About ten months ago, I went on a crazy mission to come up with the perfect formula for ranking blogs that was nearly 100% statistically based and came up with a formula that used pageviews, social media stats, and RSS feed numbers and came up with this post for ChurchMag. This year, we want to bump up this number to a Top 30 Church Tech Blogs and so we need your submissions!
We wanted to put together a top 30 list formula that was as objective as possible and added little to no subjectivity to the project. The formula finds the most popular blogs on the Internet through a series of calculations.
How We Measure The Rankings
- Web Traffic
We believe that a significant weight of the ranking should come from the traffic that comes to someone’s blog. Advertisers measure it through impressions and visits, we simply look at the unique number of visitors that visit your site. At the same time, we do factor in Alexa rankings too, but it should be noted that this is but a study and has many fallacies in its measurements because they rely on the habits of only a small group of web surfers, making it very important that it is only a small factor in the overall ranking. - mozRank and RSS Readers
Web traffic is only a portion of the influence. We must remember to include mozRank that is influenced by backlinks as well as those who still read your blog posts through an RSS feed. mozRank is a 10-point measure of link authority and popularity. - Social Media
I do not know of a single blog ranking system that incorporates social media into its statistics, so we have found the top three networks (Facebook, Twitter, and Google+) and incorporated them into the formula. Not only is the size of the audience important here, but how active they are with their fans and followers.
It should be noted that this is not a fail-proof formula and we are fine with that. If we were like Klout or Marketing Grader by HubSpot and making a full-time income off of this, we would more thoroughly address this. Unlike these two sites that each look at several hundred data points, we are only looking at ten.
What We Are Looking For
So now we need your help. We need to hear from you guys about some great Church tech blogs to add to the search for the top 30 Church tech blogs. What makes a site qualify?
- It must have a main blog component. We are not looking for companies to submit their website for free advertising.
- You must talk about your Christian faith somewhat frequently in blog posts. It does not have to be affliated with a specific church or organization in any way.
- Your blog must focus on technology in some format. Technology is a wild array of topics including social media, web programming, blogging, technology security, iOS, and other accessories.
- No aggregate blogs.
- No social media networks like GodTube.
- No inappropriate content on the website.
How You Can Submit Your Site
If you want to submit your blog into the search for the top 30 Church tech blogs.
- Leave your blog’s URL in the comments below
- Your Twitter, Facebook and Google+ social media handles, if you use them
- And written permission for us to add your site to the list.
Please also submit other tech blogs that you may not own, just note that we need their permission before we can officially add them to the list.
Sele Mitchell says
Was pleased to make the list last year. Please consider us again this year.
blog: http://www.ChristianDroid.com
twitter: @christndroid
facebook: ChristianDroidBlog
Google+: http://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108111826154708532454/108111826154708532454/posts
Gangai Victor says
Maybe you could consider Votive Praise this time 😉
blog: http://www.votivepraise.com
twitter: @votivepraise
facebook: votivepraise
Google+: http://plus.google.com/105981893150447051122
Thank you!
Dave Bourgeois says
My blog is based on my book on ministry tech strategy: Ministry in the Digital Age. Not sure if I’ll hit the top 30, but my book may be of interest to this group. Also, our upcoming conference at Biola may be relevant to some, see bioladigital.com.
Dave
Twitter: @DaveBourgeois
Blog/Book website: http://ministryinthedigitalage.com
Conference site: http://bioladigital.com
Pedro Abiu says
Tecnoiglesia means “Techno Church”
Our blog its focused to help spanish speaking churches to use technology inside and outside the church. Audio, video, web, gadgets, internet, photography are te main topics of our blog.
We have a mascot named Captain T.I. that answers questions via social networks.
We make weekly videos showing new products or teaching how to use our equipments efficiently.
Video example: How to use a microphone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3brEGMp6Yo
In TecnoIglesia you can find tips, videos, podcasts and more. We work to support your church and ministry.
twitter: @tecnoiglesia
facebook: tecnoiglesiaoficial
youtube: tecnoiglesia
Blog: http://tecnoiglesia.com
Michelle Waters says
I have years of experience in the web hosting and design industries and am now working to help churches and ministries with their online outreach efforts. I am striving to provide inspirational, educational, and motivational information for ministries on my blog.
My blog site is http://www.techgeekministries.com
Twitter: @TechGeek4Christ
Facebook: TechGeekMinistries
Paul Clifford (@PaulAlanClif) says
I loved being on the last list and while I did some joking on the Gplus post about this, I’d of course love to have TDM on this list, too, especially with the launch of the ChurchTechCast network that streams tech training and podcasts directly from my studio on a daily (except when I have other freelance work that actually pays money) basis.
http://TrinityDigitalMedia.com
@PaulAlanClif
http://facebook.com/trinitydigitalmedia
http://gplus.to/paulclifford
Jeremy Smith says
I’ve added all of you to the list! Thanks everyone!
