Phyrillas tops Pennsylvania's Most Influential Political blogs ranking

Gov. Ed Rendell probably chocked on his bagel this morning when the new Influence Rankings were released by BlogNetNews.com, but TONY PHYRILLAS is ranked No. 1 among the more than 50 blogs devoted to Pennsylvania politics.

TONY PHYRILLAS has been ranked in the Top 20 by BlogNetNews.com every week since the firm began compiling its list this spring, and has spent about half that time in the Top 10, but the highest position for TONY PHYRILLAS was No. 3 -- until this week.

Pennsylvania's Most Influential Political blogs

1 TONY PHYRILLAS
2 :::Philebrity...media, culture, music and more:::
3 GrassrootsPA
4 PowerBlog!
5 Suburban Guerrilla
6 Comments From Left Field
7 Attytood
8 The Pennsylvania Progressive
9 Booman Tribune
10 Mark Rauterkus & Running Mates ponder current events
11 Pennsyltucky Politics
12 www.keystonepolitics.com
13 Pawatercooler.com
14 POLICY BLOG
15 passopenrecords.org
16 Pennsylvania Ave.
17 Lincoln Blog
18 Save The GOP
19 2 Political Junkies
20 Lehigh Valley Ramblings

Trying to figure out how BlogNetNews comes up with the "Blogosphere Influence Rating" is a lot like trying to determine the top college football team in the country. You need a degree in statistical analysis.

BlogNetNews says on its Web site it "combines a variety of data sets to determine which blogs are most powerfully influencing the direction of the Pennsylvania political blogosphere. The exact method BNN uses to calculate influence scores must remain proprietary in order to prevent attempts to game the system."

Clear as mud. Who cares? I'm No. 1!!!!

I'd like to thank all the little people (including Gov. Rendell, a source of endless material) who helped me reach the top spot. (Not an easy achievement considering I had to climb over dozens of liberal blogs to reach the pinnacle.)

A special shout out to that left-wing blogger (forgot the name) who called me a "shameless self-promoter" earlier this year. I'm No. 1 and you're not.

P.S. - And speaking of shameless self-promotion, tickets are still available for the Nov. 8 monthly breakfast meeting of the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce. Tony Phyrillas will be the keynote speaker. For more information, visit the chamber's Web site at www.tricountyareachamber.com