Top Of The Berkshire Blogs - January 2010

Of course no ranking system will ever be definitive so Reading List encourages all bloggers to participate and apply to add their blog to the Wikio directory - the more the merrier!

If you've added your site or think there are any sites we may have missed don't forget to tell us about them in the comments so that they can be added too!

Click here for more analysis.

But less of the preambles, here's the full chart according to Wikio for January 2010:-


1 #28 (-12) - Mark Reckons
2 #41 (+4) - John Redwood's Diary
3 #51 (+7) - Boulton & Co
4 #131 (+31) - left outside
5 #198 (-16) - Bracknell Blog
6 #216 (+60) - Another Green World
7 #293 (-20) - The Salted Slug
8 #276 (+103) - Liberal Burblings
9 #284 (+97) - Reading List
10 #349 (+484) - The Cartoon Church
11 #364 (-25) - NevilleHobson.com
12 #379 (+11) - Redlands Libdems
13 #557 (-125) - Richard Willis's Blog
14 #587 (+182) - Green Reading
15 #597 (-42) - LPUK South East
16 #643 (+401) - Cllr Glenn Goodall
17 #674 (-89) - Mr London Street
18 #676 (+236) - Jane Is The One
19 #696 (+21,562) - Clive Davis: Confab
20 #730 (-195) - naws
21 #750 (+341) - Was Was 'ere
22 #827 (+866) - Marketing By Permission
23 #834 (+127) - Babyrambles
24 #889 (+1,290) - The Church Times Blog
25 #1010 (+390) - Scaryduck
26 #1198 (+397) - East Berkshire Green Party
27 #1314 (+25) - Cllr Ricky Duveen
28 #1359 (-307) - Cllr Dave Luckett
29 #1487 (-331) - gCO2e
30 #1489 (-226) - NYOOTW
31 #1549 (-327) - Want to be a free thinker, but still a nice person
32 #1478 (-133) - Katesgrove Libdems
33 #1756 (+20,324) - Last Django In Paris
34 #1786 (-349) - Naz Sarkar
35 #1774 (+3,888) - Adrian Hollister
36 #1873 (New Entry) - Puglia2010
37 #1921 (-625) - Gideon Mack - Orangutan
38 #1989 (-327) - Sean Green's Blog
39 #2100 (-377) - Berkshire Blog Review
40 #2101 (-377) - The Thoughts Of Chairman Bill
41 #2104 (-376) - Independent Jones
42 #2167 (-364) - Reading List Editor's Page
43 #2199 (-363) - Adam Connell Is Dangerously Liberal
44 #2248 (+238) - Cllr Prue Bray
45 #2251 (-753) - Berkeley Blog
46 #2392 (-365) - Right To Common Sense
47 #2402 (-364) - The Mysterious World Of Matt Blackall
48 #2471 (-356) - Bloggy Blanc
49 #2653 (-328) - Rachel Eden's Blog
50 #2778 (New Entry) - Cllr John Ennis
51 #2804 (-305) - Bag Lady
52 #3291 (-342) - Reading Roars
53 #3302 (-289) - Creating Reputations With Morgan PR
54 #3523 (-348) - Alvin's Stuff
55 #3653 (-357) - windsorfirestation.co.uk
56 #3393 (+39) - WendyHouse
57 #3834 (-357) - British Royal Wedding
58 #3988 (Re-Entry) - DTT's Memoirs
59 #4029 (-405) - Cat's Blog
60 #4104 (-432) - Through A Peep Hole
61 #4113 (-432) - Sporting Reflections
62 #4260 (-441) - Grasp The Mettle
63 #4261 (-441) - David Burbage's Weblog
64 #4290 (-444) - Thames Valley Mums Blog
65 #4324 (-463) - The Flashing Blade
66 #4599 (-457) - The Blogshire of Thiessen's on Thames
67 #4830 (-414) - The rise and rise of social media in UK retail
68 #5165 (-360) - Windsor Judo Club
69 #5166 (-359) - Slough Town Soapbox
70 #5666 (-281) - Bucolic Frolics
71 #6033 (-250) - Writing A Few Lists About Everything
72 #6357 (Re-Entry) - The Red Rocket
73 #6581 (-224) - Ramblings of a Pheasant Plucker
74 #6582 (-224) - Berkshire Websites
