Comments on: R.I.P. Technorati

By: Ryan Wagner

Ryan Wagner — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:36:44 +0000

It’s Google…I’m sure they’d be able to recognize abuse somehow. It’s just like how you can report spam in Gmail, people could always abuse that as well.

By: Kyle Eslick

Kyle Eslick — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:13:54 +0000

Ryan – I think that is a good idea, but definitely has the potential for abuse. Hmmm, I think I’ll vote down all my competitors! Heh.

There is definitely room for improvement though, and I will always prefer Google Search over Technorati Search!

By: Ryan Wagner

Ryan Wagner — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:36:58 +0000

Yeah, I use Google Blog Search all of the time. But it seems like even that is becoming crowded with spam sites. I wish there was a blog search engine where you could vote sites down that appear to be spam, and if enough people vote them down then they are ignored.

By: Kyle Eslick

Kyle Eslick — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:38:24 +0000

The biggest problem is Technorati lacks relevance. Your Blog Authority? It is an extremely simple algorithm that seems to give all links the same rating, meaning that a completely unrelated link will count the same as a link from a site within your niche.

Who uses Where’s The Fire? (WTF)

It seems most have switched to Google Blog Search in the one area Technorati used to have an advantage.

As I stated above, I appreciate what Technorati has done for the blogging community, but I don’t think they will be around much longer.

By: Balinese

Balinese — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:57:35 +0000

Well Technorati won’t be dying easily. Although i doesn’t quite care about my blog ranking.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:13:24 +0000

I don’t think that Technorati is dieing, they aren’t exactly doing well but as long as WordPress still uses technorati to track incoming links they won’t die.

A lot of people don’t realize that WordPress even partners with Technorati but to prove it all you have to do is look at the url that the more button links to (the more button next to “incoming links” in the admin panel).

By: Bush Mackel

Bush Mackel — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:18:46 +0000

I know this will sound particularly cold, but I could care less about Technorati. I never really understood why I should care about my ranking, and if they go bye bye, I don’t think it’s going to affect me much.

Yes, my heart is as black as they come. (#)

By: Rhys

Rhys — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:16:47 +0000

I love technorati, and would hate to see it shut down, but I feel you are right. Anyway of ranking somebody will be overtaken eventually by google, and I fear it has reinvented itself one too many times.

By: Ryan Wagner

Ryan Wagner — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:36:20 +0000

I’ve been thinking that Technorati was going down the hole for quite some time now. Especially after their last redesign where they essentially tried to do everything. Bloggers no longer care that much about it.