Best of the Mac Web Addendum

October 2002

Dan Knight - 2002.10.24

The fourth Best of the Mac Web (BotMW) survey, an opinion poll covering 100 independent Mac websites, is finished. Voting took place over a nine day period, and approximately 3,000 individuals shared their opinion of the best known Mac-related sites.

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. VersionTracker
  2. As the Apple Turns
  3. TidBITS
  4. Macworld
  5. MacCentral
  6. MacInTouch
  7. MacNN
  8. OSXFAQ
  9. Accelerate Your Mac
  10. MacFixIt
  11. Think Secret
  12. MacOSXHints
  13. Joy of Tech
  14. Crazy Apple Rumors
  15. MacOSRumors
  16. Low End Mac
  17. MacMinute
  18. MacAddict
  19. IconFactory
  20. DealMac
  21. ResExcellence
  22. apple.slashdot.org
  23. MacSurfer
  24. O'Grady's PowerPage
  25. MacObserver
  26. MacRumors
  27. MacSlash
  28. SpyMac
  29. Inside Mac Games
  30. Bare Feats
  31. Macworld UK
  32. Railhead Design
  33. AppleHistory
  34. Applelinks
  35. Your Mac Life
  36. ramSeeker
  37. Insanely Great Mac
  38. MacDesktops
  39. Emulation.net
  40. Stepwise
  41. MacUpdate
  42. MacNight Owl
  43. MacGamer
  44. osOpinion
  45. MacOSX.com
  46. PowerBook Central
  47. About This Particular Macintosh
  48. Deals on the Web
  49. EveryMac
  50. MacWindows
  1. MacUser UK
  2. MacEdition
  3. PowerBook Zone
  4. MacOpinion
  5. MacSpeedZone
  6. 3 Macs and a Printer
  7. Applelust
  8. AppleMuseum
  9. MacResource Page
  10. iGeek
  11. macHome
  12. PowerBook Source
  13. Should Our Schools Have Macs?
  14. Chez Mark
  15. Creative Mac
  16. Working Mac
  17. MacReviewZone
  18. MacOrchard
  19. AllOSX.com
  20. MacTeens
  21. MacsOnly!
  22. MacDirectory
  23. pickle's Low-end Mac FAQ
  24. MyMac
  25. RandomMaccess
  26. MacMerc
  27. AppleAudio
  28. Macinstein
  29. System6Heaven
  30. MacNetJournal
  31. MacMonkies
  32. MacEvangelist
  33. MyAppleMenu
  34. MacOSZone
  35. Jag's House
  36. MacNET v2
  37. WhytheMacissogreat.com
  38. dotmac.info
  39. MacDailyNews
  40. MacOSPlanet
  41. Mac 512k
  42. Cool Mac
  43. MacMind
  44. AppleQuicklinks
  45. MacCritic
  46. AppleTechs
  47. Family-Mac
  48. MacVillage
  49. iMac NewsPage
  50. MacUnlimited.com

