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November's UK Top Blog Rankings

Dan Levy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:34:21 +0100

Brew Dog Blog has seized the number one spot in Wine and Beer this month - an excellent opportunity to bring you their very first exclusive, which they duly did.

In Technology... The Guardian Technology blog retained Top Spot. Sneak peek veteran Neville Hobson brought you the exclusive.

In the Sport ranking, who else but Arseblog on top? Gunnerblog stays second - an Arsenal one-two that has been in place for some months now keeping the BBC Football Blog in 3rd place. Bitter and Blue had the exclusive - the Man City blogger climbing 5 places to go 9th.

Iain Dale is as ever Top Dog in Politics and Overall. The exclusives went to Archbishop Cranmer who is the 18th biggest Political blog this month, and Lib Demmer Charlotte Gore who, despite dropping places is still 16th in the UK and 13th in her category (Politics, of course).

And in Gastronomy, The Guardian's Word of Mouth blog stays top. Them Apples brought you the sneak preview for the first time.

Wordpress plugin for the Wikio Backlinks Dashboard

Dan Levy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:40:38 +0200

After having shown you the Wordpress plugins for the Automatic Blogroll widget and the Backlinks widget, here is another. This one is available exclusively on Wordpress from version 2.8.3 onwards. It's the Backlinks Dashboard.

This plugin allows you to display an automatic blogroll that is based on the exchanges you have with other bloggers. So it will allow you to display this informaion in the dashboard of your articles.

As with the other plugins this one is available in French, German, Italian and Spanish as well as English, and it is still in Beta testing.

Installation is the same: just simply head to the dedicated page in the Wordpress Plugin Directory and you can take it from there. Your blog must be indexed in the Wikio database. If it is not already you can index it here.

October's UK Top Blog Rankings

Dan Levy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:50:33 +0200

After a look at the Top Blogs in Europe for October, now let's take a look at the UK.

In Technology... The Guardian Technology blog takes Top Spot. The exclusive look went to Gadget Lite Blog; it was their first one.

Sport still dominated by the redoubtable Arseblog. Bitter and Blue had the exclusive, also for the very first time.

Iain Dale is second in Europe and also number one in the UK for both Politics and Overall. The exclusives went to Miss S B and Liberal Demorcat Voice.

In Wine and Beer, Pete Brown rules the roost this month. Tandleman brought you an exclusive look - his debut also.

And in Gastronomy, still in first place is The Guardian Word of Mouth. News of which came exclusively on World Foodie Guide.

Top European Blogs - October 2009

Dan Levy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:48:17 +0200

Here once again are the Top 50 European blogs, where Germany's netzpolitik.org has retaken the title of Europe's Number One. The rest of the podium sees the UK's Iain Dale move into second, while Germany's Nerdcore is third.

Spain, as with last month, gains a blog and is the country with the greatest number of representitives in the Top 50 with 15, six of those in the Top 20 including ALT1040 in fourth place. That nudges Spain ahead of the Germans who also gain a blog meaning 14 in the ranking this month, a staggering five of which are in the Top 10.

The French can count seven blogs in the ranking, down two from last month, but Partageons mon avis continues its climb and is now 11th. There are five Italian blogs in the ranking, Piovono rane being the highest placed.

The UK and Ireland boast nine blogs, the same as last month - Labourlist and Tory Bear climbing back into the Top 50.

	1	netzpolitik.org
	2	Iain Dale's Diary
	3	Nerdcore
	4	ALT1040
	5	Microsiervos
	6	Guy Fawkes' blog
	7	Piovono rane
	8	Fefe's Blog
	9	Basic Thinking
	10	Stefan Niggemeier
	11	Partageons mon avis
	12	Liberal Conspiracy
	13	Genbeta
	14	Xataka
	15	Wittgenstein
	16	Beppe Grillo's Blog
	17	Engadget Spanish
	18	Liberal Democrat Voice
	19	Poppyrose et la vie en rose
	20	El blog de Enrique Dans
	21	Labourlist
	22	Vidaextra
	23	netzwertig.com
	24	Everybody-Art-Challenge
	25	Escolar.net
	26	Bitelia
	27	Manteblog
	28	And another thing...
	29	Mangas Verdes
	30	Sarkofrance
	31	Caschys Blog
	32	StyleSpion
	33	De tout et de rien
	34	Xataka Móvil
	35	Applesfera
	36	Allesaussersport
	37	No puedo creer
	38	BILDblog
	39	Une poule à petits pas
	40	Presse-citron
	41	CARTA
	42	Harry's Place
	43	Stamp with fun
	44	Indiskretion Ehrensache
	45	Tory Bear
	46	Froufrou et capucine
	47	www.giornalettismo.com
	48	WWWhat's new
	49	SobreTurismo
	50	Dizzy Thinks