75 #6583 (-224) - Thames Rail
76 #6584 (-224) - matthewmillen.co.uk
77 #6585 (-223) - The Age Of Stupidity
78 #6586 (-223) - Brian Moore - KAMInsighter
79 #6587 (-223) - ClayHill Newbury
80 #6589 (-223) - Greening St John's
81 #6590 (-222) - Prof Will Hughes
82 #6591 (-222) - z0man's Political Thoughts
83 #6592 (-222) - Treetops - One-day Classes in Newbury
84 #6593 (-222) - Sport Minded
85 #6594 (-221) - Knit Happens In Newbury
86 #6595 (-221) - hang-on
87 #6596 (Re-Entry) - Owt4Nowt
88 #6597 (Re-Entry) - mishaps
89 #6599 (-223) - dot.green
90 #6600 (-223) - Slouching Towards Thatcham
91 #6601 (-223) - Woz Write's
92 #6602 (-223) - Let's push the big red button anyway
93 #6606 (-223) - Lazy View
94 #6669 (-213) - Beasley's Place
95 #6670 (-213) - Phil Spray
96 #6671 (-213) - Andy Peacock
97 #6672 (-213) - Basildon Blog
98 #6673 (-213) - Yasmin
99 #6674 (-213) - Magic Photography
100 #6675 (-213) - Macbeth Insurance Brokers
101 #6676 (-213) - Reading Youth Sikh Association
102 #6677 (-213) - Reading Toy Run
103 #6678 (-213) - Scribblings
104 #6679 (-213) - Jazz From Geoff
105 #6681 (-213) - The Reading Fan
106 #6682 (-213) - sheepdrove
107 #6683 (-213) - 106 points and 99 points
108 #6685 (-213) - Baba Mzungu
109 #6686 (-213) - Visions of Future Past
110 #6878 (-221) - Appleton's Estates
111 #8320 (+133) - Goring-on-Thames
112 #12035 (+95) - Internet Psychology
113 #13004 (-49) - Outcast
114 #13043 (+174) - Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club
115 #13102 (+172) - Z0man's Dev
116 #13104 (+171) - Z0man's Techi Corner
117 #13196 (+177) - Back the boys and make some noise
118 #13252 (+169) - Organised Randomness
119 #13288 (+171) - Brightwalton & Villages
120 #13290 (+172) - a life designing
121 #13294 (+172) - Joey Nova
122 #13353 (+172) - Mostly Harmless
123 #13363 (+172) - jpequal
124 #13461 (+203) - The Green Goblin blog
125 #13511 (+199) - Sheabutter Cottage
126 #13605 (+205) - Lower Earley Book Group
127 #21426 (+478) - Clearway Driver Training
128 #21427 (+479) - Musings
129 #21474 (+484) - The Drunken Monkey Strikes Back
130 #21526 (+495) - The Sourceress
131 #21560 (+500) - Open to Persuasion
132 #21573 (+504) - Controlware
133 #21574 (+504) - Cycling for the Community
134 #21575 (+504) - Jim's Journal
135 #21576 (+505) - Nerd Rage
136 #21577 (+505) - Free Hug
137 #21578 (+505) - Protean
138 #21579 (Re-Entry) - Urban Complexity
139 #21580 (+504) - Narrowboat Zulu Warrior
140 #21581 (+504) - Kotha-Chhilo
141 #21621 (+522) - This Is Bracknell
142 #21623 (+522) - Martinsnottheone
143 #21720 (+466) - amy kate
144 #21721 (+466) - Richard Charon - The Newbury Dentist
145 #21722 (+466) - Jim Beeer
146 #21723 (+466) - Getting To Excellent
147 #21724 (+465) - The Virtual Victorian
148 #21725 (+465) - The Real Sue Doughty
149 #21726 (+465) - Rob Fisher
150 #21727 (+465) - The Open Bracket
151 #21728 (+465) - Reading Geek Night
152 #21730 (+465) - RUSU Elected Officers' Blog
153 #21731 (+465) - Steve's News
154 #21825 (New Entry) - Greenconstructionuk
155 #21826 (New Entry) - Richard McKenzie
156 #21827 (New Entry) - Reading Liberal Youth
157 #21828 (New Entry) - Josh Harsant MYP
158 #21829 (New Entry) - Damned Economists
159 #21830 (New Entry) - Green Gabbles

