New Ranking Algorithim
Just wanted to drop you guys a quick note that we have radically rearchitected our ranking system.
While previously we were pretty good at tracking things like traffic, it became apparent our system was a little weak with regards to measuring awesomeness. We’ve corrected for this deficiency and you should now see updated rankings on our home page.
I couldn’t imagine a better way to kick off the new month. 
Update: It was an April Fool’s day joke! Props to engtech for the great idea. It will still work for a few more hours.
Apr 1st at 7:40 pm
Cool!:)
Apr 1st at 7:42 pm
LOL I wish.
Apr 1st at 8:02 pm
wow. that’s brilliant
kudos.
Apr 1st at 8:08 pm
How does the awesome meter work?
D
Apr 1st at 8:10 pm
Now if you could only do this every day of the year.
Apr 1st at 8:16 pm
I wish someone would correct my mind’s deficiency, but alas, this will have to do. Keep up the great work.
Apr 1st at 8:22 pm
Matt, I have never understood what blog of the minute is? is it randomly picked? or you have an algorithm for it too?
Apr 1st at 8:22 pm
You bloody well got me there for a while. (An April fool joke after midday is poor form in this country BTW!)
Apr 1st at 8:29 pm
Thanks a lot Matt !!
I just saw our name in Blog of the minute.
We are hoping to hit the charts again.We have tried to broaden ourselves rathen than concentrating on only one aspect.
Hope to get in BOTD again!!
Apr 1st at 8:31 pm
Wow, my blog’s Blog of the Minute…
I don’t know what you changed, but it was good!
Apr 1st at 8:33 pm
radically rearchitected?!?
Apr 1st at 8:44 pm
I’m flattered to be the “Blog of the Minute” on the 1st of April
Apr 1st at 8:47 pm
I know you guys are pranking us.. you’ve got me! happy april fools day
Apr 1st at 8:51 pm
Thanks Matt. This is a great new ranking system!
Apr 1st at 8:57 pm
Is the new ranking system the same as top blogs on the home page? Other wise, I don’t see it. But then again, I can’t find my glasses either, has anyone seen those? But it sounds awesome.
Apr 1st at 9:01 pm
except with like, I don’t know, an April Fool’s Joke.
Scared me into shakes man.
Apr 1st at 9:08 pm
Woo hoo. This new algorithm must be applauded … especially if it’s played any role in making my blog the WordPress ‘blog of the minute’!
Bah, I think I am the April fool !
Apr 1st at 9:11 pm
Very cute guys! You had me for a minute. Then I checked my other account login and saw the joke. Thanks for the laugh!
Apr 1st at 9:17 pm
What exactly does that mean then? How are you going to measure it?
For example my blog somehow ended up on there with a post that I made hours and only had around 15 hits?
Apr 1st at 9:17 pm
You people are goofy. Thanks for the laugh. This is the only way my blog would be “Blog of The Minute.”
Apr 1st at 9:39 pm
If that ain’t an April fool’s joke it’s a cool news!
Apr 1st at 9:41 pm
Very cool and will check out!
Apr 1st at 9:48 pm
Wow, i like this new way to analize the traffic statics of WordPress.com blogs….
I’m in the top of the page, in the section dedicated to the “blog of the minute”… That’s because is the first of April
Apr 1st at 9:50 pm
Wicked… measuring awesomeness… is the way of the future.
Apr 1st at 9:55 pm
Uhm, very strange ranking algorithm…if I go to
http://wordpress.com/
with Firefox, which is the browser that I use to do log-in, I see my own blog as “Blog Of The Minute”!
“Wow”, I thought, “finally at WordPress they appreciated my wonderful contents!”
Instead if I visit the same address with IE (not logged-in) I see other blog in the “Blog Of The Minute” box. sigh…
Apr 1st at 10:08 pm
April fools
Apr 1st at 10:20 pm
That’s a good one, guys!
Apr 1st at 10:22 pm
Seems broken to me – my own blog now constantly appears as my ‘blog of the minute’.
Apr 1st at 10:23 pm
I don’t know how you guys do it… fantastic service / product – and I am glad you do
Charon QC
Apr 1st at 10:50 pm
Awesome!
Apr 1st at 10:53 pm
Sweet!
Apr 1st at 11:09 pm
Well…it’s an April Fool’s joke, right? –Cuz MY blog ain’t listed #1 for “Hot du Jour” only for “Hot du Minute” (!) –which is a mistake, right?