Wordpress Plugin for the Automatic Blogroll widget

Dan Levy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:47:01 +0200

As with the Backlinks Widget, our developers have worked hard to create a new Wordpress plugin for the Automatic Blogroll widget, which we originally presented to you on this blog at the end of July. It allows you to display an automatically updated blogroll in your sidebar that displays the blogs that quote you the most, or those that you quote the most, or both!

Installation is the same as with the Backlinks widget plugin: just simply head to the dedicated page in the Wordpress Plugin Directory and you can take it from there.

These tools are available in French, German, Italian and Spanish as well as English, and are still in Beta testing. They're very simple to install and use and update themselves automatically.

To use them your blog must be indexed in the Wikio database. If it is not already you can index it here.

New Wikio plugins now available for Wordpress blogs

Dan Levy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:01:24 +0200

There are a number of new tools we have developed at Wikio especially for blogs, such as the Backlinks widget, which allows bloggers to display in their side bar other blogs that have referenced them.

These are now available in the form of free downloadable plugins, which are very easy to install on a Wordpress blog. You need simply go to the dedicated page in the Wordpress Plugin Directory.

These tools are available in French, German, Italian and Spanish as well as English, and are still in Beta testing. They're very simple to install and use and update themselves automatically.

To use them your blog must be indexed in the Wikio database. If it is not already you can index it here.

Top European Blogs - September 2009

Dan Levy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:29:05 +0200

Here are the Top 50 European blogs for September and Italian site Sky TG24 - Reporter Diffuso retains its position at the Top of the Blogs. Despite that success, Italian blogs make up only 5 blogs of this month's 50, but 4 of those are placed 14th or higher.

Spain has retaken its place as the country boasting the greatest number of blogs in the ranking by gaining a blog to make it 14, with ALT1040 in 5th the highest placed. Germany follows closely behind; as with last month German blogs make up 13 of the Top 50, of which 4 are in the Top 10 this month. Netzpolitik.org stays second and Nerdcore is up to 4th.

There are 9 French blogs in the Top 50, the top one being Partageons mon avis, which climbs 5 places to go 15th.

The UK and Ireland now also boast 9 blogs in the ranking, up one from last month as And another thing... makes an impressive debut at 31st. Iain Dale's Diary is still out in front and moves up a place to take a spot on the podium in 3rd.

	1	Sky TG24
	2	netzpolitik.org
	3	Iain Dale's Diary
	4	Nerdcore
	5	ALT1040
	6	Microsiervos
	7	Guy Fawkes' blog
	8	basicthinking
	9	Piovono rane
	10	Stefan Niggemeier
	11	Liberal Conspiracy
	12	Genbeta
	13	Wittgenstein
	14	Beppe Grillo's Blog
	15	Partageons mon avis
	16	Xataka
	17	Fefe's Blog
	18	netzwertig.com
	19	Labourlist
	20	El blog de Enrique Dans
	21	Engadget Spanish
	22	Vidaextra
	23	Escolar.net
	24	Liberal Democrat Voice
	25	Poppyrose et la vie en rose
	26	Mangas Verdes
	27	StyleSpion
	28	Indiskretion Ehrensache
	29	Caschys Blog
	30	Bitelia
	31	And another thing...
	32	Manteblog
	33	BILDblog
	34	J'ai rien à me mettre
	35	Presse-citron
	36	Harry's Place
	37	Xataka Móvil
	38	Everybody-Art-Challenge
	39	Applesfera
	40	Dizzy Thinks
	41	Sarkofrance
	42	De tout et de rien
	43	Fünf Filmfreunde
	44	CARTA
	45	Une poule à petits pas
	46	No puedo creer
	47	Froufrou et capucine
	48	Korben
	49	WWWhat's new
	50	politicalbetting.com

New buttons on the Wikio action bar

Dan Levy — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:19:30 +0200

You might have already noticed that some new buttons recently appeared on Wikio. There are now three new services in the action bar below each article, which you can use to share your favourite posts and news stories.

