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Kevin Roderick • April 22 2009 12:10 AM

If the blogs at the Los Angeles Times website are all about the ratings, the big winner is Elizabeth Snead's The Dish Rag. Her blog packed with items on celebrity culture and hit-attracting keywords such as "Lindsay Lohan," "Perez Hilton" and 'topless" holds the top spot in a daily count of page views that landed in our in-box. It isn't even close. The Dish Rag had double the traffic of #2 blog L.A. Now on the day counted, and more page views than the combined total of Top of the Ticket, the Lakers blog, Dodger Thoughts, Culture Monster, Jacket Copy, The Homicide Report and food blog Daily Dish. (Blogs home) I have to assume these are weekend stats, but even so — only the top few L.A. Times blogs are competitive, traffic-wise, with LA Observed and other local independent sites? I'm shocked. List after the jump.

Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 12:xx AM
To: yylatbloggers
Subject: Daily LATI Blog Report

Page Views

1. The Dish Rag - 71,379
2. L.A.Now - 30,617
3. Pop & Hiss - 20,957
4. Top of the Ticket - 19,248
5. Showtracker - 14,594
6. Lakers Blog - 13,804
7. Dodger Thoughts - 12,347
8. Up to Speed - 7,778
9. Culture Monster - 7,454
10. Goldderby - 7,112
11. The Daily Mirror - 6,730
12. Jacket Copy - 5,878
13. LA Land - 5,630
14. LA Unleashed - 5,443
15. Sports Blog - 5,396
16. Technology Blog - 5,316
17. Idoltracker - 4,948
18. News & Buzz - 4,469
19. All The Rage - 4,433
20. Hero Complex - 3,792
21. The Big Picture - 3,514
22. Booster Shots - 3,006
23. Babylon & Beyond - 2,459
24. Outposts - 2,168
25. Movable Buffet - 2,014
26. Money & Company - 1,948
27. DailyDish - 1,908
28. Buzz & Rumors - 1,742
29. Varsity Times Insider - 1,681
30. Homicide Report - 1,323
31. La Plaza - 1,189
32. Web Scout - 1,183
33. Pardon Our Dust - 1,043
34. Gift Guide - 1,001
35. Angels Blog - 996
36. OpinionL.A. - 862
37. Soundboard - 702
38. Comments Blog - 658
39. Greenspace - 612
40. Olympics Blog - 597
41. Daily Deal Blog - 589
42. Funny Pages 2.0 - 450
43. Emerald City - 425
44. Extended Play 398
45. All Things Trojan - 367
46. The Feinberg Files 355
47. Bottleneck - 297
48. The Bush Adminstration - 259
49. The Homeroom - 249
50. Brand X - 215

Total 292,894

Some of the bottom dwellers are defunct, and Brand X is brand new. Others, well, you have to think if they cost anything to produce, why bother?

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