Appalachianista Blogs
You know me - I love "technology" and the "internet." It makes me all giddy. Well, this morning while I was surfing during breakfast I decided to hit up the legendary (among bloggers) Technorati and perform a very particular sort of search - I decided to specifically look for those blogs claiming to be about Appalachia in general - 70 sites were listed for my blog-pleasure as a result. I decided to rank order them according to their authority rating and list 'm for you (editing out spurious or dead entries as well as sites which haven't updated since August of this year) for your life-pleasure. The results, maestro:
Authority of 77: Smokey Mountain Breakdown
Authority of 66: Hillbilly Savants
Authority of 53: Buffy Holt
Authority of 50: Shuck and Jive
Authority 0f 41: Appalachian History
Authority of 36: The Herbwife's Kitchen
Authority of 31: Pocahontas County Fare
Authority of 22: Among the Hills
Authority of 18: Appalachian Writers
Authority of 18: Quo Vadis
Authority of 15: Tales From Creekistan
Authority of 12: Rednecromancer
Authority of 9: Mari's Midnight Garden
Authority of 9: Tug's Life
Authority of 8: Beyond the 9th Wave
Authority of 6: Plummer's Hollow, Pennsylvania
Authority of 4: Quilts and Creativity
Authority of 2: Garysworld 'Appalachia'
Authority of 2: Mindracket
Authority of 2: Zezrie's Ponderings
Authority of 1: Dog and Pony Show
Authority of 1: epizoodiks. . .
Authority of 1: Guide to What's Good
Authority of 1: Life Through 4 Eyes
Authority of 1: pfly
Authority of 1: Pictures and Words
Authority of 0: Appalachia
Authority of 0: Appalachia and Beyond
Authority of 0: Appalachia's Best Mullets
Authority of 0: Appalachian Music Blogger - Henry Queen
Authority of 0: Cross-Cultural Encounter: Appalachia
Authority of 0: Oh, Appalachia!
Authority of 0: Reading in Appalachia
Authority of 0: Six Weeks in Appalachia
Authority of 0: Ups and Downs in Appalachia
So the final count is about 35 - we're a pretty elite group of writers, eh? Of course there are tons of localist Appalachian bloggers writing about a particular county, town, city, or sub-region, but wow - - - surprisinglicious. Anyway - if there are sites you haven't visited, you should check'm out (I'll be adding several permanent peer links in the next few days, in case you're wondering) - there are some gems in amongst this group. And stuff.
