Danielle Morrill

Objectivism Index – September 2010

In follow up to my original post Who’s Actually Getting Read in Objectivism (Online) I’ve created a new list based on the September 2010 Compete.com data about websites related to Objectivism.  As I’ve mentioned before, there are several shortcomings to Compete.com data and I realize these numbers may not be representative of actually unique visitors.  To learn about how they collect their data, I recommend reading the Compete.com Data Methodology.  One major downside of Compete.com is that it only captures US based traffic.

To summarize, both local records from the website owner’s server and Google Analytics have upsides and downsides when it comes to tracking unique visitors.  This image below from Compete.com summarizes to some extent.  I realize this is not ideal, and while I welcome data reports from publishers/editors I will not be using these to change rankings, only to annotate the list (for now).  It has been suggested that I should provide a snippet of Javascript which can be embedded into sites for those editors/publishers who wish to provide reliable data.

I present to you the list of individuals, organizations, blogs, and others who discuss, spread, and explore the ideas of Objectivism.  Please understand that I am not concerned with whether or not the authors are considered Objectivists or in support of the Ayn Rand Institute.  Instead, the focus here is on who is effective in making these ideas mainstream. For reference to previous rankings, please see the August 2010 list.

Objectivism Index – September 2010

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