Do any of you have recommendations?
Keep going people.
Pedro Abiu says
You have my permission to include my blog! Regards!
http://tecnoiglesia.com
Pedro Abiú
Jon Edmiston says
It was an honor to be on the list last year. Below is my info:
http://www.jonedmiston.com
@jonedmiston
gplus.to/jonedmiston
http://www.facebook.com/jonedmiston
Jason Powell says
“Leave your blog’s URL in the comments below
Your Twitter, Facebook and Google+ social media handles, if you use them
And written permission for us to add your site to the list.”
jpowell.blogs.com or jasonpowell.net
twitter.com/jasonpowell
facebook.com/jasonpowell
You have my permission to include my blog if so chosen 🙂
While I’m trying to get back in the habit of blogging more regularly, I’m the founder and on the leadership team of the Church IT Network ChurchITNetwork.com which is focused on peer learning, community, and inspiration for Church IT staff and volunteers across the globe.
Mike Morris says
Hey guys, I would love to be included again. Here’s my info
http://www.faithengineer.com
http://facebook.com/faithengineer
http://gplus.to/faithengineer
http://twitter.com/faithengineer
Lauren Hunter says
Love you guys to include my site again this year!
http://churchtechtoday.com
http://twitter.com/churchtechtoday
http://facebook.com/churchtechtoday
Thanks!
Lauren
Kevin D. Hendricks says
We’d be thrilled to be included (if we’re techie enough!).
http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com
@cmsucks
facebook.com/churchmarketing
thanks
Stephen Morrissey says
I doubt I’ll crak the top 30, but here’s my blog on church web strategies.
twitter: @ChurchWebStrats
facebook: ChurchWebStrategies
Blog: http://www.churchwebstrategies.org/
Chip Dizard says
Hello,
My tech and church blog posts are at and I would be honored to be included in the list.
http://www.chipdizard.com
http://plus.google.com/101073027117511901971/?rel=author
http://twitter.com/chipdizard
http://pinterest.com/chipdizard/
Mike Sessler says
You can add my site to the list.
http://www.churchtecharts.org
@mikesessler
G+ mikesessler
Facebook: mikesessler and churchtecharts
Jonathan Malm says
http://www.churchstagedesignideas.com 🙂
Joshua Jones says
It’d be an honor to be included:
http://www.joshbjones.com/
http://www.facebook.com/thejoshbjones
http://twitter.com/thejoshbjones
http://googleplus.joshbjones.com
Some other blogs to consider are John Dyer’s Don’t Eat The Fruit and Kendall Laughlin at http://kendall.wordpress.com/
Thanks!!
John Dyer says
Here you go!
http://donteatthefruit.com | http://johndyer.name/ | http://j.hn/
http://twitter.com/johndyer
http://plus.google.com/109069279003034310348/posts
Matt McKee says
I would like to submit 2 different blogs if I can do that.
1. http://mattmckee.me
Twitter: mattmckee
Facebook: Facebook.com/mckeelive
2. http://ROAR.pro/news
Twitter: @ROAR_pro
Facebook: Facebook.com/ROAR.pro
You have permission to use both. I look forward to the list.
Simon Miner says
Tools for Worship is my blog exploring the connections between Christian worship and technology. Presently, it’s mostly serving as a forum for me to clarify and articulate my thinking for a technology in worship college course I’m creating. Thanks for considering it for your Top 30 list.
Site: http://toolsforworship.net
Twitter: @ToolsForWorship (just started this now so I would look cool for you)
Thanks.
Stuart Dyckhoff says
Not sure I’d make any top 30 but welcome to use my site,etc if I do.
http://www.ChurchTechy.com
@stubbyd
DJ Chuang says
Expanding on the definition of a blog to include this podcast, Social Media Church – the place for conversations with church leaders about social media
Podcast – http://socialmediachurch.net
Twitter – http://twitter.com/socmediachurch
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/socmediachurch
Google+ Page – http://plus.google.com/u/0/114727293326442785032
And this serves as written permission to add my podcast to your list.
Josh Burns says
Was just asked to submit mine…
http://www.joshburns.net/blog
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jburno
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jburns
Google+: http://plus.google.com/116841535799574357913/posts
You have permission to add my site to the list.
Josh
Jerod says
We’d love to be a part of this list, too.
http://www.churchjuice.com
twitter.com/churchjuice
facebook.com/churchjuice
Kenny Jahng says
Blog’s URL: http://www.godvertiser.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/godvertiser
You have permission add our site to the list.
Dickson Otieno says
Hi
I love writing on new amazing tech gadgets.
Android lover too
otienodickson.blogspot.com
Visit!
Jeremy Smith says
We are going to be doing this again next year, we would love for you to resubmit it when we push this!