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Posted: Sunday, April 1st, 2007 at 7:25 pm. Filed in Uncategorized.

New Ranking Algorithim

by Matt

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.

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  1. axewielderx
    April 1st, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    Cool!:)

  2. Agent KGB
    April 1st, 2007 at 7:42 pm

    LOL I wish.

  3. adam
    April 1st, 2007 at 8:02 pm

    wow. that’s brilliant :lol:

    kudos.

  4. jayleen
    April 1st, 2007 at 8:08 pm

    How does the awesome meter work? :o D

  5. Brian
    April 1st, 2007 at 8:10 pm

    :lol: Thanks for the ego boost. :P

    Now if you could only do this every day of the year. :roll:

  6. Sean
    April 1st, 2007 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.

  7. Hameed Khan
    April 1st, 2007 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?

  8. matty
    April 1st, 2007 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!)

  9. oraclewalkin
    April 1st, 2007 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!!

  10. Marein Könings
    April 1st, 2007 at 8:31 pm

    Wow, my blog’s Blog of the Minute…

    I don’t know what you changed, but it was good! :D

  11. judyb12
    April 1st, 2007 at 8:33 pm

    radically rearchitected?!? ;)

  12. lifeinmotion
    April 1st, 2007 at 8:44 pm

    I’m flattered to be the “Blog of the Minute” on the 1st of April

  13. grandiosa12
    April 1st, 2007 at 8:47 pm

    I know you guys are pranking us.. you’ve got me! happy april fools day

  14. Catherine Morgan
    April 1st, 2007 at 8:51 pm

    Thanks Matt. This is a great new ranking system! :wink:

  15. Manymeez
    April 1st, 2007 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.

  16. Chris Blumen
    April 1st, 2007 at 9:01 pm

    except with like, I don’t know, an April Fool’s Joke.

    Scared me into shakes man.

  17. Caravaggio
    April 1st, 2007 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 !

  18. Ronnie Ann
    April 1st, 2007 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!

  19. Cat
    April 1st, 2007 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?

  20. Sheryl
    April 1st, 2007 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.” :-)

  21. broader
    April 1st, 2007 at 9:39 pm

    If that ain’t an April fool’s joke it’s a cool news! ;)

  22. mon@rch
    April 1st, 2007 at 9:41 pm

    Very cool and will check out!

  23. Philapple
    April 1st, 2007 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 ;-)

  24. red01
    April 1st, 2007 at 9:50 pm

    Wicked… measuring awesomeness… is the way of the future. :D

  25. megadix
    April 1st, 2007 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…

  26. Zé
    April 1st, 2007 at 10:08 pm

    April fools :P

  27. raincoaster
    April 1st, 2007 at 10:20 pm

    That’s a good one, guys!

  28. easyrew
    April 1st, 2007 at 10:22 pm

    Seems broken to me – my own blog now constantly appears as my ‘blog of the minute’.

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  30. charonqc
    April 1st, 2007 at 10:23 pm

    I don’t know how you guys do it… fantastic service / product – and I am glad you do

    Charon QC

  31. Evan
    April 1st, 2007 at 10:50 pm

    Awesome!

  32. stealbelow
    April 1st, 2007 at 10:53 pm

    Sweet!

  33. poppy8sd
    April 1st, 2007 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!

  34. secondchancetolive
    April 1st, 2007 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

  35. janelles
    April 1st, 2007 at 11:14 pm

    ha ha April fools!

  36. Χρήστος Μόρφος
    April 1st, 2007 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"].

  37. Jeff Ventura
    April 1st, 2007 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?

  38. TheHype
    April 1st, 2007 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 :) )

  39. enkerli
    April 1st, 2007 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!

  40. dpcough
    April 1st, 2007 at 11:49 pm

    april fools

  41. carthik
    April 1st, 2007 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!

  42. girlfriday
    April 2nd, 2007 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* :lol: How cool is that???

  43. agentplex
    April 2nd, 2007 at 12:05 am

    Can’t wait to hear what the awesomest person behind today’s “blog of the minute” has to say!!!!

    LOL

  44. ferron
    April 2nd, 2007 at 12:09 am

    No april fool?

  45. Spyder
    April 2nd, 2007 at 12:13 am

    hahaha, sneaky :P

  46. pascal
    April 2nd, 2007 at 12:15 am

    finally
    a fair ranking system ;)

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  48. mesablue
    April 2nd, 2007 at 12:28 am

    Very funny.

  49. outofthegarden
    April 2nd, 2007 at 12:35 am

    Excellent, I am Blog Of The Minute …. for about an hour thus far ;)
    I love a good April Fool’s!

