Commenter Word Cloud – Tagxedo

So I found a very fun site that George Ford will now yell at me for him wasting countless hours playing there.  Tagxedo not only lets you create word clouds but also allows you to create custom shaped word clouds.    I created a list of my top commenters over this year.  By duplicating the names of the most frequent commenters in my list, it allows you to see them bigger than the rest.  And the custom shape?  You might recognize it as the silhouette of my famous green hair gravatar. 

What is nice is that Tagxedo will take your blog or twitter feed and automatically create a word cloud for you.

Right now adding custom shapes, like my gravatar, is free while it is in Beta but head over and check out this video on 101 Ways you can use Tagxedo.

Top Posts of the Year

There are plenty of top lists going around this time of year. Too many are subjective. I give you the most objective one yet because it is based on data. Plus I top it off with interesting facts like there with only one exception, there were no commenters in 2008 who stuck around in 2009. That sole exception was Michael who does the Unemployed Dad webcomic who pays a vist every so often. 

The top 10 based on views of 2009

1. Bearman Cartoon: Swine Flu
2. Marge Simpson Playboy Centerfold Pictorial
3. Bearman Cartoon: Obama bows to Emperor
4. Bearman Cartoon: Swine Flu 2
5. Help make Marie Flanders the Newest Character on the Simpsons
6. Bearman Cartoon: 2012 and the End of Day
7. Create Cartoon Characters of Yourself
8. Oktoberfest T-shirt
9. Bearman Cartoon: Obama wins Peace Prize?
10. Bearman Cartoon: Bengals Beat Steelers

Now most of you didn’t find me until later in the year so not surprising the most commented posts came from the second half.

1. Celebrity Death Panel Part 6
2. Editorial Cartoon Caption Contest
3. Vanity License Plate
4. Marge Simpson Playboy Centerfold
5. Bearman Cartoon: Kanye West

And Finally the Top Five Commenters of 2009. 

1. The Friggin Loon
2. George Ford
3. Jammer
4. Robert Mateicek
5. Lynn

Thanks to all of you for your support in 2009.  Hope I don’t scare you off in 2010.  And feel free to fight for the top five commenters spot for next year.