Comments on: Technorati Is Ridiculous http://popcritics.com/2008/01/25/technorati-is-ridiculous Reviewing popular culture so you don't have to Thu, 24 May 2012 03:08:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jason A Clark http://popcritics.com/2008/01/25/technorati-is-ridiculous#comment-12741 Jason A Clark Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:47:34 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2008/01/technorati-is-ridiculous/#comment-12741 Exactly, Shawn. I mean, I guess you could argue that there's communities and such, but I've never found them that useful personally. Exactly, Shawn. I mean, I guess you could argue that there’s communities and such, but I’ve never found them that useful personally.

]]> By: Shawn http://popcritics.com/2008/01/25/technorati-is-ridiculous#comment-12748 Shawn Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:07:43 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2008/01/technorati-is-ridiculous/#comment-12748 The only use I have for Technorati is the ping and the tagging... What other REAL use is there? <em>Shawn's last blog post..</em><a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EvansvilleMetroNews/~3/223051055/' rel="nofollow">USI Opens Film Class Screenings to the Public</a> The only use I have for Technorati is the ping and the tagging…

What other REAL use is there?

Shawn’s last blog post..USI Opens Film Class Screenings to the Public

]]> By: Neil Duckett http://popcritics.com/2008/01/25/technorati-is-ridiculous#comment-12747 Neil Duckett Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:59:19 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2008/01/technorati-is-ridiculous/#comment-12747 Stupid Alexa box, hahaha, i have one too, i just can't get rid of it though, maybe soon! <em>Neil Duckett's last blog post..</em><a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/neilduckettdotcom/~3/223257301/' rel="nofollow">Photo Hunt - Old Fashioned, Jidai Okure</a> Stupid Alexa box, hahaha, i have one too, i just can’t get rid of it though, maybe soon!

Neil Duckett’s last blog post..Photo Hunt – Old Fashioned, Jidai Okure

]]> By: Jason A Clark http://popcritics.com/2008/01/25/technorati-is-ridiculous#comment-12746 Jason A Clark Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:55:08 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2008/01/technorati-is-ridiculous/#comment-12746 I know what you mean Todd. Heck, I still have that stupid Alexa box on my site and I don't even know why I do that. Hmm...maybe that'll be the next thing to go away... I know what you mean Todd. Heck, I still have that stupid Alexa box on my site and I don’t even know why I do that. Hmm…maybe that’ll be the next thing to go away…

]]> By: Todd Morris http://popcritics.com/2008/01/25/technorati-is-ridiculous#comment-12745 Todd Morris Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:51:33 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2008/01/technorati-is-ridiculous/#comment-12745 Hi Jason, I've claimed all my blogs on Technorati, but to be perfectly honest, I can't remember ever really using it for anything. And, I know for a fact that I've never gotten any significant traffic from it ... even mybloglog and blogcatalog bring many more visitors. ... I'm really not sure what the big deal is about Technorati. lol, but I still have silly little buttons on my blogs begging people to add me to their favorites. <em>Todd Morris's last blog post..</em><a href='http://successwithtodd.com/2008/01/26/hoop-for-hearts/' rel="nofollow">Hoops for Hearts … Help my Daughter Haley Raise Money for the American Heart Association</a> Hi Jason,

I’ve claimed all my blogs on Technorati, but to be perfectly honest, I can’t remember ever really using it for anything. And, I know for a fact that I’ve never gotten any significant traffic from it … even mybloglog and blogcatalog bring many more visitors.

… I’m really not sure what the big deal is about Technorati. lol, but I still have silly little buttons on my blogs begging people to add me to their favorites.

Todd Morris’s last blog post..Hoops for Hearts … Help my Daughter Haley Raise Money for the American Heart Association

]]> By: Jason A Clark http://popcritics.com/2008/01/25/technorati-is-ridiculous#comment-12740 Jason A Clark Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:10:58 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2008/01/technorati-is-ridiculous/#comment-12740 I think I have to agree with ジェイソン (Jason) on this one. I haven't seen Technorati make any kind of move towards making their system better. I tend to believe they'll eventually sell out and/or change to the point where we don't even recognize them anymore. I think I have to agree with ジェイソン (Jason) on this one. I haven’t seen Technorati make any kind of move towards making their system better. I tend to believe they’ll eventually sell out and/or change to the point where we don’t even recognize them anymore.

