The GTD Index has been an interesting ongoing project so far, to say the least. I’m glad I’m using GTD rigorously because keeping up with my GTD blog, the GTD Index and the PD Index is very time consuming 
This morning I was looking at my GTD Index and I’m thinking to myself, “OK cool, this is starting to look like something many fellow GTD-ers are using and appreciating, but what else can I learn from this ongoing project?”
Then I realized that some preliminary results for the first 2 weeks in the life of the GTD Index may be deduced about the popularity of particular GTD blog entries and GTD software, simply by analyzing the numbers from Google Analytics.
So, just for fun and without any statistical foundation I present to you 3 lists of popular GTD items. Oh yeah, for some justification, this is measured over thousands of visitors to the GTD Index in the first 2 weeks of February 2007.
Please note: I do not specifically endorse any of these blogs or products. They just show up in the statistics of my site. The lists are given “as is” with no guarantee whatsoever. No conclusions, just facts.
3 Most Popular Blog Entries
1. zen habits - 3 Steps to a permanently clear desk
2. GTDrawings - Where have all the GTDrawings gone?
3. Juggling Sheep - 2 New GTD resources on the web
(but with others following closely)
3 Most Popular GTD Software (Offline)
1. Jello.Dashboard
2. Frictionless
3. Next Action
(but with others following closely)
3 Most Popular GTD Software (Online)
1. Gravity GTD
2. Simple GTD
3. iCommit
(but with others following closely)
I have noticed that there seems to be a strong preference for checking out the offline GTD software solutions instead of the online GTD software solutions. Again: no conclusions, just facts (perhaps this bias is simply caused by the order of appearance on the GTD Index).
And, as a bonus and purely subjective, these seem to be the:
3 Most Active GTD Blogs (in no particular order)
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It looks like I have to label more of my posts with GTD to get into the 3×3! Until now I used this label only when I am writing directly about the GTD methodology, and not when I am for example when I review GTD software.
@Jeroen:
That might eventually get you in the 4th list, i.e. “3 Most Active GTD blogs”. But that was the list which is completely subjective and not based on any site statistics and definitely not on quality of blog entries. If I were you I would just keep on writing good stuff like you’re doing right now and don’t worry about my stupid 3×3 lists!
I was just joking. I have no intention to ‘game’ your statistics, and am grateful enough that you have included a blog in another language on your index.
@Jeroen
I know. I was fooling around also
Anyway, I hesitated about adding blogs in languages other than English but, hey, the internet is a global community and Babel Fish is quite good!
Besides, English is not my first language either….
Yes, it’s a bit strange to read its own blog in another language
Keep the good work !
Now that’s funny, I was drawn to your post thinking you had some newfangled index card system haahah!
*goes back to refiling*
-a
[quote comment="96"]Now that’s funny, I was drawn to your post thinking you had some newfangled index card system haahah!
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Next time I’ll write 3×5 just to fool you again! ;P
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