Hey, it's Weblog BookWatch Top 10!
I thought it would be interesting to see which books are being mentioned most frequently on weblogs.
Weblog BookWatch keeps track of weblogs that flow through the recently changed list at
weblogs.com and searches for links to Amazon.com. Then it looks at the ISBN in the link's URL, and counts the link as a mention of that book. The most fequently mentioned books show up on the
Top 10 list, with references to the weblogs that mentioned them. It's only looking for books right now (not CDs or other products), and only looking for links to
Amazon.com.
Update: To answer
Jason's question, yes I'm scraping Amazon to get the book information. They don't offer it through their API yet.
Thanks to
weblogs.com for the great service (and for offering their list
in XML). And to
Amazon.com for the book info.
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posted at 12:48 PM
yes, thanks a lot, but just like you wrote a few days ago, this would be much better with proper filters.
posted by
np on
4/15/2002 at 11:01 AM
I agree, np, but these attempts are a start.
posted by
pb on
4/15/2002 at 11:02 AM
Thanks for a great service PB. Love your idea
posted by
Marek J on
4/16/2002 at 10:02 AM
This post is closed to new comments, thanks contributors!
