NxE's Fifty Most Influential Bloggers, Organized By Category

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Yesterday, a blog called NorthxEast posted their list of 50 "movers and shakers" in the blogging world. (52 when counting 2 teams.) It struck a chord, with 618 623 diggs at the moment (and still rising). I thought it would be useful to organize the list by category (and make some corrections and additions).

Table of Contents (50+ people)

Business & Finance11 people
Computers & Internet19+ people
Entertainment4+ people
News & Politics8 people
Shopping2 people
Society & Culture6 people
Business & Finance
Entrepreneurship
 #15Guy Kawasakiblog.GuyKawasaki.com"How to Change the World"
Make Money Online
 #23Darren RowseProBlogger.net/blog
 b5media.comco-founder
 #29Jeremy SchoemakerShoeMoney.com
 #48John ChowJohnChow.com
 TheTechZone.com
Marketing
 #11Seth GodinSethGodin.typepad.com
 Squidoo.comfounder
 #30Brian ClarkCopyblogger.com
Productivity
 #9Gina TrapaniLifehacker.comfounding editor
 GinaTrapani.com
 #21Merlin Mann43Folders.com
 MerlinMann.com
Public Relations
 #32Steve RubelMicroPersuasion.com
SEO
 #44Rand Fishkinseomoz.org
 #45EliBlueHatSEO.com
Computers & Internet
Blogging
 #1Nick DentonGawker.com/advertisingfounder of Gawker Media
 Valleywag.comeditor emeritus
 NickDenton.org
 #3David SifryTechnorati.com
 Sifry.com/alerts
 #4Jason CalacanisWeblogsInc.comformer CEO and co-founder
 Calacanis.com
 Mahalo.comfounder
 #5Joi ItoSixApart.jpChairman, Japan
 Technorati.comVP
 Joi.Ito.com
 #19Jeremy Wrightb5media.comco-founder and CEO
 Ensight.org
 #24Duncan RileyBlogHerald.comfounder
 b5media.comco-founder
 TechCrunch.comwriter
 DuncanRiley.com
Google
 #22Matt CuttsMattCutts.com/blog
Social Bookmarking
 #2Kevin RoseDigg.com
 KevinRose.com
Social Networking
 #49Mary HodderNapsterization.orgEditor
 Dabble.comFounder
 Hodder.org
Software Development
 #33Joel SpolskyJoelOnSoftware.com
 FogCreek.comCEO
Tech News
 #13Rob MaldaSlashdot.org
 CmdrTaco.net
 #34Robert ScoblePodTech.net/ScobleShow
 Scobleizer.com
 #43Ken FisherArsTechnica.com
Web Design
 #46Sven Lennartz;
Vitaly Friedman
SmashingMagazine.com
Web Development
 #27Jeffrey ZeldmanAListApart.com
 HappyCog.comFounder/Executive Creative Director
 Zeldman.com
Web News
 #12Michael ArringtonTechCrunch.com
 Crunchnotes.com
 #26Peter CashmoreMashable.com
 #35Om MalikGigaOM.com
 Daily.GigaOM.com
 #50Neil PatelPronetAdvertising.com
 QuickSprout.com
Entertainment
Celebrity Gossip
 #31Mark LisantiDefamer.comeditor
 Bunsen.tv
 #38Karl WangTheSuperficial.com
 Anticlown.com
 #40Lisa Sugar;
Brian Sugar
POPSUGAR.com
 SugarPublishing.com
 #42Harvey LevinTMZ.com
News & Politics
Conservative
 #16Michelle MalkinMichelleMalkin.com
 HotAir.com
Liberal
 #8Ariana HuffingtonHuffingtonPost.com/theblog
 #14Marcos Moulitsas ZunigaDailyKos.comfounder
 #36Ana Marie CoxWonkette.comemerita
 mtblog.AnaMarieCox.com
 #39Joshua Micah MarshallTalkingPointsMemo.com
 TPMCafe.com
 TPMMuckracker.com
Libertarian
 #17Glenn ReynoldsInstapundit.com
Media News
 #28Choire SichaGawker.commanaging editor
 ChoireSicha.com
 #41Elizabeth SpiersGawker.comfounding editor
 ElizabethSpiers.com
Shopping
Gadgets
 #6Pete RojasEngadget.comco-founder
 Gizmodo.comwas co-founder
 #10Brian LamGizmodo.com
Society & Culture
Esoterica
 #7Mark FrauenfelderBoingBoing.net
 #18Matthew HaugheyMetaFilter.com
 #20Jason Kottkekottke.org
Personal
 #37Heather Armstrongdooce.com
Self Help
 #25Steve PavlinaStevePavlina.com/blog
 #47Leo Babautazenhabits.net
 NorthxEast.com
 BlogActionDay.org

(Read the whole post for more background on each person.)

Naturally one can quibble with specific categories; suggestions welcome!

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Comments
Dave on September 14, 2007 at 11:10 a.m.
Thanks for breaking all that down into subject categories. I would also be interested in a list of bloggers who succeed with the least amount of time and effort -- the "quick and dirty" approach.
Scott Lawton (Blogcosm) on September 14, 2007 at 1:57 p.m.
My bet: that list is so short it may as well be empty. A good blog is hard work, and most of the top bloggers have been at it for years. Many others bloggers have worked hard for years without reaching the level of success they would like. For people who want to become an influential voice or get paid to blog, it's a very competitive business. (For people who just blog for fun and/or a small audience, it's not a business at all so there's no need to worry about money or influence.)
Tyler on September 19, 2007 at 9:35 a.m.
Thanks for the comments, Scott. Really enjoyed your comprehensive list and have already added a number of these blogs to my RSS (including yours).

Thanks again for the tip and hope to talk to you soon.
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