Kevin, in a comment on this blog, points out that TailRank actually had video ranking first, they just didn't publicize it well. Have a look at http://tailrank.com/posts/filter/handle/_video. There are some noticable differences. TailRank looks at more than just references to YouTube and includes at least Apple and Google Video - though the data is swamped by YouTube. Technorati's service has a shorter window giving a view of the last 48 hours compared with TailRank which has a window of several days (at least 5).
Looking at the current results:
| TailRank | Technorati |
| The Simpsons Movie - Teaser | PeCa bio hazard highlight |
| danah on O'Reilly Factor | Real Life Simpsons Intro |
| Pictures of Assholes | guitar |
| Brandon Hardesty's Re-Enactment Series | El Koala - Yo Via Jase Un Corra |
| Gamers Getting PWND | Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama |
| President Bush's Nephew Interviewed in Iraq (what if?) | Bush Was Right |
| Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama | Unreal Gamer |
| The Promise - Trailer | dani california |
| Bill Gates: "We need microformats" | Nintendo Sixty-FOOOOOOOOOOUR |
| United 93 - Featurette | Gintama first commercial |
It looks like there are considerable differences in the data - probably due to different crawling strategies - only two of the videos are found in each list.
[Previous post on this topic is here.]
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