Color-Coded Above The Fold Composite Map of The Top 10 Blogs on Technorati
November 30, 2006 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Media, Misc., Technology
This is a wee bit off-topic for this blog, but I wanted to share this little project…
I was looking at redesigning one of my weblogs earlier and decided to do some research. This is a color-coded map of the top ten blogs listed on Technorati at the moment. It’s a snapshot of “what’s working right now”, so to speak.
I took a screen shot of each blog “above the fold” and then shaded its different areas according to presentation of content. This may prove helpful to anyone looking to start a blog or anyone who’s into web design. If any of this is confusing look at the full-size version with map-key. It’s right here.
The top ten sites at the time of posting and the ones used to create the graphic are:
- Boing Boing
- 43 Folders
- Techcrunch
- Lifehacker
- Post Secret
- Engadget
- Pro Blogger
- Micro Persuasion
- A List Apart
- Gizmodo
Now, I know that these sites are in the top 10 because of their consistent delivery of good content. If their layouts were filled with lorem ipsum, no one would care about them.
However, it is interesting to see the trends in content presentation. Enjoy!
Full size map
[tags] blog, technorati, design, web, graphic, content, layout [/tags]
Kelly Townsend
Very imaginative!
Great initiative!
The position of the advertising is pretty consistent across them all. And it doesn’t match up with that google heatmap.
I wonder if they have done any eye tracking analysis on them…
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