~ Jordan’s “REAL” Most Popular Blogs
So, I read in some blogs about the article in Pulp magazine about Jordan’s most popular blogs, and even though it was a decent list, I don’t know what criteria did the editors use to determine that these are indeed Jordan’s most popular blogs, So i decided to compile a proper list based on the best impartial way i could think of, which is using Alexa and Technorati Rankings.
I am not going to list each and every Jordanian blog there is of course, however, i am going to use the blogs listed in the article plus other blogs that i believe to be popular:
Note: These Numbers are not static, which means they may change by the minute considering the massive amount of websites and traffic online. these stats were collected yesterday. so they might change. if so, its not my fault if you find a mismatch between the numbers i stated and the real-time numbers on the alexa and technorati links provided.
Note 2: I apologize if you do not see your blog among the list, its nothing personal, like i said, i can’t list every single blog there is, and if you believe your blog to be a more popular blog than the one’s i listed, then i might have missed it (i have fish memory by the way), so please, feel free to correct me.
1) Local Alexa Traffic Rankings.
Most popular blogs sorted by rank from Highest(most traffic) to Lowest(least traffic) according to traffic generated from within Jordan and ignoring world wide traffic rank.
(Higher Rank-Most Traffic)
1- Moey: Ranked 1,964 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
2- And Far Away: Ranked 2,337 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
3- The Black Iris: Ranked 2,427 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
4- 360east: Ranked 5,606 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
5- Jordan Watch: Ranked 5,965 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
6- Memories Documented: Ranked 6,354 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
7- Bukah: Ranked 7,981 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
8- Sabbah: Ranked 8,471 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
9- Jameed: Ranked 9,210 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
10- Qabbani: Ranked 9,647 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
11- Toloys Box: Ranked 12,000 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
12- Jad Madi: Ranked 12,346 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
13- Anolitas Mind: Ranked 13,823 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
14- khobbeizeh: Ranked 15,949 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
15- Mala2e6: Ranked 17,866 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
16- Jazarah: Ranked 17,896 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
17- subzeroblue: Ranked 18,275 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats].
18- Bakkouz: Ranked 20,188 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
19- Rambling Hal: Ranked 33,429 in Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
20- Omernos: No rank for Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
21- Into the wind: No rank for Jordan. [Alexa Stats]
(Lower Rank-Least Traffic)
2) Worldwide Alexa Traffic Rankings.
Most popular blogs sorted by rank from Highest(most traffic) to Lowest(least traffic) according to traffic generated Worldwide.
(Higher Rank-Most Traffic)
1- Sabbah: Ranked 91,768 WorldWide. [Alexa Stats]
2- Bukah: Ranked 98,180 worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
3- Memories Documented: Ranked 137,682 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
4- subzeroblue: Ranked 153,969 worldwide. [Alexa Stats].
5- Jameed: Ranked 258,564 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
6- Jordan Watch: Ranked 290,673 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
7- 360east: Ranked 292,590 Wordwide. [Alexa Stats]
8- The Black Iris: Ranked 294,926 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
9- Moey: Ranked 334,673 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
10- And Far Away: Ranked 363,911 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
11- Bakkouz: Ranked 523,044 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
12- Qabbani: Ranked 526,881 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
13- Jazarah: Ranked 594,657 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
14- Jad Madi: Ranked 618,638 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
15- Toloys Box: Ranked 653,339 WordWide. [Alexa Stats]
16- Mala2e6: Ranked 725,880 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
17- Anolitas Mind: Ranked 847,740 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
18- khobbeizeh: Ranked 955,852 WorldWide. [Alexa Stats]
