Anyone can make a list and apply what they believe to be important factors to consider when ranking a blog and give whatever points to each factor they want to.

Question is how would a good ranking at the power 150 help my blog? Would it just make me more popular among the other “important” bloggers? Who really cares?

I read Grok because I find great information here and because it comes up in google alerts and serps for key phrases I track and that reminds me to come read what is written here lately.

And why wouldn’t any ranking system include how well a blog ranks for the keywords they target? How about how good the information is? How original are the posts? Do they repeat the same information they read on other people’s blogs or do they really write about unique subjects?

I could just rehash everything I read here and on other top blogs and make sure I do well at technorati and alexa and rank on a list that weighs those factors as important.

I’d rather write what I want. I’d rather my blog be useful to the readers I have. I’m just not a follower. Again, I am not attacking Todd for making a list, but it is just a list.

I didn’t even bother to submit there. I don’t use technorati tags. If technorati or another search engine finds my content relative to a search phrase and includes it in a serp, then great, the searcher will find it useful. If it isn’t relative to their search, I don’t want to waste the user’s time.

It’s just my opinion. My blog is there to share information that some people might find useful. It will never be the most popular blog among the seo gurus or the visitors of the latest seo conference or ever top Todd’s power 150. I’ve just never been able to understand the need to have their approval.

So, please, someone explain why I should try to make the top of these types of lists. Maybe there is something I don’t understand there. Teach me something new. I’m open to good reasons why these lists have value.