What's your egoSurf ranking?
As if bloggers didn't have enough ways to fret about their popularity, here cometh egoSurf: A tool to precisely calibrate how much of a winner -- or loser -- you are in the blogosphere. Type in your name, the URL of your blog, and egoSurf will crank out a number on the dial showing your cyberspatial with-it-ness, represented as a number of "egopoints".
How does it work? Eh: Probably some bouquet of the usual PageRank-like reputation-sniffing algorithms. The egoSurf guys don't actually spell it out, though their FAQ is pretty wry:
Why do I need to egoSurf?
egoSurf helps massage the web publishers ego, and thereby maintain the cool equilibrium of the net itself.
Why are my ego points changing?
We love this planet
We also love egos, but the reality is that they need nurturing and feeding. Over time, without the love and attention they so rightfully deserve, they start to wane. And so it is with your egopoints. No longer can you expect to strut the top of the ego rankings. Oh no.
Egopoints now biodegrade. They have an atomic half-life.
That's my egoSurf ranking above! Though I have no idea how it compares to other people. Anyone else out there -- what's your egorank?
(Thanks to the J-Walk blog for this one!)
Posted by Clive Thompson at January 14, 2006 12:46 PM
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Heh - I'm over 11,000, but it's easier with a name like mine.
Posted by: Jemaleddin at January 14, 2006 5:52 PM
I scored an ego-pleasing 7891. That and a dollar fifty will buy me a cup of coffee.
Posted by: Tom Harpel at January 14, 2006 5:54 PM
Well, my egoscore using "BWJones" was 8494. Much lower if I use my full name....
Posted by: BWJones at January 14, 2006 6:31 PM
Or..... 9651 for BWJones if I restrict my domain name to it's root level.
Posted by: BWJones at January 14, 2006 6:36 PM
For "john t unger," I wind up with 1566, but johntunger brings in a slightly more satisfying 1956. Probably because that's how I usually sign comments, or else because it's in most of my various URLS.
It's not doing wonders for my ego, but it does give me another set of stats to check. heh.
Posted by: johntunger at January 14, 2006 9:41 PM
11425 for "Bookninja". Red line!! Not going to even try "George"... I don't want to know.
Posted by: Bookninja at January 14, 2006 9:53 PM
Wow! Excellent scores here, people. I am clearly the suXX0r.
Posted by: Clive at January 15, 2006 4:23 PM
Booooo... mine only hovers on the 1.... I am hideously uncool.
Posted by: Supervixen at January 15, 2006 6:21 PM
sniff... 2275 which gets me 2. I'm the shmuck that's getting sand kicked in his face at the blogerati beach.
Posted by: daejin at January 17, 2006 8:07 AM
Mine is 6233, but many of those points are from trackpacks and comments that I've left on other blogs. I'm sure that this comment will increase my egoranking! Clearly a flaw, allowing me to pump up my ranking if I cared enough.
Posted by: Brent Edwards at January 23, 2006 5:05 PM
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Heh - I'm over 11,000, but it's easier with a name like mine.
Posted by: Jemaleddin![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.collisiondetection.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 14, 2006 5:52 PM
I scored an ego-pleasing 7891. That and a dollar fifty will buy me a cup of coffee.
Posted by: Tom Harpel![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.collisiondetection.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 14, 2006 5:54 PM
Well, my egoscore using "BWJones" was 8494. Much lower if I use my full name....
Posted by: BWJones![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.collisiondetection.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 14, 2006 6:31 PM
Or..... 9651 for BWJones if I restrict my domain name to it's root level.
Posted by: BWJones![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.collisiondetection.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 14, 2006 6:36 PM
For "john t unger," I wind up with 1566, but johntunger brings in a slightly more satisfying 1956. Probably because that's how I usually sign comments, or else because it's in most of my various URLS.
It's not doing wonders for my ego, but it does give me another set of stats to check. heh.
Posted by: johntunger![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.collisiondetection.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 14, 2006 9:41 PM
11425 for "Bookninja". Red line!! Not going to even try "George"... I don't want to know.
Posted by: Bookninja![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.collisiondetection.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 14, 2006 9:53 PM
Wow! Excellent scores here, people. I am clearly the suXX0r.
Posted by: Clive![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.collisiondetection.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 15, 2006 4:23 PM
Booooo... mine only hovers on the 1.... I am hideously uncool.
Posted by: Supervixen![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.collisiondetection.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 15, 2006 6:21 PM
sniff... 2275 which gets me 2. I'm the shmuck that's getting sand kicked in his face at the blogerati beach.
Posted by: daejin![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.collisiondetection.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 17, 2006 8:07 AM
Mine is 6233, but many of those points are from trackpacks and comments that I've left on other blogs. I'm sure that this comment will increase my egoranking! Clearly a flaw, allowing me to pump up my ranking if I cared enough.
Posted by: Brent Edwards![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.collisiondetection.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 23, 2006 5:05 PM