Most Popular Blog Posts Of 2006: Colbert, Olbermann Top List at Crooksandliars

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18 Blogs Responsible for the 100 Most Popular Posts Of 2006

NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 28, 2006 -- A small cluster of power bloggers -- focused on politics, blogging and humor -- were responsible for the top 100 blog posts for 2006, according to word-of-mouth measurement firm Nielsen BuzzMetrics. The top blog -- based on the number of inbound links from other blogs between January 1 and November 30, 2006 -- was mother.livejournal.com's petition against changes in the livejournal interface. The single post was linked to in 801 posts by 786 other blogs.

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Crooks and Liars' posts on Stephen Colbert's monologue at the White House, and Keith Olbermann commentary on Rumsfeld, were the number 2 and 3 posts, respectively. The Colbert post was linked to in 622 posts on 603 blogs, and the Olbermann was linked to in 359 posts on 340 blogs.

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Nielsen BuzzMetrics
Top Blog Posts of 2006
Ranked by Number of Messages/Blogs That Link To
January 1-November 30, 2006

Rank Blog Headline URL Messages Authors
1 2006 PETITION AGAINST http://mother.livejournal 801 786
CHANGES IN THE .com/962238.html
LIVEJOURNAL INTERFACE
2 Colbert Does the White http://www.crooksandliars 622 603
House Correspondents' .com/2006/04/29.html#a8104
dinner:
3 Keith Olbermann http://www.crooksandliars 359 340
Delivers One Hell Of a .com/2006/08/30/keith-
Commentary on Rumsfeld olbermann-delivers-one-hell
-of-a-commentary-on-
rumsfeld/
4 State of the http://www.sifry.com/ 339 298
Blogosphere, August alerts/archives/000436.html
2006
5 Keith Olbermann's http://www.crooksandliars 330 322
Special Comment on .com/2006/09/11/keith-
Bush: Who has left olbermanns-special-commnet-
this hole in the on-bush-who-has-left-this-
ground? We have not hole-in-the-ground-we-have-
forgotten, Mr. not-forgotten-mr-president-
President. You have. you-have-may-this-country-
May this country forgive-you/
forgive you
6 SUPPORT DENMARK: WHY http://michellemalkin.com/ 307 277
THE FORBIDDEN CARTOONS archives/004413.htm
MATTER
7 SNL: If Al Gore were http://www.crooksandliars 286 271
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