“rearchitected”??? –You invented a word??? (lol) How undumb!
Apr 1st at 11:13 pm
Thanks Matt. I am not sure if it is true, but my post, Who is stealing my…has been blog of the minute for most of the day. Thanks. Please varify that this is not a fluke. Thanks Matt for your hard work and dedication, along with Mark and the rest of the WordPress.com staff. You all Rock!!! Have a simply phenomenal week. Craig
Apr 1st at 11:14 pm
ha ha April fools!
Apr 1st at 11:15 pm
Nice job, Matt!
I celebrated Fool’s Day with a post about the bankrupting of Automatic Inc. and the definite shutting down of the servers of WordPress [with a (404) link to CNN]. Of course, I tagged the post “Fool’s Day”, just in case!
Have a nice month! Thank you all guys!
PS. The “new algorithm” is wonderful, but unfortunately, for me, it’ s not Fool’s Day every day [in Greece it's already "tomorrow"].
Apr 1st at 11:35 pm
Cool.
How does one measure awesomeness? How do you factor in coolness, kickassosity, rad colors, /amazing typography, humor and made up words? How do you weigh each, statistically speaking?
Apr 1st at 11:44 pm
This better not be an April Fool’s joke! hehe
(I dunno if you guys intended it, but as soon as I clicked on the link, my blog was the Blog of the Moment — pleasant coinicidence
)
Apr 1st at 11:45 pm
What’s the difference! It always looked that way. Do I need another browser to see the changes?
Also, was this reimplementation spearheaded by the League of Awesomeness?
Happy 4/1!
Apr 1st at 11:49 pm
april fools
Apr 1st at 11:56 pm
Err, My blog is the “blog of the minute” (thanks a lot for that) – but the link to my article takes me to “wordpress.com” and not the actual blog post
Thanks again!
Apr 2nd at 12:03 am
I’m going say that I like this! Mainly because when I go to the updated rankings … my blog is up there as *blog of the minute*
How cool is that???
Apr 2nd at 12:05 am
Can’t wait to hear what the awesomest person behind today’s “blog of the minute” has to say!!!!
LOL
Apr 2nd at 12:09 am
No april fool?
Apr 2nd at 12:13 am
hahaha, sneaky
Apr 2nd at 12:15 am
finally
a fair ranking system
Apr 2nd at 12:28 am
Very funny.
Apr 2nd at 12:35 am
Excellent, I am Blog Of The Minute …. for about an hour thus far
I love a good April Fool’s!
Apr 2nd at 12:46 am
Algorithm, not algorithim.
Apr 2nd at 1:01 am
Took a while for this to go live
Apr 2nd at 1:02 am
What’s even funnier about this is that I’m #13 on top blogs and #20 on top posts of the day so I can’t tell whether or not you used my idea for blogs of the minute.
Apr 2nd at 1:04 am
all i know is that i ended up as the blog of the minute and i have no idea how
Apr 2nd at 1:07 am
Amazing Matt, simply amazing
Thaks WordPress
i love it
Apr 2nd at 1:07 am
awesome
Apr 2nd at 1:11 am
Happy fooling
Apr 2nd at 1:17 am
I freaked out when my “private” blog post was on the first page! Luckily, I managed to think about what day it was before sending in an email to Mark! You got me!
Apr 2nd at 1:59 am
Nice.
Apr 2nd at 2:00 am
Hey, I’m the blog of the minute!
Apr 2nd at 2:04 am
Nice!
Apr 2nd at 2:24 am
Wow, I hope it isn’t a glitch in that my blog is blog of the minute, as of 9:24 PM central time
Apr 2nd at 2:32 am
umm, my latest post is the blog o the minute. hahaha! lovely april fool’s joke!
so how did you manage it? lol
Apr 2nd at 2:33 am
I guess it only appears as BotM because I’m logged in or something. When I view it in IE it shows a different blog, but in FF it’s my blog all the time.
Apr 2nd at 2:34 am
It is stunning !
Thanks for giving smile on our face
Apr 2nd at 2:39 am
This is the best April Fool’s present I’ve ever had! You guys are too good to us.
Apr 2nd at 2:44 am
thats will be great for me!!! Thanks
Apr 2nd at 2:44 am
Ah yes. Clever.
