N.Z. Bear has released the latest version of the Ecosystem. See his detailed explanation at the link.
Essentially, he eliminates or reduces the impact of formal blog networks, excessive cross-linking between particular blogs, and excessive linking in general. The first two seem like no-brainers to me; the last is one that I find possibly problematic in theory but have no firm opinion of until I see it in action for a while. So far, it hasn’t hurt Glenn Reynolds’ ranking any and, given that he is the uber-linker, I’ll be curious to see how that works.
