This week I’m going to mix it up a bit and post the top 100 Independent Travel Twitter-ers.  If you would like to be included in the list simply reply to this post and I’ll add you to the list.  Even if you are just starting out and don’t have many followers yet, add your name, you’ll be surprised at how few follwers you’ll need to make the top 100.  Right now it looks like you’ll need right around 250 to be in the top 100.

Also if anyone knows of a good table widget please, please, please let me know.  I have been hand coding all 500 lines of code for the table that is made each week. (which is why last weeks was late) It takes an enormous amount of time to do.

Well this took a whole lot longer then I had expected. This weeks list has a number of new additions to it. If you would like to have your site listed please a leave a comment and I will add it to the list I am keeping track of. This list is a list of independent travel bloggers or blogs in that same theme. For example the New York Times Travel column is not listed here, but Landlopers.com is.

This is not as of yet an automated list and I’m not sure I will. This list forces me to look at what everyone is doing. A couple things that help is having a Twitter and Facebook link of you homepage or about me page. One thing that will hurt your rank is if your link to twitter or facebook requires a reader to grant access to an app, that is your choice for your website, this list will give you a zero as your followers for that particular site. This only affects a couple websites and they are still in the top 100 even without getting credit for one site.

Travel Blogging Social Media Index

Well it’s been a long time since I’ve updated this. My health is much better, I’ve gotten more used to my dead kidney, even though it still gives me troubles every now and then. What I’ve been going in the last couple months is reevaluating whether travel is ever really going to be a reality for me. This list was intended to be released with a 50+ series I have mostly in the can. I’m posting this now because it may help out with the Blog4NZ (facebook page) project that will be happening later this month and I’d like to help out if I can.

This is a list of Travelpods Top 100 Travel Blogs reranked by social media ‘weight’, meaning this is a weighted index. More points are given for Facebook likes or followers then for Twitter. Why? Because people that click through from facebook stay around longer and are generally more engaged then the traffic that comes from twitter. There are only 88 sites on this list because not all sites have a presence on Twitter and Facebook.

The Travel Blogging Social Media Index

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If you think you should be on this list Please leave a comment with your website and I will add it next week.  I’ll update the list on Thursdays.

Scott

This post has taken a bit longer then I had expected. Every couple weeks I take a look at the Top 100 Travel Blog Sites just to see how where everyone ranks. After reading it this week I thought humm, I wonder what this list would look like if you reranked it by Twitter followers?

If you have wondered that too – here you go!

Also, feel free to add follow me @headingthatway, I may not be on this list yet, but I will be before the end of the year!

20 sites did not have twitter links in their homepage or their about me page that I could find.