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And here are those which have dropped off the list since last month due to inactivity:

--- Puglia2010 - discontinued
--- West Berks PC Doctor's News Blog
--- Windsor Information
--- Stumbling blocks to stepping stones
--- EJBC
--- Sophie Berkshire Escort
--- Volunteering With RISC
--- my random rants
--- Theale Village


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Talking Points: January 2010

As a new feature for the new year I've decided it's worth having a look back at the month gone by to pick up any trends in what local bloggers have been most interested in.

Of course no review will ever be comprehensive, but hopefully this will give a taster.

Here's Reading List's archive of local blog news for January 2010.

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Bookending the month were two big debates.

- The first of these was the ongoing attention paid to the way authorities responded to the winter weather crisis.

More Weather On The Agenda; Round-Up: Snow - The Sequel; Winter Warmer; Beneath The Surface; The Snow Summit

After parts of Berkshire descended into temporary chaos when a blizzard hit giving the country the first white Christmas in years bloggers were well primed for another bout.

Although the second wave was accompanied by less outspoken criticism it did throw up a variety of responses which began to look into the causes and effects of public policy on the physical and ambient environment.

Dealing with the immediate problems of heavy snow and ice was the big concern for many, but this quickly turned into a debate about climate change and how and whether to pay for the damage it causes. Prevention is better than a cure, but do we have to learn to live with the situation which faces us?


