Top 100 Web Celebrities
Image via WikipediaTech Cult have just released what they consider to be the Top 100 Web Celebrities. I found it an interesting list to read through and they’ve provided some comprehensive (yet brief) information on each of them.
Here is their explanation of the process they went through:
We gathered around 200 potential names and queried them on Google to see how many results they would generate. Some minor adjustments were made, and the 100 names with the highest number of results were profiled (as you can see it is not our fault that Chris Crocker ended at the 6th position!)
Celebrities that became famous prior to the explosion of the Web were not included. Hence you will not find the likes of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, despite our acknowledge that they are also influencing the Internet.
By name, I know just 7 of the 100:
81. Steve Pavlina
75. Darren Rowse
49. John Chow
24. Matt Cutts
17. Guy Kawasaki
5. Seth Godin
2. Perez Hilton
There were a few other’s that I either knew by face (such as Chris Crocker pictured above) or knew the name (such as Matt Mullenweg) but couldn’t tell you why.
So does this mean I fail in the “knowing who’s who of the web”? 
How many names do you know on the list?
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The problem with this list is that most of the names are tech bloggers and the blogosphere has become so much bigger than these guys. I don’t place much weight in these lists or the various blogger awards you see on the Internet - in my opinion, it’s a bit of a boys club.