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            13    7   50  114   60   244
About This Particular Macintosh 11   18  155  203   57   444
Accelerate Your Mac              9   13  151  636  594  1403
AllOSX.com                      11    7   57   92   21   188
apple.slashdot.org              11   43  214  571  232  1071
AppleAudio                      14   17   46   50   37   164
AppleHistory                    10   11   76  250  161   508
Applelinks                      16   55  194  251  109   625
Applelust                       15   35  126  108   34   318
AppleMuseum                      7   12   47  107   63   236
AppleQuicklinks                 10   14   38   25   13   100
AppleTechs                       9   14   23   22   10    78
As the Apple Turns              23   80  171  390 1327  1991
Bare Feats                      22   35  116  332  206   711
Chez Mark                       12   10   40   67   65   194
Cool Mac                        11   14   36   35   13   109
Crazy Apple Rumors              22   63  111  238  693  1127
Creative Mac                     9    9   44   92   45   199
DealMac                          9   25  116  365  482   997
Deals on the Web                10   12   54  132  133   341
dotmac.info                     11   11   34   47   19   122
Emulation.net                    9   15   61  193  125   403
EveryMac                         9   15   43  141  130   338
Family-Mac                      11   12   28    6    5    62
IconFactory                      9   15   92  458  439  1013
iGeek                           14   13   47  112   46   232
iMac NewsPage                   11    7   23   11    4    56
Insanely Great Mac              13   15  186  235   72   521
Inside Mac Games                 9    6  119  367  236   737
Jag's House                     15    7   25   49   32   128
Joy of Tech                     11   18   93  376  605  1103
Low End Mac                     16   21  135  545  447  1164
Mac 512k                        10    8   23   32   23    96
MacAddict                       37  205  507  607  196  1552
MacCentral                      26   72  399  755  509  1761
MacCritic                       11   16   30   23   12    92
MacDailyNews                    11    7   34   42   22   116
MacDesktops                      9   22  109   34  224   398
MacDirectory                    12   33   71   67   25   208
MacEdition                      12   20   91  120   71   314
MacEvangelist                   44   59   65   50   22   240
MacFixIt                        71   99  278  621  533  1602
MacGamer                        12   12   88  181  103   396
macHome                         15   20   88  109   31   263
Macinstein                      19   47   65   67   14   212
MacInTouch                       9   34  170  464  733  1410
MacMerc                         10   10   49   51   36   156
MacMind                          7    7   40   28   16    98
MacMinute                       12   12  104  345  566  1039
MacMonkies                      15   20   40   55   31   161
MacNET v2                       16   21   49   50   15   151
MacNetJournal                   10   11   40   57   31   149
MacNight Owl                    23   32  123  197   82   457
MacNN                           14   57  289  754  498  1612
MacObserver                     11   26  177  409  266   889
MacOpinion                      13   30  126  151   26   346
MacOrchard                       8   11   49   76   39   183
MacOSPlanet                     12   17   52   43    8   132
MacOSRumors                    105  219  447  634  300  1705
MacOSX.com                      12   18   97  218   74   419
MacOSXHints                      5   10   68  360  626  1069
MacOSZone                       11   10   47   49   24   141
MacResource Page                 9   21   95  115   38   278
MacReviewZone                    9   11   52   85   33   190
MacRumors                       28   72  224  395  261   980
MacSlash                        15   31  177  428  201   852
MacsOnly!                        7   13   54   51   44   169
MacSpeedZone                     9   16   76  148   40   289
MacSurfer                        9   14   42  143  518   726
MacTeens                        16   22   45   56   47   186
MacUnlimited.com                10    7   15   12    3    47
MacUpdate                        9    7   49  129  156   350
MacUser UK                      14   15   82  164   59   334
MacVillage                      11    9   21   12    4    57
MacWindows                      12    5   57  166   94   334
Macworld                        28  140  645 1064  326  2203
Macworld UK                     16   28  193  370  130   737
MyAppleMenu                     12   11   60   52   20   155
MyMac                           11   14   76   69   15   185
O'Grady's PowerPage             52   78  270  537  198  1135
osOpinion                       13   46  117  218   66   460
OSXFAQ                          14   21  103  444  746  1328
pickle's Low-end Mac FAQ        13   12   40   55   45   165
PowerBook Central               12   35  128  238   46   459
PowerBook Source                13   33   98  115   13   272
PowerBook Zone                  14   34  123  156   32   359
Railhead Design                 14   23   91  214  229   571
ramSeeker                       11    8   76  177  169   441
RandomMaccess                   13   11   47   37   49   157
ResExcellence                    9    8  107  421  390   935
Should Our Schools Have Macs?   14   13   39   70   65   201
SpyMac                         128  170  285  363  207  1153
Stepwise                        10   11   78  177  127   403
System6Heaven                   16   14   39   64   28   161
Think Secret                    37   61  317  650  387  1452
TidBITS                         15   43   84  327 1212  1681
VersionTracker                  32   33  134  723 1568  2490
WhytheMacissogreat.com          14   19   42   46   20   141
Working Mac                     21   41   65   73   38   238
Your Mac Life                   16   39   88  182  171   496

For analysis of the results, see Best of the Mac Web Survey Results, October 2002.

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