The "Top 10 Social Media Marketing blogs" list ranks blogs according to Google PageRank, Alexa Rank, Number of Feed Subscribers, Technorati Authority and My Ranking (as Sampad's Rank).
| #1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | |
| #2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | |
| #3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | |
| #4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | |
| #5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | |
| #6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | |
| #7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| #8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |
| #9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| #10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
The list down below are the rest of the blog which are trailing behind as per the ranking to get into the top 10 list.
| #11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| #12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
| #13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
| #14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| #15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |
| #16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| #17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| #18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Blogs Considered: The list considers only blogs that have high percentage of Social Media related content. Topics might range from Social Media news, information, tips, building communities, conversations etc.
Google PageRank (0 to 10): Google PageRank is a link-analysis algorithm that interprets web links and assigns a numerical weighting (0 to 10) to each site. The actual PageRank was used in the algorithm.
Alexa Rank (0 to 10):Alexa ranks sites with an algorithm that incorporates page views and reach (the percentage of all web users who have visited that particular site). This ranges were determined based on the Alexa Rank (i.e., 150k and up, 150k-100k, 100k-75k, 75k-50k) and each range was asssigned a number (1 to 10).
Feed Subscriber (0 to 10): Subscriber ranges were determined (i.e., 1-50, 50-100, 100-150, 150-200 and more) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).
Technorati Authority (0 to 10): Much like the InLinks count, Technorati's Authority count is the number of blog (as opposed to individual links) that link to a particular blog. Ranges were determined based on Technorati's Authority rank (i.e., 1-100, 100-200, 200-400, 400-600 & more) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).
Sampad's Rank (0 to 10): This is the only subjective measure in the algorithm to be assigned to the blogs which will be ranked. The actual rank depends on the content of the blog posts, quality of the blog posts, frequency, creativity & relevancy.
P.S. These are the best blogs on Social Media in India. If you also want to feature in the "Best Social Media Blogs in India" list, please link back to this post or else mail me at sampad.s [at]gmail.com your Blog Address and RSS feed for review. As soon as your blog gets listed, will mail you back.