- At the other end of the month the proposal for Reading to bid for city status came up for discussion.

Is Reading A City?; Reading's City Bid Approved

The civic movement saw a big split between those who feel this is a banner moment to help improve the local economy by raising the standing of the community and those who feel it is more about appearances than real improvements.

Underlying the debate are questions about local government economics and accountability. Primary among these is the desire to reshape the boundaries of the unitary authority in line with the actual area of the urban unit.

The most recent boundary changes left Woodley, Earley, Calcot and some parts of Tilehurst outside Reading borough, and since there is a demographic split between urban and suburban residents on either side about where they want decisions to be taken this is naturally controversial.


- In between the two, the upcoming General Election came into focus as party manifestos started to be set out by candidates.

Cameron Indirectly; Splash To Backlash

Conservative Party leader David Cameron visited the town (at the second attempt) to talk about his plans.

Initially it was to launch his pledge to protect the NHS from the swinging cuts to public spending he envisages and answer specific questions from the public, but in the event invitations were given to a limited selection of activists and media at short notice to recognise volunteer groups and the emphasis he will place on supporting the third sector as a means out of budget troubles.

Car Park Spats; Countdown To The Budget; Labour Crumbles In Face of 'Call In'

This was followed by the incumbent Labour administration's laying out it's proposals.

It became apparent that Labour's strategy to minimise painful cuts to the public budget was to increase revenues from peripheral charges, such as on parking. So when it became clear that the level of increases were excessive opposition strengthened and the proposals were scaled back. This ties the hands of budget setters and pressure will be on to keep headline council tax rises down in this election year.

Making Minds Up In Reading West; Local LibDems Recognised For Online Activism; Opening Doors To New And Empty Homes

Meanwhile LibDems were also fully engaged as Redlands representative Cllr Daisy Benson was selected as the PPC in Reading West.

This came as little surprise considering the successes she has had using social media to reach out to members of the public and on changing local housing policy as chair of one of Reading's main scrutiny committees. She is clearly a rising star among local politicians nationwide and very much at the heart of the LibDem party, as was shown when party leader Nick Clegg announced his ideas on housing.

SADs, Dams And 'Lies' In Green-field Dispute; A Comedy Manifesto

Green Party activists were also to be seen looking for a way to make their presence felt in the political arena.

Rob White, who hopes to get elected as the first Green councillor in Reading, got involved in a dispute over protecting a local playing field. He also got to meet celebrity supporter Mark Thomas when he gave a comedy show in the town.


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Life is never dull in Reading, but how any of these talking points play out is something we'll just have to wait and watch... or contribute to ourselves!

We can all make a difference to the lives we live by discussing the choices we face and giving our opinion, so if you want to participate in the online debate contact Oranjepan and Reading List will monitor your local blog too - get blogging!

Top Of The Berkshire Blogs - December 2009

Of course no ranking system will ever be definitive so Reading List encourages all bloggers to participate and apply to add their blog to the Wikio directory - the more the merrier!

If you think there are any sites we may have missed don't forget to tell us about them in the comments so that they can be added too!

Click here for more analysis.

But less of the preambles, here's the full chart according to Wikio for December 2009:-


