Earlier today, Douglas A. McIntyre of 24/7 Wall St. posted his list of The Twenty-Five Most Valuable Blogs. Some of his analysis is worthwhile, but the list is flawed. Mac Rumors as #2? Crazy. Drudge Report? I can understand that clueless old-media types may call it a blog, but surely most bloggers agree that it's not. BuddyTV? Not a blog. TravelPod? At best a blog host, but that opens up other candidates that probably weren't considered.

Even ignoring the sites that aren't blogs, I doubt that half of McIntyre's list would make the "most valuable" cut if someone took the time to do a more thorough analysis.

Other reactions:

David Galbraith offers 6 reasons why the list ain't worth a dime. (I don't want to quote his whole post; go read it!)

Mark Evans questioned how much of the valuation is tied to the founders ... though I side with his skeptical commenters.

Commenter Alphanaliste offered some insight on Silicon Alley Insider's post:

Valuations are nonsense unless they are based on what a plausible buyer or (ideally) buyers would pay. ... I'm not being sarcastic; I'm really interested. ... If someone can propose some names, I'm buying it. Until then, this is just a blogger proposing that blogs (including his) are worth more money than anyone has every shown.

With my usual caveat that I take all data sources with hefty doses of skepticism, I've included some numbers below.

#				Blog		T Rank		Alexa		Primary Category
1				Gizmodo *		3		972		Gadgets
2				Mac Rumors		126		9,227		Apple
3				The Huffington Post		4		1,958		Liberal
4				PerezHilton.com		14		748		Celebrity Gossip
5				TechCrunch		4		1,121		Web News
6		?		Ars Technica		7		2,180		Tech News
7		?		Seeking Alpha		245		7,399		Investing
8		?		DRUDGE REPORT		397		1,231		Politics
9				Mashable		9		2,587		Web News
10				GigaOM		36		12,644		Web News
11				Boing Boing		5		4,306		Esoterica
12				Silicon Alley Insider		145		13,216		Tech Business
13				Read/Write Web		14		6,334		Web News
14				Paid Content		437		23,529		Media News
15				Search Engine Land		383		4,783		Search
16				Smashing Magazine		16		3,142		Web Design
17				Dlisted		140		4,224		Celebrity Gossip
18				Daily Blog Tips		205		14,302		Blogging
19				Techdirt		202		25,462		Tech News
20				Neatorama		44		9,872		Esoterica
21		x		BuddyTV		125		4,674		TV
22				The Superficial		129		2,515		Celebrity Gossip
23				Talking Points Memo		58		18,604		Liberal
24		x		TravelPod		128		10,411		Travel
25				24/7 Wall St		5,615		87,612		Investing
Legend
				Blogcosm profile of this blog
				Link directly to the blog
			?	Arguably not a blog (what do you think?)
			x	Not a blog (at least not by our definition)