Apr 2nd at 2:46 am
Finally, I will be discovered… I just want to thank all the people who nominated me… WordPress for giving me the free blog even when you didn’t know if I could write…
Apr 2nd at 2:48 am
You guys are funny. On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d give this new system an “awesome.”
Apr 2nd at 2:58 am
What a great advancement. And what a great way this comments roll is going to be for getting all the top bloggers to look at new blogs, because they’ll all want to know how truly ‘awesome’ their ranking is. My ranking is nowhere but I did just appear on Blog Of The Minute, so I’m happy.
WordPress.com just gets better and better. Kudos aplenty, y’all.
Apr 2nd at 3:06 am
good Algorithim to blogger
Apr 2nd at 3:07 am
I’m not sure that I see what’s differant. uhm. What did I miss?
~~EK
Apr 2nd at 3:14 am
Thanks.
It would be great if we can read the explanation about how wordpress ranking system works. then, we will come to know why those people are in top list and what we should do to improve our blog..
Apr 2nd at 3:24 am
great work guys. thanks!
Apr 2nd at 3:41 am
Wow! Being able to measure awesomeness itself is awesome!!
Apr 2nd at 3:46 am
Always good to know that I’m the blog of the minute. I doubt it will work as well tomorrow.
Apr 2nd at 4:35 am
Works for me! I was happy to be ranked #59 today…
Apr 2nd at 4:50 am
YOU ASSHOLES HAD ME GOING THERE. . . . . .I ACTUALLY THOUGHT PEOPLE LEGITIMATELY LIKED MY BLOG TO MAKE IT “BLOG OF THE MINUTE”
good one wordpress!
::rolls eyes::
Apr 2nd at 4:51 am
Heh. Nice trick!
Apr 2nd at 4:52 am
LOL! LOL!
Apr 2nd at 4:56 am
I think your algorithm might be drinking margaritas. My blog is displaying as Blog of the Minute when I’m logged in, and it’s not on either Today’s Hot Blogs or Today’s Hot Posts.
Apr 2nd at 5:06 am
Great fun and a great April Fool’s!
— which is not to say that spreading the ‘ranking love’ (as my 15 yo daughter would say) according to (very subjective) ‘awesomeness’ — or better yet random-ness — isn’t a good idea. Some of us can’t afford to pay for our 60 seconds of blogging fame, but we just might have fabulous blogs
Apr 2nd at 5:19 am
hay u got me there.for a moment..but thank God i checked it again on IE without logging in…n i guessed the prank….hmm good one though..at least it made me happy for a moment!!!
Apr 2nd at 6:20 am
ah! now that you guys have posted the comments (which didn’t show up until 5 mins ago) I didn’t understand, but now reading the comments that have been being written the past 2 days, I understand that it was some kind of a joke.
May I ask why? The joke, I mean… why?
~~EK
Apr 2nd at 6:22 am
Great joke, except it’s April the 2nd in Australia, so it kind of fizzled here.
Apr 2nd at 6:23 am
Niiiiiice! Thanks for the chuckle!
Apr 2nd at 6:36 am
I was fooled. I even took a screenshot of my blog after seeing it appeared on the BOTM. Well, even if it was for justa minute, it made me feel better.
Apr 2nd at 6:49 am
lol I took screenshots and sent out to friend
:( good one matt
Apr 2nd at 8:15 am
hahaha! you guys got me there
Apr 2nd at 8:16 am
Kudos, and a great idea.
Apr 2nd at 8:46 am
TYPO “Millennium” corrected
You got me! I thought my “Swindling India” magically became the top post on the day it was published. But surely there is a possible measurable index for awesomeness, which is the time spent at a blog. Aristotle, for example, would have had an awesome blog called The Nicomachean Ethics, and that would have been Blog of the Millennium twice or thrice in a row.
Apr 2nd at 9:01 am
wOw! Thanks for the pic. I really do need a haircut. heY!
Apr 2nd at 9:15 am
Lol, you guys had me scared there. My latest post was simply a link and a single line of text. So I immediately checked my stats, and voila, April fools.
Apr 2nd at 9:18 am
good.
Apr 2nd at 9:19 am
Just thought of this: Next time you guys should rig the stats as well. Would’ve made it more convincing for those that have a bit of sense. Heh.
Apr 2nd at 9:50 am
WP won:
1. Price for the only April 1st joke that got me
2. Price for the joke that got probably the most people (statistically)
Well done!
Apr 2nd at 10:44 am
LOL.. wakakakak.