I think we should sort blogs with an empty title by their "hostname". Here is my proposed patch for BlogNameComparator:

         public int compare(Object blog1, Object blog2) {
-            Map<Object, Object> blogMap1 = (Map<Object, Object>) blog1;
-            Map<Object, Object> blogMap2 = (Map<Object, Object>) blog2;
-
-            String blogName1 = MapUtils.getMapStr(blogMap1, "blogName");
-            if (blogName1.length() == 0) {
-                blogName1 = MapUtils.getMapStr(blogMap1, "url");
-            }
-
-            String blogName2 = MapUtils.getMapStr(blogMap2, "blogName");
-            if (blogName2.length() == 0) {
-                blogName2 = MapUtils.getMapStr(blogMap2, "url");
-            }
-
+            Map<String, Object> blogMap1 = (Map<String, Object>) blog1;
+            Map<String, Object> blogMap2 = (Map<String, Object>) blog2;
+            String blogName1 = getBlogNameOrHostNameFromAccountMap(blogMap1);
+            String blogName2 = getBlogNameOrHostNameFromAccountMap(blogMap2);
             return blogName1.compareToIgnoreCase(blogName2);
         }

@solinger10 What do you think about the proposed solution?

I don't really like the blogs with no title being compared to all other blogs using the host name. It just seems to make more sense to me to have the no title blogs at the top of the list, but that's all personal preference. Both options solve the problem.

I don't really like the blogs with no title being compared to all other blogs using the host name.

I agree, on this screen it's not the best UX. But we're using that comparator in other places like here:

(taliwuttandfood2.wordpress.com has an empty title)

Where we only show blog titles or blog url if the title is empty, in that case that's weird to have it on top. We could have different blog comparators, but IMO 2 blog lists with 2 different orders is just another issue.

Yeah, I see what you mean. I think it looks worse there and not so bad in comparison on the other list. I'd say your patch is the way to go.

ref #2403