Literally standing to the title of my post, the very visit to the webpage of the blogs appended below would make you utter either “If” or “But” and hence we decided to feature them under one umbrella. Their USP is they feature things out-of-box and this is what enables them catch eyeballs. Enjoy your visit o these blogs and let me know your experience.
1)
Blog: Freakonomics

Tagline: The hidden side of everything

Courtesy: Annika Mengisen, editor and Stephen J. Dubner http://stephenjdubner.com/

Ranking:

Alexa: 91 Technorati: 56 GoogleRank: 8

“This blog, begun in 2005, is meant to keep the conversation going.”

2)

Blog: Oink

Tagline: Sailing for you since the beginning of century

Courtesy: Team

Ranking:

Alexa: 8110 Technorati: 42766 GoogleRank: 5

“We 7 years online. Exactly 2690 days. Exactly 2690 days. Not much or little, but, of course, is much more than you ever thought aguantaría.”

3)

Blog: SmashingMagazine

Tagline: We smash you with the information that will make your easier, really

Courtesy: Sven Lennartz and Vitaly Friedman

Ranking:

Alexa: 11132 Technorati: 8 GoogleRank: 7

“Delivering useful and innovative information for designers and Web developers.”

4)

Blog: MakeZine

Tagline: Technology on your time

Courtesy: Dale Dougherty, editor and publisher and Mark Frauenfelder, editor in chief

Ranking:

Alexa: 11235 Technorati: 44 GoogleRank: 7

“MAKE Magazine brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life.”

5)

Blog: Consumerist

Tagline: Shoppers bite back

Courtesy: Ben Popken, editor

Ranking:

Alexa: 17273 Technorati: 33 GoogleRank: 7

“A consumer’s guide from Gawker Media Network.”

6)

Blog: NotCot

Tagline: Ideas +Aesthetics +Amusement

Courtesy: Jean Aw, co-founder

Ranking:

Alexa: 42945 Technorati: 1776 GoogleRank: 4

“Daily source of inspiration for creatives everywhere, fighting the good fight against “creative block” since 2005 with visually stunning imagery, the latest in international trends, and a passion for all things well designed.”

7)

Blog: Kottke

Tagline: Home of fine hypertext products

Courtesy: Jason Kottke

Ranking:

Alexa: 60709 Technorati: 64 GoogleRank: 7

“kottke.org is a weblog about the liberal arts 2.0 edited by Jason Kottke since March 1998.”

Blog: GapingVoid

Tagline: Cartoons drawn on the back of business cards

Courtesy: Hugh Macleod

Ranking:

Alexa: 79371 Technorati: 936 GoogleRank: 6

“Everything creative.”

9)

Blog: BuzzMachine

Tagline: Blog about media and news

Courtesy: Jeff Jarvis

Ranking:

Alexa: 84408 Technorati: 783 GoogleRank: 7

“I have made mistakes on my blog and corrected them there.”

10)

Blog: BasicThinking

Tagline: To boldly blog, what no man has blogged before

Courtesy: Team

Ranking:

Alexa: 107823 Technorati: 1161 GoogleRank: 4

“Thinking beyond thoughts.”

11)

Blog: DeThroner

Tagline: Where every man is king

Courtesy: Joel Johnson

Ranking:

Alexa: 297072 Technorati: 145809 GoogleRank: 6

“An everyday digest of news, advice, DIY projects, and pictures of lions, grooming products, and fist-clenching admonishment. It’s the perfect guide for the imperfect man.”

12)

Blog: GirlyGeekdom

Tagline: Why should boys have all the fun

Courtesy: Sarah Blow

Ranking:

Alexa: 1140924 Technorati: 110243 GoogleRank: 6

“A site based around technology, events, women and all things geeky.”

My warm regards to concerned editors, founders and contributory bloggers for giving me the opportunity to handpick their blog here. Any questions, queries can be put asked at editor@trendsupdates.com