1 #16 (+4) - Mark Reckons
2 #45 (+9) - John Redwood's Diary
3 #58 (+5) - Boulton & Co
4 #162 (+20) - left outside
5 #182 (+13) - Bracknell Blog
6 #273 (-66) - The Salted Slug
7 #339 (-29) - NevilleHobson.com
8 #379 (+923) - Liberal Burblings
9 #381 (+37) - Reading List
10 #390 (+299) - Redlands Libdems
11 #432 (+36) - Richard Willis's Blog
12 #535 (+123) - naws
13 #555 (-60) - LPUK South East
14 #583 (+242) - Mr London Street
15 #769 (+48) - Green Reading
16 #833 (+343) - The Cartoon Church
17 #912 (-210) - Jane Is The One
18 #961 (+28) - Babyrambles
19 #1044 (-240) - Cllr Glenn Goodall
20 #1052 (-192) - Cllr Dave Luckett
21 #1091 (+76) - Was Was 'ere
22 #1156 (+911) - gCO2e
23 #1222 (-213) - Want to be a free thinker, but still a nice person
24 #1263 (-308) - NYOOTW
25 #1296 (+1,074) - Gideon Mack - Orangutan
26 #1339 (+720) - Cllr Ricky Duveen
27 #1345 (+195) - Katesgrove Libdems
28 #1400 (+84) - Scaryduck
29 #1437 (-248) - Naz Sarkar
30 #1494 (+4,711) - Berkeley Blog
31 #1595 (+636) - East Berkshire Green Party
32 #1672 (-22) - Sean Green's Blog
33 #1693 (+280) - Marketing By Permission
34 #1723 (+2,103) - Berkshire Blog Review
35 #1724 (-293) - The Thoughts Of Chairman Bill
36 #1728 (-294) - Independent Jones
37 #1803 (+20,490) - Reading List Editor's Page
38 #1836 (-311) - Adam Connell Is Dangerously Liberal
39 #2027 (-300) - Right To Common Sense
40 #2038 (-304) - The Mysterious World Of Matt Blackall
41 #2115 (-318) - Bloggy Blanc
42 #2179 (-326) - The Church Times Blog
43 #2325 (-335) - Rachel Eden's Blog
44 #2499 (-330) - Bag Lady
45 #2686 (-309) - Cllr Prue Bray
46 #2967 (Re-entry) - Reading Roars
47 #3013 (-287) - Creating Reputations With Morgan PR
48 #3175 (-279) - Alvin's Stuff
49 #3286 (-278) - windsorfirestation.co.uk
50 #3432 (+254) - WendyHouse
51 #3477 (-270) - British Royal Wedding
52 #3624 (-273) - Cat's Blog
53 #3671 (-299) - Through A Peep Hole
54 #3681 (+832) - Sporting Reflections
55 #3819 (-310) - Grasp The Mettle
56 #3820 (-310) - David Burbage's Weblog
57 #3846 (-295) - Thames Valley Mums Blog
58 #3861 (-294) - The Flashing Blade
59 #4142 (-369) - The Blogshire of Thiessen's on Thames
60 #4143 (-369) - Puglia2010
61 #4416 (-346) - The rise and rise of social media in UK retail
62 #4417 (-346) - Stumbling blocks to stepping stones
63 #4805 (-287) - Windsor Judo Club
64 #4806 (-287) - EJBC
65 #4807 (-287) - Slough Town Soapbox
66 #5385 (-212) - Bucolic Frolics
67 #5662 (-207) - Adrian Hollister
68 #5783 (-170) - Writing A Few Lists About Everything
69 #6357 (-154) - Ramblings of a Pheasant Plucker
70 #6358 (-154) - Berkshire Websites
71 #6359 (Re-Entry) - Thames Rail
72 #6360 (-154) - matthewmillen.co.uk
73 #6361 (-154) - Sophie Berkshire Escort
74 #6362 (-154) - The Age Of Stupidity
75 #6363 (-154) - Brian Moore - KAMInsighter
76 #6364 (-154) - ClayHill Newbury
77 #6366 (-154) - Greening St John's
78 #6367 (-154) - Volunteering With RISC
79 #6368 (-154) - Prof Will Hughes
80 #6369 (-154) - z0man's Political Thoughts
81 #6370 (-154) - Treetops - One-day Classes in Newbury
82 #6371 (-154) - Sport Minded
83 #6372 (Re-entry) - my random rants
84 #6373 (-155) - Knit Happens In Newbury
85 #6374 (-155) - hang-on
86 #6376 (-154) - dot.green
87 #6377 (-154) - Slouching Towards Thatcham
88 #6378 (-154) - Woz Write's
89 #6379 (-154) - Let's push the big red button anyway
90 #6383 (-154) - Lazy View
91 #6456 (-147) - Beasley's Place
92 #6457 (-153) - Phil Spray
93 #6458 (-153) - Andy Peacock
94 #6459 (-153) - Basildon Blog
95 #6460 (-152) - Yasmin
96 #6461 (-152) - Magic Photography
97 #6462 (-152) - Macbeth Insurance Brokers
98 #6463 (-152) - Reading Youth Sikh Association
99 #6464 (Re-entry) - Reading Toy Run
100 #6465 (-153) - Scribblings
101 #6466 (-153) - Jazz From Geoff
102 #6468 (-153) - The Reading Fan
103 #6469 (-153) - sheepdrove
104 #6470 (Re-entry) - 106 points and 99 points
105 #6472 (-154) - Baba Mzungu
106 #6473 (-154) - Visions of Future Past
107 #6657 (-170) - Appleton's Estates
108 #8187 (-122) - Goring-on-Thames
109 #8970 (-230) - West Berks PC Doctor's News Blog
110 #9554 (-271) - Windsor Information
111 #12130 (-268) - Internet Psychology
112 #13217 (-218) - Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club
113 #13274 (-222) - Z0man's Dev
114 #13275 (-222) - Z0man's Techi Corner
115 #13373 (-208) - Back the boys and make some noise
116 #13421 (-207) - Organised Randomness
117 #13459 (-196) - Brightwalton & Villages
118 #13462 (-195) - a life designing
119 #13466 (-189) - Joey Nova
120 #13525 (-185) - Mostly Harmless
121 #13535 (-186) - jpequal
122 #13664 (-162) - The Green Goblin blog
123 #13710 (-170) - Sheabutter Cottage
124 #13810 (-170) - Lower Earley Book Group
125 #21904 (+287) - Clearway Driver Training
126 #21905 (+288) - Theale Village
127 #21906 (+288) - Musings
128 #21958 (+298) - The Drunken Monkey Strikes Back
129 #22021 (+305) - The Sourceress
130 #22060 (+306) - Open to Persuasion
131 #22077 (+320) - Controlware
132 #22078 (+320) - Cycling for the Community
133 #22079 (+320) - Jim's Journal
134 #22080 (+320) - Last Django In Paris
135 #22081 (+320) - Nerd Rage
136 #22082 (+320) - Free Hug
137 #22083 (+320) - Protean
138 #22084 (+322) - Narrowboat Zulu Warrior
139 #22085 (+322) - Kotha-Chhilo
140 #22143 (+330) - This Is Bracknell
141 #22254 (New Entry) - amy kate
142 #22255 (New Entry) - Richard Charon - The Newbury Dentist
143 #22256 (New Entry) - Jim Beeer
144 #22257 (New Entry) - Getting To Excellent
145 #22258 (New Entry) - Clive Davis: Confab
146 #22259 (New Entry) - The Virtual Victorian
147 #22260 (New Entry) - The Real Sue Doughty
148 #22261 (New Entry) - Rob Fisher
149 #22262 (New Entry) - The Open Bracket
150 #22263 (New Entry) - Reading Geek Night
151 #22265 (New Entry) - RUSU Elected Officers' Blog
152 #22266 (New Entry) - Steve's News