  50. qbit
    April 2nd, 2007 at 12:46 am

    Algorithm, not algorithim. ;)

  51. engtech
    April 2nd, 2007 at 1:01 am

    Took a while for this to go live :)

  52. engtech
    April 2nd, 2007 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. :)

  53. matt
    April 2nd, 2007 at 1:04 am

    all i know is that i ended up as the blog of the minute and i have no idea how

  54. rumours
    April 2nd, 2007 at 1:07 am

    Amazing Matt, simply amazing
    Thaks WordPress :)
    i love it

  55. showmescifi
    April 2nd, 2007 at 1:07 am

    awesome

  56. Sagaro
    April 2nd, 2007 at 1:11 am

    Happy fooling :P

  57. Trent
    April 2nd, 2007 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!

  58. Brent
    April 2nd, 2007 at 1:59 am

    Nice.

  59. Brent
    April 2nd, 2007 at 2:00 am

    Hey, I’m the blog of the minute!

  60. Woeful
    April 2nd, 2007 at 2:04 am

    Nice!

  61. Ryan
    April 2nd, 2007 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 :)

  62. shinyobjectsandbumblebees
    April 2nd, 2007 at 2:32 am

    umm, my latest post is the blog o the minute. hahaha! lovely april fool’s joke! :P
    so how did you manage it? lol

  63. Ryan
    April 2nd, 2007 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.

  64. जगदीश भाटिया
    April 2nd, 2007 at 2:34 am

    It is stunning !
    Thanks for giving smile on our face :)

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  66. Lauren
    April 2nd, 2007 at 2:39 am

    This is the best April Fool’s present I’ve ever had! You guys are too good to us.

  67. alicia5
    April 2nd, 2007 at 2:44 am

    thats will be great for me!!! Thanks

  68. Jeff Ventura
    April 2nd, 2007 at 2:44 am

    Ah yes. Clever.

  69. rjlight
    April 2nd, 2007 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…

  70. alejna
    April 2nd, 2007 at 2:48 am

    You guys are funny. On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d give this new system an “awesome.”

  71. Christ Almond
    April 2nd, 2007 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.

  72. delizenciler
    April 2nd, 2007 at 3:06 am

    good Algorithim to blogger :P

  73. EelKat
    April 2nd, 2007 at 3:07 am

    I’m not sure that I see what’s differant. uhm. What did I miss?

    ~~EK

  74. Michael Sync
    April 2nd, 2007 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..

  75. abu ameerah
    April 2nd, 2007 at 3:24 am

    great work guys. thanks!

  76. Harsha
    April 2nd, 2007 at 3:41 am

    Wow! Being able to measure awesomeness itself is awesome!!

  77. whig
    April 2nd, 2007 at 3:46 am

    Always good to know that I’m the blog of the minute. I doubt it will work as well tomorrow.

  78. bartonpublishing
    April 2nd, 2007 at 4:35 am

    Works for me! I was happy to be ranked #59 today…

  79. wittyusername
    April 2nd, 2007 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::

  80. Catholic Writer
    April 2nd, 2007 at 4:51 am

    Heh. Nice trick!

  81. Elizabeth
    April 2nd, 2007 at 4:52 am

    LOL! LOL!

  82. scientaestubique
    April 2nd, 2007 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.

  83. outofthegarden
    April 2nd, 2007 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 ;)

  84. Farghana
    April 2nd, 2007 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!!!

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  86. EelKat
    April 2nd, 2007 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

  87. scientaestubique
    April 2nd, 2007 at 6:22 am

    Great joke, except it’s April the 2nd in Australia, so it kind of fizzled here.

  88. Lou (Linda)
    April 2nd, 2007 at 6:23 am

    Niiiiiice! Thanks for the chuckle!

  89. K
    April 2nd, 2007 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.

  90. dinsan
    April 2nd, 2007 at 6:49 am

    lol I took screenshots and sent out to friend :( :( good one matt

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  92. Karen
    April 2nd, 2007 at 8:15 am

    hahaha! you guys got me there ;)

  93. peoplesgeography
    April 2nd, 2007 at 8:16 am

    Kudos, and a great idea.

  94. drsubrotoroy
    April 2nd, 2007 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.

  95. outeasy
    April 2nd, 2007 at 9:01 am

    wOw! Thanks for the pic. I really do need a haircut. heY!

  96. Leedeth
    April 2nd, 2007 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.

  97. ALP GECKALAN
    April 2nd, 2007 at 9:18 am

    good.

  98. Leedeth
    April 2nd, 2007 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.

  99. Christoph Wagner
    April 2nd, 2007 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!

  100. clukindahose
    April 2nd, 2007 at 10:44 am

    LOL.. wakakakak.

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