Rest of the Mac Web Addendum

April 2002

Dan Knight - 2002.04.11

The second Rest of the Mac Web (RotMW) survey, an opinion poll covering a good segment of the independent Mac Web, is done. Voting took place over a two week period, and nearly 1,200 individuals shared their opinion of 50 of the best known independent Mac-related sites on the Web - including one of the newest.

Weighted Rating

Begun with the second BotMW survey we crated a weighted rating that looks at both how well known a site is and how well respected it is. The score is generated by multiplying the square root of the number of responses by the score.

  1. IconFactory, new
  2. OS X FAQ, new
  3. Apple History
  4. Crazy Apple Rumors, new
  5. apple.slashdot.org, new
  6. ramSeeker, new
  7. EveryMac
  8. MacOSX.com
  9. Chez Mark
  10. Deals on the Web, new
  11. 3 Macs and a Printer
  12. Stepwise
  13. Mac Orchard
  14. SpyMac
  15. Applelust
  16. MacReviewZone
  17. AllOSX.com, new
  18. MacDirectory
  19. Mac OS Zone
  20. Apple Museum
  21. Macinstein
  22. Creative Mac
  23. Should Our Schools Have Macs or PCs?
  24. Jag's House
  1. the pickle's Low-end Mac FAQ
  2. System 6 Heaven
  3. MacNETv2
  4. The Daily Mac
  5. The Mac 512k, new
  6. Working Mac
  7. The iMac.com
  8. RandomMaccess
  9. Mac Monkies
  10. AppleTechs
  11. MacMerc, new
  12. MacMilitia
  13. Webintosh
  14. The Mac Mind
  15. Why the Mac is so great.com
  16. MyMac
  17. Brave New Mac
  18. Mac Net Journal, new
  19. MyAppleMenu
  20. MacOSXcentric.com, new
  21. MacVillage
  22. MacNow
  23. Family-Mac
  24. The iMac NewsPage
  25. MacUnlimited.com
  26. macXcess

Raw Data

These are the raw numbers. Feel free to thrown them into your favorite spreadsheet and do your own analysis.

3 Macs and a Printer            16   11   52   57   58   194
AllOSX.com                      17   12   51   66   37   183
apple.slashdot.org              16   24   89  135   52   316
Apple History                    9    9   48  107  150   323
Applelust                       16   25   65   93   19   218
Apple Museum                    12   11   35   68   35   161
AppleTechs                      12    9   33   43   14   111
Brave New Mac                   15   12   34   28   11   100
Chez Mark                       15   13   45   39   89   201
Crazy Apple Rumors              18   13   38   52  159   280
Creative Mac                    14   17   52   72   24   179
Daily Mac                       13   20   51   48   11   143
Deals on the Web                18   19   34   55   73   199
EveryMac                         9   15   49   95   72   240
Family-Mac                      12   15   37   17    4    85
IconFactory                      9    6   40  141  377   573
iMac.com                        18   16   48   40   17   139
iMac NewsPage                   15   14   26   22    4    81
Jag's House                     13   12   43   52   38   158
Mac512k                         13   10   40   41   21   125
MacDirectory                    16   16   61   57   37   187
Macinstein                      26   36   69   70   20   221
MacMerc                         10   10   38   22   26   106
MacMilitia                      14   23   59   29    6   131
MacMind                         14   12   39   33   10   108
MacMonkies                      19   16   34   33   22   124
MacNet Journal                  14    9   34   24    9    90
MacNETv2                        23   15   43   31   30   142
MacNow                          12   10   38   19    3    82
MacOrchard                      11   10   46   62   51   180
MacOSX.com                      13    7   45  110   59   234
MacOSXcentric.com               14    8   37   20    8    87
Mac OS Zone                     15    8   42   47   50   162
MacReviewZone                   14   13   49   81   29   186
MacUnlimited.com                11    8   35   14    6    74
MacVillage                      13    9   36   16    8    82
macXcess                        11    9   29   14    4    67
MyAppleMenu                      9   11   32   19   11    82
My Mac                          13    9   41   27   11   101
OS X FAQ                        11   10   30   92  193   336
pickle's Low-end Mac FAQ        11   12   32   30   47   132
ramSeeker                        9   14   40   77   89   229
RandomMaccess                    9    8   36   18   35   106
Should Schools Have Macs?       15    6   32   46   48   147
SpyMac                          81   58   78   50   52   319
Stepwise                        11    7   33   70   51   172
System 6 Heaven                 12    6   34   41   33   126
Webintosh                       16   12   43   34   10   115
Why the Mac is so great.com     11   23   34   29   13   110
Working Mac                     13   19   44   44   15   135

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