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And here are those which have dropped off the list since last month due to inactivity:

--- 16 - #829 - Clive Davis (discontinued)
--- 44 - #2890 - Cllr Emma Warman
--- 66 - #5966 - The Red Rocket
--- 75 - #6211 - berkshireborn
--- 84 - #6220 - Owt4Nowt
--- 85 - #6221 - mishaps
--- 90 - #6226 - some thoughts
--- 96 - #6307 - Kurly Wurly
--- 103 - #6314 - John Llewellyn Blogs France
--- 138 - #22404 - digitaltoast
--- 139 - #22405 - Urban Complexity
--- 142 - #22408 - Sterling Automotive

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The State Of The Berkshire Blogosphere: Gender Balance

One of the simplest ways to analyse the blogosphere is to compare authorship of the local blogs according to gender.

Assumptions are often made that there are predominantly more male than female bloggers, but previous studies have shown this is a blunt generalisation.

Since blogging became accepted as a relatively mainstream activity in 2004 the pure numbers have evolved and the level of men and women who are active in the sphere has largely equalized, but interestingly a clearer distinction in the pattern of blogging behaviour has become apparent.

So for my purposes a simple count of the blogs on the 'Top of The Berkshire Blogs' charts will effectively show how maturely developed the local blogosphere now is (for ease of calculation I'll use November 2009 as the most recent source list of active sites and exclude guest contributions).

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Men: 86
Women: 27
Multiple male: 6
Multiple female: 4
Multiple both: 9
Unknown author: 11
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Total: 143
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This means there are 101 listed sites whose principle authors are male, compared to 40 who are female and 11 of unknown gender (a 5:2 ratio).

Of course this is not a definitive sample as there are several examples of highly active bloggers who contribute to more than one weblog and there are numerous local blogs which are not included on the chart. I've also failed to identify almost a dozen authors. So any conclusions should be treated sceptically.

Nonetheless, as an early indication of the relative maturity of the local blogosphere I think this can be said to indicate a good baseline from which similar future analysis will have some value.

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Top Of The Berkshire Blogs - November 2009

Of course no ranking system will ever be definitive so Reading List encourages all bloggers to participate and apply to add their blog to the Wikio directory - the more the merrier!

Don't forget to tell us about any sites you think we may have missed so that they can be added to the list!

But less of the preambles, here's the full chart according to Wikio for November 2009:-


