There are a variety of categories in Blogshares that go into determining rankings. One of these is Sigma.
You get sigma by reporting errors. These can be things such as a blog’s title being changed or if the blog isn’t really a qualified blog. You also can get sigma for reporting “deads.” If a blog’s last post is six months old or more, it is dead.
Aside from getting the points for sigma, you also get chips each time you report an error.
Although there’s a lovely new automated dead finder to help ease this prcoess, I still enjoy “hunting for deads” the old way. I use lists of common first names or just words. I plug whatever the term of choice is into the B$ search feature under title and off I go.
Another player recently told me he didn’t think there was a point to sigma hunting, but I rather like doing it. I find interesting blogs I might never have seen. I sometimes find very good live blogs that I can add to my stock portfolio. And well, I like order. I like the feeling of correcting errors, voting in correct industries, and culling out all of the junk.
And of course, you get all those lovely chips for your labor.
