The Top 10 Tech Blogs According To PR Professionals
By Anna Johnson on May 7th, 2009TechCrunch tops the list of the top 10 technology blogs that PR execs target when trying to get news coverage for their clients. That’s the finding of PRSourceCode which recently surveyed 246 technology public relations professionals.
PRSourceCode lists its survey results in terms of the top 10 tech blogs, the top 10 mainstream media tech blogs, and the 10 most influential tech bloggers.
TechCrunch’s founder and chief editor, Michael Arrington, tops the list of the most influential bloggers, with Erick Schonfeld, also of TechCrunch, taking tenth spot.
Here are the top 10 in each category…
Top 10 Tech Blogs
- TechCrunch
- GigaOM
- Engadget
- Gizmodo
- VentureBeat
- Silicon Alley Insider
- MeriTalk
- ReadWriteWeb
- Lifehacker
- Ars Technica
Top 10 Mainstream Media Tech Blogs
- Business Technology Blogs (Wall Street Journal)
- Bits Blog (The New York Times)
- Blogspotting (BusinesWeek)
- CNET Blogs
- ZiffDavis Blogs
- Wired Blogs
- CIO Blogs
- eWEEK Blogs
- Network World Blogs
- Business Technology Network Blogs (InformationWeek)
Top 10 Influential Tech Bloggers
- Michael Arrington (TechCrunch)
- Om Malik (GigaOm)
- Robert Scoble (Scobleizer)
- Walt Mossberg (WSJ/AllThingsD)
- David Pogue (NYT)
- Ben Worthen (WSJ Digits blog)
- Doug Henschen (Intelligent Enterprise Weblog)
- Saul Hansell (NYT Bits blog)
- Stacey Higginbotham (GigaOm)
- Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch)
Source: Erick Schonfeld, “Survey Says: PR People Love Our No-Embargo Policy,” May 4, 2009