19- Into the wind: Ranked 1,283,113 worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
20- Omernos: Ranked 2,161,561 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
21- Rambling Hal: Ranked 2,586,393 Worldwide. [Alexa Stats]
(Lower Rank-Least Traffic)
3) Technorati Rankings
Most popular blogs sorted by rank from highest to lowest depending on the authority and the amount of incoming links from other websites:
(Higher Rank)
1-Sabbah: Rank 12,369 ,Authority 330 & 9,058 incoming links [Stats]
2-Jad Madi: Rank 35,660 ,Authority 143 & 2,870 incoming links [Stats]
3-And Far Away: Rank 44,681 ,Authority 117 & 1,255 incoming links [Stats]
4-The Black Iris: Rank 50,661 ,Authority 105 & 1,367 incoming links [Stats]
5-Bakkouz: Rank 57,988 ,Authority 94 & 724 incoming links [Stats]
6-Subzeroblue: Rank 64,492 ,Authority 86 & 748 incoming links [Stats]
7-360east: Rank 65,366 ,Authority 85 & 1,435 incoming links [Stats]
8-Moey: Rank 88,068 ,Authority of & 1,513 incoming links [Stats]
9-Memories Documented: Rank 88,068 ,Authority 65 & 1,469 incoming links [Stats]
10-Rambling Hal: Rank 94,617 ,Authority 61 & 569 incoming links [Stats]
11-Jazarah: Rank 116,353 ,Authority 51 & 991 incoming links [Stats]
12-Into the Wind: Rank 116,353 ,Authority 51 & 499 incoming links [Stats]
13-Tololys Box: Rank 196,889 ,Authority 32 & 442 incoming links [Stats]
14-Mala2e6: Rank 163,257 ,Authority 38 & 275 incoming links [Stats]
15-Qabbani: Rank 163,257 ,Authority 31 & 695 incoming links [Stats]
16-khobbeizeh: Rank 203,893 ,Authority 31 & 278 incoming links [Stats]
17-Anolitas Mind: Rank 268,236 ,Authority 24 & 294 incoming links [Stats]
18-Omernos: Rank 293,830 w,Authority 22 & 113 incoming links [Stats]
19-Jameed: Rank 293,830 ,Authority 22 & 352 incoming links [Stats]
20-Bukah: Rank 871,660 ,Authority 7 & 90 incoming links [Stats]
21-Jordan Watch: No stats available.
(Lower Rank)
So, There you have it Ladies and Gentlemen. Now you know which are Really Jordan’s most popular blogs (sort of) 
July 19th, 2007 at 7:35 am
walla alla ya3tek el3afya jad feha ta3ab o kaman feha fayda thx alot
July 19th, 2007 at 7:52 am
now ur talking man … this is what i’m talking about!! now i still don’t know how did they pick that list??? it’s ok sure , but based on what??
good job buddy .. good job :)
July 19th, 2007 at 7:59 am
Man that was an awesome effort! Well done indeed!
Frankly, I would take your “fact backed” ranking over any personal “whim” of an editor of an unknown magazine called, accurately … pulp!
I hope people don’t confuse this comment with my opinions about these blogs and their owners. I consider all of these awesome blogs you mentioned great! That’s why I have almost all of them on Qwaider planet!
Again, A for the effort
(pssst, for technorati, Jad comes in #2 and AndFarAway in #3)
July 19th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Thanks Bukah and Maioush and Thank you Qwaider for the correction, its fixed :)
July 19th, 2007 at 8:18 am
That’s more like it Bakkouz. :)
July 19th, 2007 at 9:44 am
the question everyone should be asking is….who cares?
July 19th, 2007 at 9:48 am
what matters is quality … not quantity … normally whats popular has less value than whats not … i could give you 10 examples/second …
:feeling like destructive criticism:
July 19th, 2007 at 10:01 am
:)
nice
man am 9,647 in Jordan :D
and 526.881 near U :D
yeah even if am not Jordanian but still live burn , eat , every thing here :D
plz plz listed me i will be happy :D
July 19th, 2007 at 10:18 am
i get
#10 in Jordan
and #11 worldwide
Technorati Rankings
Rank: 163,257 same as mal2e6
:D this cool :D
plz list me , i will do post about it too :D
July 19th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Nas: You’re right.
Isam: You’re right too.
Qabbani: I’ve added you to the lists
July 19th, 2007 at 10:30 am
dude
I LOVE U :D
loool
now the list is ROCK
July 19th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
I think that the most informative intelectual blogs in Jordan are: What is up in Jordan, Mental Mayhem, Shifaa, Black Iris. Only Black Iris made it to the list. It seems that every body is after the look and comedy stuff.
July 19th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
I think this is a great effort by you Bakkouz and it is based on real numbers. For me I really do not know why Technorati does not recognise me. I always get the message “You do not exist” from Technorati. They seem to know better then me!
July 19th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
For Alexa I got 640,304
and for Technorati I got 257,326
July 19th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
wow! I’m #1, I should get pissed from a crappy local magazine that I advised on their first issue about the graphic mistakes in using adobe indesign on their facebook group.