]]> By: ジェイソン (Jason) http://popcritics.com/2008/01/25/technorati-is-ridiculous#comment-12744 ジェイソン (Jason) Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:33:02 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2008/01/technorati-is-ridiculous/#comment-12744 Todd, PR doesn't jump ship with content, it sticks with the domain itself. Eventually you'll get the PR update, but it could be a while. That said, I agree that Technorati's rank and authority algorithms do tend to suck. I can understand why they'd only care about the last six months, but there are just so many ways to game the system. Anyone remember the ViralTags campaigns that were going around the blogosphere last spring? There's no penalties for such things unless you happen to get into the Top 100 sites. Of course, Technorati doesn't seem to matter to many seasoned bloggers, so it's only a matter of time before the company adapts (which doesn't seem likely), or the go the way of Altavista. <em>ジェイソン (Jason)'s last blog post..</em><a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JasonsRandomThoughts/~3/223536083/' rel="nofollow">Planning Our Obsolescence</a> Todd, PR doesn’t jump ship with content, it sticks with the domain itself. Eventually you’ll get the PR update, but it could be a while.

That said, I agree that Technorati’s rank and authority algorithms do tend to suck. I can understand why they’d only care about the last six months, but there are just so many ways to game the system. Anyone remember the ViralTags campaigns that were going around the blogosphere last spring? There’s no penalties for such things unless you happen to get into the Top 100 sites.

Of course, Technorati doesn’t seem to matter to many seasoned bloggers, so it’s only a matter of time before the company adapts (which doesn’t seem likely), or the go the way of Altavista.

ジェイソン (Jason)’s last blog post..Planning Our Obsolescence

]]> By: Todd http://popcritics.com/2008/01/25/technorati-is-ridiculous#comment-12739 Todd Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:13:30 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2008/01/technorati-is-ridiculous/#comment-12739 Technorati is almost as ridiculous now as Google. I recently switched my blog from a blogspot domain to my own domain. I kept it on the blogger server but I've gone from a PR of 4 to 0 and Google has destroyed my traffic.....Technorati is no better. Technorati is almost as ridiculous now as Google. I recently switched my blog from a blogspot domain to my own domain. I kept it on the blogger server but I’ve gone from a PR of 4 to 0 and Google has destroyed my traffic…..Technorati is no better.

]]> By: johnsblogs42 http://popcritics.com/2008/01/25/technorati-is-ridiculous#comment-12743 johnsblogs42 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:54:52 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2008/01/technorati-is-ridiculous/#comment-12743 One thing I noticed about Technocrappy, is that if other sites link to you that AREN'T on techno as well, they don't always register an authority point. I know of about 2 dozen sites that have me linked for one story or another, and I have no 'techno-ticks' to show for them. Then again, some do. Oh well, perhaps well learn the reasons some day. But I'm in no hurry to find out to be honest. John johnsblogs42@yahoo.com http://hoopyfrooddude.blogspot.com/ <em>johnsblogs42's last blog post..</em><a href='http://hoopyfrooddude.blogspot.com/2008/01/pope-and-media-praises-and-slams.html' rel="nofollow">The Pope And The Media: Praises And Slams</a> One thing I noticed about Technocrappy, is that if other sites link to you that AREN’T on techno as well, they don’t always register an authority point. I know of about 2 dozen sites that have me linked for one story or another, and I have no ‘techno-ticks’ to show for them. Then again, some do.

Oh well, perhaps well learn the reasons some day. But I’m in no hurry to find out to be honest.

John
johnsblogs42@yahoo.com
http://hoopyfrooddude.blogspot.com/

johnsblogs42′s last blog post..The Pope And The Media: Praises And Slams

]]> By: RT Cunningham http://popcritics.com/2008/01/25/technorati-is-ridiculous#comment-12742 RT Cunningham Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:07:12 +0000 http://www.popcritics.com/2008/01/technorati-is-ridiculous/#comment-12742 Yes, Technorati has some problems. One of them is that their database will only let you add 200 favorites -- I had over 500 before they put the limitation into effect. I gained 50 links one day (and they were valid) and watched them disappear in two days, without reason. I don't know what Technorati's problems are, and I really don't care -- I only look once a day if that much. At once time, though, I actually used it to see what my favorite blogs were up to -- but that doesn't seem to be up-to-date most of the time either nowadays. Yes, Technorati has some problems. One of them is that their database will only let you add 200 favorites — I had over 500 before they put the limitation into effect.

I gained 50 links one day (and they were valid) and watched them disappear in two days, without reason. I don’t know what Technorati’s problems are, and I really don’t care — I only look once a day if that much. At once time, though, I actually used it to see what my favorite blogs were up to — but that doesn’t seem to be up-to-date most of the time either nowadays.

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