edited by: Douglas Welch,
Illinois Editor
| Rank | Blog | Prev |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Progress Illinois - | 1 |
| 2 | illinoisreview | 2 |
| 3 | Marathon Pundit | 8 |
| 4 | Capitol Fax | 3 |
| 5 | sweet | 11 |
| 6 | BackyardConservative | 6 |
| 7 | THE iLLINOIS OBSERVER | 5 |
| 8 | Clout St | 6 |
| 9 | Stix Blog | 4 |
| 10 | Change of Subject | 10 |
| 11 | ArchPundit | - |
| 12 | . . . With Both Hands | 9 |
| 13 | The Swamp | 12 |
| 14 | The Sixth Ward | 15 |
| 15 | The Bench | 14 |
| 16 | Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog | 17 |
| 17 | Second City Cop | 19 |
| 18 | EricKohn.com | - |
| 19 | Turning Left | 13 |
| 20 | ILLINOIZE | - |
BlogNetNews' Blogosphere Influence Rating combines a variety of data sets to determine which blogs are most powerfully influencing the direction of the Illinois political blogosphere. The exact method BNN uses to calculate influence scores must remain proprietary in order to prevent attempts to game the system. BNN's methodology takes into account the fact that all Internet data is profoundly limited in its reliability by using multiple data sets that, when combined, reveal a fair picture of activity in the blogosphere.