Thanks bakkouz
July 19th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
however, I am not Jordanian.. so I don’t count! :P
July 19th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
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July 19th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
Nice work… I realize you said that many are not listed but I think there are some blogs with Arabic writtings that are worth looking at… Yasser Abu Hilaleh, and the other one I keep forgetting his name, al kateb al sa7′er something Nseirat…
Creative effort to say the least…
July 20th, 2007 at 1:25 am
first of all, i’m glad people are talking about the blogs on our list. the ratings were not based on numbers - they were based on the opinions of many bloggers and blog lovers, alike. bottom line, it was meant to show the talent and intelligence of some of our fellow jordanians and encourage people to look into the jordanian blogging world, not to particularly exclude anyone or create any negative competition. perhaps we should have called it “some of the best…” or something like that. luckily, we will be doing a lot more stuff about blogs in the coming issues, almost monthly, so if you have any ideas on blogs we should be featuring, please let us know by sending me an email at mosaab@grumpygourmet.com. also, regarding the comment by Moey about our “crappy local magazine,” i frankly think it’s silly to call the magazine crappy because its local and had a couple of fuzzy pictures in the first issue. we’re certainy not perfect nor do we appeal to everyone, but we’re doing all we can to expose jordanians to new things in a creative way and hopefully make them laugh a bit. none of the pulp staff is a blogger, but we are really impressed with what you guys are doing, and we are currently researching the hundreds of comments we are seeing about our list to start sifting through more of your awesome blogs. we hope that you will support this unique LOCAL venture as we support our wonderful jordanian bloggers.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Nice
July 21st, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Bakkouz, this effort is absolutely huge of you putting up this list.
it is becoming a popularity contest almost feels like bloggers, who are supposed to be intelligent and well-spoken into Jocks and Cheerleader stereotypes.
Mabrook to whoever’s happy…
and to Pulpeditor
re-consider your titles before blowing them on hundreds of issues :)
July 21st, 2007 at 2:21 pm
yes, i mentioned we would indeed reconsider the titles before “blowing” them on hundreds of issues. also, i would keep in mind that, while our list perhaps seemed a bit subjective to some of you, the number of hits a blog receives doesn’t make it good or bad, or even popular or not popular. but i’m sure you know that.
July 21st, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Actually pulpeditor,
Technically speaking, the more popular a website is the more hits it would get, a more popular blog means more people follow it and visit it, which means more hits than a least popular blog, so i would say traffic stats are a fair measure of determining popularity :)
July 21st, 2007 at 8:25 pm
i guess it depends on your definition of popular. We’re not talking about fruit here. If oranges and bananas cost the exact same and were available in the same exact amount, and people bought more oranges, that would mean oranges are more popular. however, we do not live in such a vaccuum, and other things could affect the hits a blog receives. HIT does not equal LIKE. is the most respected blog also the most popular? is the one with the most ridiculous but attention grabbing posts the most popular? is the one with the most feedback, even though it’s all negative, the most popular. is taj mahal the most voted for wonder because it is the most popular, or because there are more indians than anyone else? our next blog list is going to have different criteria. hopefully you will find it more to your liking.
July 21st, 2007 at 8:42 pm
I suppose you have a point.
Anyways, The very best of luck to you and to Pulp Magazine
July 22nd, 2007 at 12:01 am
@pulpeditor
start blogging and you will know exactly what it is all about .. if u just read blogs you will never get it well :)
about ur list its nice and as u see most of it is in the list
the question is how u made your list ? how many you ask ? or did is there a vote ?
you need to be a blogger to catch thing and see it as we see it :)
As Bakkouz say : The very best of luck to you and to Pulp Magazine
July 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 am
did is there a vote? !! LOOOL
is there a vote ?
July 22nd, 2007 at 1:13 pm
bakkouz thanks for listing my blog among those great ones..i will write a topic and include some pics of haifa wahbe and then you can see my rank jumping..
i didnt even think i have a rank..do u think it is time to use adsense and earn some money?
July 23rd, 2007 at 6:41 pm
To Pulpeditor sorry for the late reply, but you guys still can’t judge it by the type of people I bet the editor that wrote the article knows one of the bloggers she mentioned personally and I know who ;) so let’s quit playing games. and still, I bought that magazine I called crappy, sorry guys but I think you need to work alot, I personally think the design of NOX and SKIN is way better.
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:58 pm
thanks again for your feedback moey.
July 25th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
anytime, anything for pulp
July 25th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
What about Jordanmafia
we come 4th in Jordan since
Jordan3,622
just alexa this
jordanmafia.net/blog
or here is the direct link
http://www.alexa.com/data/deta.....a.net/blog
August 9th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
I should be ranked among this list! :(
My Alexa worldwide Rank is: 591,473
and my Technorati Rank is: 167,357
:P
May 6th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
that list is missing a lot of crucial sites!