Today I was contacted by many friends and followers because they are disappointed regarding a voting proposed by the Infosecurity Europe.
http://blogs.infosecurityeurope.com/europes-most-popular-security-blogs-vote-now/
You know my daily effort spent in cyber security, I have thousand people that everyday reads my posts and share them, but evidently it is not enough because I’m out of their business.
So I decided to analyze the popularity level of the candidates and compare it with Security Affairs, that I remind you is a personal blog and not a business blog. For simplicity, I’ll analyze the Alexa Rating and the number of Twitter followers.
| Blog | Alexa Ranking | Twitter Followers |
| Virus Bulletin Blog | 184,695 | 28800 |
| Peerlyst blog | 1,017,373 | 1195 |
| Infospectives straightforward security | 2,121,616 | 1404 |
| Tripwire The State of Security | 72117 | 23100 |
| BitDefender Hot For Security | 221,068 | 65700 |
| AlienVault Blog | 89,308 | 13200 |
| Security By Default | 197,450 | 21600 |
| Malwarebytes Unpacked | 2,913 | 26500 |
| Trendmicro countermeasures | 268,410 |
Considering that Security Affairs is today Ranked 85,593 and that I have 9040 Followers, probably I can compete with companies despite I’m a single and passionate expert, but that the organization obviously does not know it!
At this point, let me give a look to my potential category, “The Best Personal Security Blog“, it’s clear that Security Affairs could be among the best blogs but the Infosecurity Europe doesn’t know it!
| Blog | Alexa Ranking | Twitter Followers |
| Infospectives straightforward security | 2,121,616 | 1404 |
| Javvad’s Blog | 3,974,388 | 7224 |
| Security FAQ | 339,699 | 9858 |
I don’t want to bore you, but the problem is why the organization at Infosecurity Europe has totally ignored me?
“The organization says that I never sent my application, this is true because I never heard of it. I have never been contacted by them. The organization declines any responsibility, the blog owners & readers of the blogs were the ones who selected the blogs. So excuse me, anyway I find very serious that a blog like Security Affairs was not mentioned neither that more than 9000 followers haven’t had news about the initiative.”
Probably I’m doing something wrong.
I’m very disappointed because I manage Security Affairs for passion and the numbers demonstrate that despite I’m alone it has the performance, in term of audience, of a Corporate Blog that is managed by a team of experts. I consider similar charts very offensive for those who like cyber security.
Good vote!
(Security Affairs – Infosecurity Europe, Best European Blog)