The Facebook and Twitter share options have been added to the bar, alongside the possibility to add a comment or send to a friend by email. There is also the "share" button on the right which allows you to share the article using whichever of the other various share sites you prefer.

So there you go, now you can share your favourite articles however you want.

Top European Blogs - August 2009

Dan Levy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:25:38 +0200

As with each month here are the Top Blogs in Europe. The Italian blog Sky TG24 - Reporter Diffuso has inched it's way to the top of the ranking from last month's second place. Big congratulations to what is one of only six Italian blogs in the Top 50 - though 4 of those are in the Top 20.

More changes as Spain has finally lost it's lead in terms of the number of blogs in the ranking. Well, I say lost, it's sharing it with Germany: both nations have 13 blogs in the Top 50. The Spanish, however, boasted an incredible 23 out of 50 back at the turn of the year. Speaking of steadily falling from grace, the previous King of European Blogs Basic Thinking of Germany, who was number 1 for nearly 6 consecutive months until April this year, is edging towards an exit from the Top Ten; it's now in ninth position. Germany still boasts netzpolitik.org and Nerdcore in second and third respectively, however. The number one Spanish blog is ALT1040 in fifth.

Ten French blogs make the ranking, a drop of two from last month - the highest of which being Nicolas Jégou's political blog Partageons mon avis, way back in 20th position.

As for the UK, as with last month there are eight blogs in the Top 50, though some of them have made impressive leaps up the ranking. Harry's Place (39th) clambers back in, whilst Dizzy Thinks (37th) climbs to go one position above politicalbetting.com (38th); Labourlist rises eight places to 18th. Liberal Democrat Voice is up five to 29th and Liberal Conspiracy holds firm in 17th. There are Two UK blogs in the Top 10 and, somewhat symetrically, four in Top 20. Iain Dale's Diary remains out in front in fourth place, followed by Guy Fawkes' blog in 6th.

	1	Sky TG24 - Reporter Diffuso
	2	netzpolitik.org
	3	Nerdcore
	4	Iain Dale's Diary
	5	ALT1040
	6	Guy Fawkes' blog
	7	Microsiervos
	8	Piovono rane
	9	Basic Thinking
	10	Wittgenstein
	11	Stefan Niggemeier
	12	netzwertig.com
	13	Beppe Grillo's Blog
	14	Xataka
	15	Genbeta
	16	El blog de Enrique Dans
	17	Liberal Conspiracy
	18	Labourlist
	19	Fefe's Blog
	20	Partageons mon avis
	21	Poppyrose et la vie en rose
	22	Engadget Spanish
	23	Vidaextra
	24	StyleSpion
	25	Escolar.net
	26	Indiskretion Ehrensache
	27	Mangas Verdes
	28	Manteblog
	29	Liberal Democrat Voice
	30	Presse-citron
	31	Bitelia
	32	Caschys Blog
	33	BILDblog
	34	Froufrou et capucine
	35	Korben
	36	Xataka Móvil
	37	Dizzy Thinks
	38	politicalbetting.com
	39	Harry's Place
	40	Fünf Filmfreunde
	41	Virginie B
	42	J'ai rien à me mettre
	43	CARTA
	44	No puedo creer
	45	Une poule à petits pas
	46	Ruhrbarone
	47	Applesfera
	48	Sarkofrance
	49	Le point sur le i
	50	Francesco Costa

A Wikio tool for displaying the tags corresponding to your article

Dan Levy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:28:36 +0200

The series continues with the presentation of the third of our brand new widgets. Installed below your posts, it displays the tags corresponding to each article you publish. These tags come from our semantic analysis engine, which, after indexing and analysing every article, automatically extracts the news entities and topics that relate to it.

Here is an example:

To install it just copy the code below, not forgetting to insert your blog's URL:

<a href="http://www.wikio.co.uk" class="wikio-tags">Tags Widget by Wikio</a>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.wikio.co.uk/js/article/tags?country=uk&url=URL_OF_YOUR_ARTICLE" charset="utf-8"></script>

Once again, don’t hesitate to contact us on widgets@wikio.com if you have any questions.