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Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

David Sifry — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:03:23 -0000

Chris,

CONGRATULATIONS on making it to the top 100! I see you there as #90 right now:

Apologies for the delay in you showing up on the list, there was a bug in the system, but the folks over at Technorati took care of it. If I had your number, I'd call you up to shoot the breeze, but you can always call me at 415 846-0232, happy to chat and answer any questions you might have! :-)

Dave

P.S. Woo hoo! Congratulations!

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

davefleet — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:54:06 -0000

Congrats Chris. I'm afraid I don't know about the ranking question, though. Maybe it factors in total link numbers alongside authority?

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Melanie Nelson — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:44:14 -0000

I have no idea, but I'm just really happy I'm not the only one who doesn't understand Technorati. I've hid my ignorance for a few years, but I'm ready to come out of the closet and say: I do not get it.

But congratulations on reaching a goal!

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Dorion Carroll — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:22:36 -0000

Chris, I found the problem and have fixed it. Your blog is currently listed as #79. Sorry for the inconvenience and welcome to the Technorati Top 100.

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Kevin Cimring — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:28:11 -0000

Also can't figure this out - never seems to respond to my pings, and generally not user friendly.

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Ari Herzog — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:40:12 -0000

When you consider a Technorati-claimed splog (spam blog) can link to you and gives you a Technorati point, it's hard to gauge the validity of T-authority.

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

jsinkeywest — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:02:57 -0000

That's awesome good for you.
The competition is played out and vulnerable.

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Marcel — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:14:15 -0000

If I ever need to search the blogosphere, I use bloglines.com. Technorati just plain sucks to me.

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Adam Singer — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:22:50 -0000

hopefully us, your readers, who you provide insane value to helped ya get there. well earned ! =)

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Rob — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:53:27 -0000

This is something that Technorati will for sure need to straighten out. They should at least just add option to their drop down on the top blogs to sort by rank. I think sort by rank should be default if that is how they represent sites in their profile. Seems kind of like a big oversight for such a popular website.

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Jim Lenahan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:10:21 -0000

Chris, congrats ... It may be a screwy system, but it still says something about you and your blog. We're just not exactly sure what. But something is better than nothing. Great seeing you at BlogWorld ...

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Todd Defren — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:45:00 -0000

Congrats! I just recently made it into Technorati Top 5K (at least, I was #4,999 last I checked) and felt similarly discombobulated. No clue how it works.

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Craig Klein — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:41:20 -0000

Congratulations! Whether it matters or not, a lot of hard work went into it.

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Pam Hawk — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:16:47 -0000

Well, uh... Ummm, hmmm.
Oh. Ahhh, uhhh, Congratulations?
:o)

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

amymstewart — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:12:22 -0000

To be expected. Since your blog's rank is decided by a robot.

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Jamie Lin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:48:05 -0000

I read through their Authority FAQ. So they're still using the old model (# of inward links) Yahoo used to use to decide "authority" of a site before Google came along, which decided the better model was to weights each inward links by its own Authority instead. That means it's very easy to game Technorati's authority system by creating several blogs and link to your main blog. (Old SEO trick!)

On the side note, I noticed they index Twitter too! Doesn't that just make it even easier to artificially boost your Technorati Authority?

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Ricardo Bueno — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:45:09 -0000

I thought you weren't the kinda guy who keeps score? Hmm.??

I'm just joshin' (do people still say that?). But seriously, congratulations on the good Technorati stats (couldn't help ya in explaining them tho) and for breaking the twitter 15k follower mark!

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Tessa Horehled — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:27:52 -0000

i.e. There are likely others with a higher authority than you have that = same #s. Such as 2 blogs at 3020. (Hypothetically.) Blog A could be ranked 91 and Blog B could be ranked 92. Which is how you could be 97/77.

I might be wrong... just my best guess.

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Andrew Galasetti — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:26:44 -0000

Congrats for crossing this milestone!! I don't really know much about Technorati either and I find myself scratching my head very often when trying to understand the authority and ranking.

Sorry I don't have more knowledge.

-Andrew

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Tessa Horehled — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:24:23 -0000

Have you seen this?

Authority: http://support.technorati.c...

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Erica — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:24:10 -0000

I don't get it at ALL. Though I'm much less significant than your blog, I can't even get my blog to show up in any of the searches. Somedays yes, others Nope. The whole technorati thing has eluded me completely.

Re: Still Cant Figure Out Technorati

Mark S. Luckie — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:23:43 -0000

I don't get Technorati's system either, but other than site analytics its a great way to assure myself that people are reading my stuff.