1 - #20 (-6) - Mark Reckons
2 - #54 (-5) - John Redwood's Diary
3 - #63 (-2) - Boulton & Co
4 - #195 (-15) - Bracknell Blog
5 - #207 (-42) The Salted Slug
6 - #310 (-14) - NevilleHobson.com
7 - #418 (+41) - Reading List
8 - #468 (-136) - Richard Willis's Blog
9 - #495 (-74) - LPUK South East
10 - #658 (-146) - naws
11 - #689 (+13) - Redlands Libdems
12 - #702 (-72) - Jane Is The One
13 - #804 (+775) - Cllr Glenn Goodall
14 - #817 (-58) - Green Reading
15 - #825 (+32) - Mr London Street
16 - #829 (-188) - Clive Davis
17 - #860 (-204) - Cllr Dave Luckett
18 - #955 (+74) - NYOOTW
19 - #989 (+979) - Babyrambles
20 - #1009 (-232) - Want to be a free thinker, but still a nice person
21 - #1167 (-273) - Was Was 'ere
22 - #1176 (-270) - The Cartoon Church
23 - #1189 (-276) - Naz Sarkar
24 - #1431 (+638) - The Thoughts Of Chairman Bill
25 - #1434 (-309) - Independent Jones
26 - #1484 (-316) - Scaryduck
27 - #1525 (New Entry) - Adam Connell Is Dangerously Liberal
28 - #1540 (+6) - Katesgrove Libdems
29 - #1650 (-341) - Sean Green's Blog
30 - #1727 (+1,695) - Right To Common Sense
31 - #1734 (-344) - The Mysterious World Of Matt Blackall
32 - #1798 (-338) - Bloggy Blanc
33 - #1853 (-335) - The Church Times Blog
34 - #1973 (-327) - Marketing By Permission
35 - #1990 (-327) - Rachel Eden's Blog
36 - #2059 (-318) - Cllr Ricky Duveen
37 - #2067 (-325) - gCO2e
38 - #2169 (+235) - Bag Lady
39 - #2231 (+3,051) - East Berkshire Green Party
40 - #2370(-305) - Gideon Mack - Orangutan
41 - #2377 (-299) - Cllr Prue Bray
42 - #2726 (-39) - Creating Reputations With Morgan PR
43 - #2896 (-255) - Alvin's Stuff
44 - #2890 (-204) - Cllr Emma Warman
45 - #3008 (-252) - windsorfirestation.co.uk
46 - #3207 (-272) - British Royal Wedding
47 - #3341 (-273) - Cat's Blog
48 - #3372 (-273) - Through A Peep Hole
49 - #3509 (-269) - Grasp The Mettle
50 - #3510 (-269) - David Burbage's Weblog
51 - #3541 (-265) - Thames Valley Mums Blog
52 - #3555 (-264) - The Flashing Blade
53 - #3686 (+659) - WendyHouse
54 - #3773 (-264) - The Blogshire of Thiessen's on Thames
55 - #3774 (-264) - Puglia2010
56 - #3926 (+19,519) - Berkshire Blog Review
57 - #4070 (-316) - The rise and rise of social media in UK retail
58 - #4071 (-316) - Stumbling blocks to stepping stones
59 - #4518 (-312) - Windsor Judo Club
60 - #4519 (Re-entry) - EJBC
61 - #4520 (-313) - Slough Town Soapbox
62 - #4549 (-301) - Sporting Reflections
63 - #5173 (-238) - Bucolic Frolics
64 - #5485 (-204) - Adrian Hollister
65 - #5613 (Re-Entry) - Writing A Few Lists About Everything
66 - #5966 (-152) - The Red Rocket
67 - #6203 (-121) - Ramblings of a Pheasant Plucker
68 - #6204 (-121) - Berkshire Websites
69 - #6205 (-121) - Berkeley Blog
70 - #6206 (-120) - matthewmillen.co.uk
71 - #6207 (-120) - Sophie Berkshire Escort
72 - #6208 (-120) - The Age Of Stupidity
73 - #6209 (-120) - Brian Moore - KAMInsighter
74 - #6210 (-120) - ClayHill Newbury
75 - #6211 (-120) - berkshireborn
76 - #6212 (-120) - Greening St John's
77 - #6213 (-120) - Volunteering With RISC
78 - #6214 (-120) - Prof Will Hughes
79 - #6215 (-120) - z0man's Political Thoughts
80 - #6216 (-120) - Treetops - One-day Classes in Newbury
81 - #6217 (Re-Entry) - Sport Minded
82- #6218 (-120) - Knit Happens In Newbury
83 - #6219 (-120) - hang-on
84 - #6220 (-120) - Owt4Nowt
85 - #6221 (-120) - mishaps
86 - #6222 (-120) - dot.green
87 - #6223 (-120) - Slouching Towards Thatcham
88 - #6224 (-120) - Woz Write's
89 - #6225 (-120) - Let's push the big red button anyway
90 - #6226 (-120) - some thoughts
91 - #6229 (-119) - Lazy View
92 - #6303 (-119) - Beasley's Place
93 - #6304 (-122) - Phil Spray
94 - #6305 (-122) - Andy Peacock
95 - #6306 (-122) - Basildon Blog
96 - #6307 (-122) - Kurly Wurly
97 - #6308 (-122) - Yasmin
98 - #6309 (-122) - Magic Photography
99 - #6310 (-122) - Macbeth Insurance Brokers
100 - #6311 (-122) - Reading Youth Sikh Association
101 - #6312 (Re-entry) - Scribblings
102 - #6313 (-122) - Jazz From Geoff
103 - #6314 (-122) - John Llewellyn Blogs France
104 - #6315 (-122) - The Reading Fan
105 - #6316 (-122) - sheepdrove
106 - #6318 (-121) - Baba Mzungu
107 - #6319 (Re-entry) - Visions of Future Past
108 - #6487 (-121) - Appleton's Estates
109 - #8065 (-48) - Goring-on-Thames
110 - #8740 (-14) - West Berks PC Doctor's News Blog
111 - #9283 (New Entry) - Windsor Information
112 - #11862 (+187) - Internet Psychology
113 - #12999 (New Entry) Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club
114 - #13052 (+307) - Z0man's Dev
115 - #13053 (+307) - Z0man's Techi Corner
116 - #13165 (+327) - Back the boys and make some noise
117 - #13244 (Re-Entry) - Organised Randomness
118 - #13263 (+338) - Brightwalton & Villages
119 - #13277 (+340) - Joey Nova
120 - #13340 (+341) - Mostly Harmless
121 - #13502 (+347) - The Green Goblin blog
122 - #13540 (+345) - Sheabutter Cottage
123 - #13640 (+366) - Lower Earley Book Group
124 - #22191 (+1,179) - Clearway Driver Training
125 - #22193 (+1,179) - Theale Village
126 - #22194 (New Entry) - Musings
127 - #22256 (+1,189) - The Drunken Monkey Strikes Back
128 - #22293 (+1,206) - Reading List Editor's Page
129 - #22326 (+1,208) - The Sourceress
130 - #22374 (+1,216) - Open to Persuasion
131 - #22397 (+1,220) - Controlware
132 - #22398 (+1,220) - Cycling for the Community
133 - #22399 (+1,220) - Jim's Journal
134 - #22400 (+1,220) - Last Django In Paris
135 - #22401 (+1,220) - Nerd Rage
136 - #22402 (+1,220) - Free Hug
137 - #22403 (+1,220) - Protean
138 - #22404 (+1,220) - digitaltoast
139 - #22405 (+1,220) - Urban Complexity
140 - #22406 (+1,220) - Narrowboat Zulu Warrior
141 - #22407 (+1,220) - Kotha-Chhilo
142 - #22408 (+1,220) - Sterling Automotive
143 - #22473 (New Entry) - This Is Bracknell

