Again, it was going to be one those days – well that’s what I planned until I tuned into Liberal Democrat Voice for my daily read of the party gossip. I could not believe my eyes, after complaining that I had not received any recognition in the New Year’s Honour’s List – I noticed that I have been awarded a “gong” by Mark Pack.
Mark is Head of Innovations with the Liberal Democrats and contributes regularly to Liberal Democrat Voice. Today, he penned three articles: Nick Clegg, Jo Swinson in the news; Conservatives continue to take money from peer who broke his tax promise; and finally the “good news” The Top Five Liberal Democrat websites in 2008.
Mark penned “Based on the amount of traffic they’ve passed on to http://www.libdems.org.uk/ in 2008, the top five local Liberal Democrat sites (excluding blogs) were (with changes in brackets from last year’s top five:
1. stevebeasant.mycouncillor.org.uk (NEW)
2. vincentcable.org.uk (+2)
3. brentlibdems.org.uk (-2)
4. henleylibdems.org.uk (NEW)
5. gloucester-libdems.co.uk (NEW)
Steve’s new entry at the top of the list is very impressive, particularly as his site is based on his ward, rather than a whole Parliamentary constituency or council area. It’s a bit of a borderline judgement whether or not his site counts as a blog, though if it did, it would still appear in the blog top five.
Vince Cable’s rise has accompanied the rise in his national profile. The level of traffic generated by Brent’s site continues to impress, whilst Henley’s presence in the top five is largely due to the Parliamentary by-election there, just as the Ealing and Sedgefield sites featured in the 2007 list for similar reasons. Finally, congratulations too to Gloucester for their appearance.
Just think, me a mere mortal – I am now ranked above our great Vince, and I only set up the site on 23 July, 2008 – not bad going – just wait till I actually get motoring. However, I will have to concede I definitely have to admit that I do not have his financial credits – but even so, I will still keep on fighting for a fairer society.
Many thanks Mark; hopefully it will encouraged some more of our Liberal Democrat Councillor to brush up on their IT skills.
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