tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post495884653538645692..comments2023-12-22T08:42:36.132+00:00Comments on Gaian Economics: It's a ballot, Jim, but not as we know itMollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12845612174674783187noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post-24365071534574940762007-10-22T16:14:00.000+01:002007-10-22T16:14:00.000+01:00Hi Molly,hope you're not too distressed about the ...Hi Molly,<BR/><BR/>hope you're not too distressed about the whole thing. I'll try to answer a couple of your questions;<BR/><BR/>"how many green blogs I am contending with" Well, in theory all of them. But as I don't have an infinite amount of time on my hands the process was this.<BR/><BR/>I announced that it was that time of year again on my blog (and facebook) a while back and around twenty to thirty blogs were nominated to be in the running. I also included the top thirty from last year and a few blogs I knew were good but new and did not yet appear on the "short list"<BR/><BR/>I then used the same formula as last year which was to mark the blogs on ten different categories out of ten. The categories include design, humour, interaction, etc.<BR/><BR/>This is actually very useful because although it is not exactly scientific it helps me step away from my personal preferences especially when I actually know the bloggers in question.<BR/><BR/>This gave me a list of twenty in a justifiable order. Now whether you can rank blogs in this way is extremely debatable. It's like comparing oranges and steam rollers. But it's a bit of fun and it does help highlight some of the more interesting, well written blogs that are out there - like yours.<BR/><BR/>"Has Jim eliminated the rabble"<BR/><BR/>The reason it was twenty this year is that it was for inclusion in Iain Dale's guide to political blogging and he wanted me to do twenty. <BR/><BR/>Part of the reason is there is a wider directory in the book (unranked) this time, which there wasn't last time - I believe his thinking is that once your down to the difference between 67 and 68 the whole thing is rather meaningless.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, congratulations again.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.com