{"id":9844,"date":"2011-05-02T12:07:49","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T11:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=9844"},"modified":"2011-05-02T12:07:49","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T11:07:49","slug":"second-month-at-number-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/05\/02\/second-month-at-number-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Second month at number 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The right wing blogosphere got very upset last month when this blog toppled Tim Worstall and became the number 1\u00a0economics\u00a0blog in the UK.<\/p>\n

Now Wikio tell me I kept the top spot in April.<\/p>\n

No, it doesn't matter much in the overall scheme of things.\u00a0But it's still amusing.<\/p>\n

For the record, the new listing is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\nTax Research UK<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nTim Worstall<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nThe Adam Smith Institute Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nBBC NEWS | Stephanomics<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nMoney: Money blog | guardian.co.uk<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nDuncan's Economic Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nBusiness: Market Forces blog | guardian.co.uk<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nBritish politics and policy at LSE<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nmalcolm coles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nGolem XIV - Thoughts<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nA Fistful of Euros<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJonathan Farrington's Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nThis is Money Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nRoving Bandit<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nJoanne Dewberry<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nBanking Times: Daily Banking News<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nDavid Smith's EconomicsUK.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nBBC NEWS | Douglas Fraser's blog<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nThe Edge<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nGeary Behaviour Centre<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ranking made by Wikio<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Good to see Duncan Wheldon moving up a spot too. I strongly recommend following him.<\/p>\n

PS I expect to lose top spot next month as in the blog upgrade it seems some archiving on Google was lost and traffic is down as \u00a0a result. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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