Top 50 Philippine blogs in 4Q 2008

Our last ranking of top Filipino blogs based on Alexa rank was made in August, third quarter of 2008. After that post, we decided not to monitor the ranking of blogs every month because we didn’t think it would provide a lot of value. Instead, we opted to simply track the Alexa ranking of Filipino blogs every quarter.

And so we bring you the listing of the Top 50 Philippine Blogs in the 4th Quarter of 2008 based on their 3-month Alexa rank.

The Philippines’ Top 50 Blogs in the 4th Quarter of 2008
Ranked by Alexa’s 3-month traffic rank

4Q '08 Rank	3Q '08 Rank	Change	Blog	4Q '08 Alexa Rank	3Q '08 Alexa Rank
1	1	0	DotaStrategy.com/blog	15,982	11,342
2	3	1	Mukamo.com	33,271	25,306
3	4	1	MotorcyclePhilippines.com	36,273	30,374
4	10	6	Istorya.net	42,537	57,303
5	6	1	Yugatech.com	42,941	47,735
6	9	3	Jehzlau-Concepts.com	48,835	54,073
7	7	0	SELaplana.com	50,938	47,918
8	5	-3	Starmometer.com	55,473	44,372
9	13	4	PinoyMoneyTalk.com	57,841	64,289
10	21	11	Macuha.com	62,314	83,948
11	8	-3	PMPToday.com	62,790	48,636
12	2	-10	Rickey.org	63,589	22,306
13	29	16	5ThirtyOne.com	64,481	102,309
14	15	1	Carlocab.com	66,146	74,965
15	14	-1	GuitarTutee.com	78,947	70,008
16	16	0	TechAtHand.net	85,549	75,151
17	26	9	Max.Limpag.com	92,330	92,641
18	28	10	GetItFromBoy.net	92,435	92,804
19	19	0	BryanBoy.com	95,405	81,648
20	30	10	BrownBaron.com/blog	99,235	105,312
21	18	-3	Alleba.com/blog	100,883	79,389
22	37	15	MarketManila.com	106,622	125,273
23	New!	New!	PinayCelebrityOnline.com	109,039	No data
24	20	-4	BuhayKorea.com	110,503	83,477
25	New!	New!	Atmaexplorer.com	110,909	No data
26	New!	New!	AvalonStar.com/blog	112,833	No data
27	New!	New!	PinayMomBlogs.com	113,147	No data
28	25	-3	PinoyCook.net	115,230	91,987
29	New!	New!	Sesantos.com.ph	116,845	No data
30	12	-18	Skirmisher.org	124,914	63,457
31	42	11	SalasWildThoughts.blogspot.com	129,954	147,238
32	24	-8	Codamon.com	130,721	89,824
33	New!	New!	RandomDetox.com	133,010	No data
34	41	7	FilipinaSoul.com	137,283	144,218
35	34	-1	MixPH.com	139,627	117,341
36	33	-3	JustMakeMoneyOnline.com	140,241	113,156
37	47	10	Bloggista.com	141,081	162,260
38	36	-2	Cellphone9.com	144,157	123,089
39	39	0	EvilWoobie.com	145,977	139,737
40	22	-18	PinoyBlogoSphere.com	156,014	84,144
41	51	10	JaypeeOnline.net	156,927	177,480
42	35	-7	Fruityoaty.com	163,510	119,696
43	New!	New!	OurAwesomePlanet.com	170,349	No data
44	48	4	Gmtristan.com	170,888	173,718
45	New!	New!	Emptystreets27.blogspot.com	172,969	No data
46	49	3	FinanceManila.net	175,370	175,098
47	New!	New!	Pinoyteens.net	183,270	No data
48	54	6	ReynaElena.com	184,166	206,433
49	New!	New!	Technogra.ph	188,253	No data
50	31	-19	OFWLayf.com	193,802	106,215

The blogs were identified from listings in Ratified.org, TopBlogs.com.ph, and TopPhilippineWebsites.com. If you have or know a blog that should have been included here, please contact us so we can include it in the next update.

Do note, though, that the blogs we rank exclude those whose majority of posts:

• feature nude or sexy pictures or videos of celebrities and other people;
• offer free streaming or download of copyrighted music, videos, movies and other media;
• provide links to free downloads of themes, layouts, games, software, etc.;
• promote sex, violence, terrorism, or discrimination; or
• are mere aggregate of other blogs and sites

Corporate blogs and subdomain blogs which cannot be separately ranked are also excluded from the list.

The Alexa ranking system may not be perfect but we use it because it still provides objective information about the apparent reach and popularity of Filipino blogs.

Who’s Hot? Who’s Not?

DotaStrategy.com/blog, Mukamo.com and MotorcyclePhilippines.com are still the leading Pinoy blogs today. They have been occupying the top spots ever since we started the ranking last year.

Former #2 Rickey.org, however, dropped 10 places this time to settle at #12.

The 8 Biggest Gainers:

• #13. 5ThirtyOne.com : +16
• #22. MarketManila.com : +15
• #31. SalasWildThoughts.blogspot.com : +11
• #10. Macuha.com : +11
• #41. JaypeeOnline.net : +10
• #37. Bloggista.com : +10
• #20. BrownBaron.com/blog : +10
• #18. GetItFromBoy.net : +10

The 7 Biggest Decliners:

• #50. OFWLayf.com : -19
• #30. Skirmisher.org : -18
• #40. PinoyBlogoSphere.com : -18
• #12. Rickey.org : -10
• #32. Codamon.com : -8
• #42. Fruityoaty.com : -7
• #24. BuhayKorea.com : -4

Who’s New?

Ten new Filipino blogs joined the ranking this quarter. They are:

• #23. PinayCelebrityOnline.com
• #25. Atmaexplorer.com
• #26. AvalonStar.com/blog
• #27. PinayMomBlogs.com
• #29. Sesantos.com.ph
• #33. RandomDetox.com
• #43. OurAwesomePlanet.com
• #45. Emptystreets27.blogspot.com
• #47. Pinoyteens.net
• #49. Technogra.ph

Who’s Next?

Here are 10 upcoming blogs to watch out for:

• #51. PinoyAmbisyoso.com : 203,170 (Alexa rank)
• #52. Houseonahill.net : 204,531
• #53. Migs.wordpress.com : 206,134
• #54. JoanJoyce.com/blog : 207,634
• #55. Waukster.com : 209,235
• #56. Bleuken.com : 211,860
• #57. TeamPilipinas.info : 220,530
• #58. Blissful-weddings.com : 225,188
• #59. Tagpuan.com : 225,223
• #60. LessonKo.com : 228,094

What’s Next?

Next quarter, we’ll celebrate our first year of ranking the blogs in the Philippine blogosphere. Watch out as we identify who stayed on top — and who disappeared from the list — after one year. The list will be out during the first week of April 2009.

But before we come to that, let’s congratulate first all bloggers who made it to this quarter’s Top 50 list!

Kudos to all of you!