranking, the Signature9 score awards points for update frequency, quality of content and design. 9 would be considered good, 12 great and 15 just about perfect.

Y! (Yahoo! Links)

Range: 0-15

We take the raw number of InLinks  to each blog (minus links from the blog, or related domain), then assign a score on a 15 point scale.

PR (PageRank)

Range: 0-10

This is the number that shows up on the little green bar for each blog using the Google Toolbar.

TR (Technorati Reactions)

Range: 0-10

Technorati Reactions count the number of individual posts that reference a blog, minus those from the blog itself. We take the raw number of mentions and assign a score on a 10 point scale.

TA (Technorati Authority)

Range: 0-5

Technorati Authority counts the number of blogs linking to a site within the last 6 months (minus the blog itself). We take the raw number and assign a score on a 5 point scale.

A (Alexa Points)

Range: 0-10

Alexa ranks sites by estimating page views and reach (the percentage of all web users who have visited that particular site). We take their ranking and assign a score on a 10 point scale.

For blogs hosted on popular domains, we estimate Alexa points based on sites with similar characteristics so that the main domain doesn't skew the points. For example, blogs hosted on the New York Times site are estimated independently of the points nytimes.com might receive.

D (Delicious Points)

Range: 0-10

Delicious tallies the number of people who've bookmarked a blog. We take the composite number and assign a score on a 10 point scale

BL (Google Blog Links)

Range: 0-15

Similar to Technorati Reactions, Google Blog Links measure the number of blog postings referencing a site. We take the raw number of blog links and assign a score on a 15 point scale.

For all ratings, the top end of the scale is based upon the blog with the highest number in each category.

Thanks

To Todd Andrlik, creator of the AdAge Power 150 for the inspiration.

To Susie Bubble for one of the most organized link lists we came across.

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