How the ratings are scored
How things will be scored:
Alexa
I will leave part of this to Alexa.com where I will use your current rank on Alexa.com. However, because I don’t want Alexa to have too much say on the matter, I will use their score on basic bell score model. For example, if I have 200 sites in the database, the site with the best Alexa score will receive a score of 99, where as the person with the worst score will receive a score of 0. Everyone else will fit in between.
My Score
I will also be judging your website myself. I will get a score out of 500 using 5 fields of judging. 1) site layout 2) site content 3) quality of writing 4) photography and 5) contribution to the travel community. From those score I will take the average to give my grade of your site out of 200.
This way, Alexa will have one-thirds the say, and I will have two thirds say. I know, so much power vested in the hands of only one man. Thus, if someone has an alexa score of 80, and a score from me of 150 from me, they will have a score of 230. But since everyone like scores out of 100, I will divide it by 3 to get a score out of 100… in this case: 76.7/100
The highest score will be the top site!
How Often do I update?
Well, the truth is I used to update more often. Now I’m hoping to update this list monthly.
Hi Brendan,
That’s amazing. But it means you have to check every blog every week?! Very exicted about being part of it and a huge thank you to you for putting it together:)
Happy travels, Annabel
Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot recently posted..Who’s the Mucho Man?
Thanks so much for this list I’m sure it is full of wonderful blogs and bloggers I want to be like when I grow up, I’ll be working my way through for sure
! As a “newbie” to the travel blogging scene we’ve lots to learn and even more to share, fingers crossed we make it to the top 100 some day 
Ree – Little Aussie Travellers recently posted..5 Things I Learned in Kakadu
Even though I am writing, posting and traveling the best I can I appreciate your dedication to giving us something to work towards! Earning a spot of your site would be such an accomplishment and I appreciate the challenge to improve my newbie blog! Thanks!
Heathers Harmony recently posted..Sandusky has Real Problems but that Doesn’t Mean I can’t Vent too, Right?
Looking forward to getting involved in your top 100 travel sites. Working on charming Alexa at the minute, a little bit to go before we’ve met that particular requirement. Fair play, it must take a lot of time to sort through all the entries- cheers!
Brian, Wandering On recently posted..Feeling Like the Flinstones in Hampi
I love this list! It’s definitely that added motivation needed to get better at what we do! Thanks for taking the time to do this!