Bloglines complies the top 1000 list by looking at the number of “active” subscribers for a particular feed. Bloglines told us that they know people may try to game the system, so they have decided not to detail exactly how the list is computed and ranked. You can also see that Bloglines has added a graph showing subscriber trends, a top movers chart and “New to Bloglines Top 1000.”
Here is a screen capture showing the trends for specific blogs:
The number seems to indicate the position a particular blog or feed previously held in the Bloglines 1000, which appears to be updated on a weekly basis. We say this because when talking about the Top Movers (below), Bloglines said that Sew, Mama, Sew came into the Bloglines 1000 this week for the first time, moving up 790 rank spaces. Here’s the chart, and you can see the 790 figure indicating the rank rise:
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