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And here are those which have dropped off the list since October due to inactivity:


#--- 4205 - Ticking To A Different Tock
#--- 6085 - Thames Rail
#--- 6097 - my random rants
#--- 6190 - Reading Toy Run
#--- 6195 - 106 points and 99 points
#--- 13361 - Z0man's Personal Corner
#--- 22836 - NARA

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Check the charts for previous month's Top of the Berkshire Blogs!

Top Of The Berkshire Blogs - October 2009

Of course no ranking system will ever be definitive so Reading List encourages all bloggers to participate and apply to add their blog to the Wikio directory - the more the merrier!

Don't forget to tell us about any sites you think we may have missed in the comments section so that they can be added to the list!

But less of the preambles, here's the full chart according to Wikio for October 2009:-


1 - #14 (-1) - Mark Reckons
2 - #49 (-28) - John Redwood's Diary
3 - #61 (+8) - Boulton & Co
4 - #162 (+160) The Salted Slug
5 - #180 (+380) - Bracknell Blog
6 - #296 (-12) - NevilleHobson.com
7 - #332 (-57) - Richard Willis's Blog
8 - #421 (-66) - LPUK South East
9 - #459 (+62) - Reading List
10 - #512 (+164) - naws
11 - #630 (+24) - Jane Is The One
12 - #641 (+57) - Clive Davis
13 - #656 (+315) - Cllr Dave Luckett
14 - #702 (-109) - Redlands Libdems
15 - #759 (-147) - Green Reading
16 - #777 (+132) - Want to be a free thinker, but still a nice person
17 - #857 (+145) - Mr London Street
18 - #894 (-229) - Was Was 'ere
19 - #923 (+177) - Naz Sarkar
20 - #1029 (-112) - NYOOTW
21 - #1125 (-287) - Independent Jones
22 - #1168 (-320) - Scaryduck
23 - #1309 (+101) - Sean Green's Blog
24 - #1390 (+3,512) - The Mysterious World Of Matt Blackall
25 - #1460 (+75) - Bloggy Blanc
26 - #1546 (+396) - Katesgrove Libdems
27 - #1579 (+308) - Cllr Glenn Goodall
28 - #1646 (+3,187) - Marketing By Permission
29 - #1663 (-391) Rachel Eden's Blog
30 - #1731 (-393) - Cllr Ricky Duveen
31 - #1742 (-579) - gCO2e
32 - #1967 (New Entry) - Babyrambles
33 - #2069 (-435) - The Thoughts Of Chairman Bill
34 - #2065 (-434) - Gideon Mack - Orangutan
35 - #2078 (-435) - Cllr Prue Bray
36 - #2404 (+1,590) - Bag Lady
37 - #2641 (+24,202) - Alvin's Stuff
38 - #2686 (-381) - Cllr Emma Warman
39 - #2687 (-367) - Creating Reputations With Morgan PR
40 - #2756 (-372) - windsorfirestation.co.uk
41 - #2935 (-359) - British Royal Wedding
42 - #3099 (-355) - Through A Peep Hole
43 - #3240 (-349) - Grasp The Mettle
44 - #3241 (-349) - David Burbage's Weblog
45 - #3276 (-356) - Thames Valley Mums Blog
46 - #3291 (-355) - The Flashing Blade
47 - #3422 (-378) - Right To Common Sense
48 - #3509 (-379) - The Blogshire of Thiessen's on Thames
49 - #3510 (-379) - Puglia2010
50 - #3754 (-395) - The rise and rise of social media in UK retail
51 - #3755 (Re-entry) - Stumbling blocks to stepping stones
52 - #4205 (-477) - Ticking To A Different Tock
53 - #4206 (-477) - Windsor Judo Club
54 - #4207 (-477) - Slough Town Soapbox
55 - #4345 (-479) - WendyHouse
56 - #4935 (-408) - Bucolic Frolics
57 - #5281 (-378) - Adrian Hollister
58 - #5282 (-378) - East Berkshire Green Party
59 - #5814 (-331) - The Red Rocket
60 - #6082 (-319) - Ramblings of a Pheasant Plucker
61 - #6083 (-319) - Berkshire Websites
62 - #6084 (-319) - Berkeley Blog
63 - #6085 (-319) - Thames Rail
64 - #6086 (-319) - matthewmillen.co.uk
65 - #6087 (-319) - Sophie Berkshire Escort
66 - #6088 (-319) - The Age Of Stupidity
67 - #6089 (-319) - Brian Moore - KAMInsighter
68 - #6090 (-319) - ClayHill Newbury
69 - #6091 (-319) - berkshireborn
70 - #6092 (-319) - Greening St John's
71 - #6093 (-319) - Volunteering With RISC
72 - #6094 (-319) - Prof Will Hughes
73 - #6095 (-319) - z0man's Political Thoughts
74 - #6096 (-319) - Treetops - One-day Classes in Newbury
75 - #6097 (-318) - my random rants
76 - #6098 (-318) - Knit Happens In Newbury
77 - #6099 (-318) - hang-on
78 - #6100 (-318) - Owt4Nowt
79 - #6101 (-318) - mishaps
80 - #6102 (-318) - dot.green
81 - #6103 (-318) - Slouching Towards Thatcham
82 - #6104 (-318) - Woz Write's
83 - #6105 (Re-Entry) - Let's push the big red button anyway
84 - #6106 (Re-entry) - some thoughts
85 - #6110 (-319) - Lazy View
86 - #6182 (-319) - Beasley's Place
87 - #6183 (-321) - Andy Peacock
88 - #6184 (-321) - Basildon Blog
89 - #6185 (-321) - Kurly Wurly
90 - #6186 (-321) - Yasmin
91 - #6187 (-321) - Magic Photography
92 - #6188 (-321) - Macbeth Insurance Brokers
93 - #6189 (-321) - Reading Youth Sikh Association
94 - #6190 (-321) - Reading Toy Run
95 - #6191 (-321) - Jazz From Geoff
96 - #6192 (-321) - John Llewellyn Blogs France
97 - #6193 (-320) - The Reading Fan
98 - #6194 (-320) - sheepdrove
99 - #6195 (-320) - 106 points and 99 points
100 - #6196 (-320) - Phil Spray
101 - #6197 (-320) - Baba Mzungu
102 - #6366 (-309) - Appleton's Estates
103 - #8013 (Re-entry) - Goring-on-Thames
104 - #8726 (-282) - West Berks PC Doctor's News Blog
105 - #12049 (+12) - Internet Psychology
106 - #13359 (+132) - Z0man's Dev
107 - #13360 (+132) - Z0man's Techi Corner
108 - #13361 (+132) - Z0man's Personal Corner
109 - #13492 (+133) - Back the boys and make some noise
110 - #13601 (+124) - Brightwalton & Villages
111 - #13617 (+120) - Joey_Nova
112 - #13681 (+128) - Mostly Harmless
113 - #13849 (+76) - The Green Goblin blog
114 - #13885 (+114) - Sheabutter Cottage
115 - #14006 (+115) - Lower Earley Book Group
116 - #22836 (+577) - NARA
117 - #23370 (+30) - Clearway Driver Training
118 - #23372 (+30) - Theale Village
119 - #23410 (+642) - Berkshire Blog Review
120 - #23445 (+656) - The Drunken Monkey Strikes Back
121 - #23499 (+668) - Reading List Editor's Page
122 - #23534 (+667) - The Sourceress
123 - #23590 (New Entry) - Open to Persuasion
124 - #23617 (New Entry) - Controlware
125 - #23618 (New Entry) - Cycling for the Community
126 - #23620 (New Entry) - Last Django In Paris
127 - #23621 (New Entry) - Nerd Rage
128 - #23622 (New Entry) - Free Hug
129 - #23623 (New Entry) - Protean
130 - #23624 (New Entry) - digitaltoast
131 - #23625 (New Entry) - Urban Complexity
132 - #23626 (New Entry) - Narrowboat Zulu Warrior
133 - #23627 (New Entry) - Kotha-Chhilo
134 - #23628 (New Entry) - Sterling Automotive

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And here are those which have dropped off the list since September due to inactivity:

# --- 2844 - Cllr Lee Dillon
# --- 5763 - Ramblings of the Bum-Nosed Weasel
# --- 5778 - Sport Minded
# --- 5872 - John Llewellyn Blogs

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Check the charts for all this year's Top of the Berkshire Blogs!