DISQUS

Zath · 1 year ago

Some good advice there, I stopped listing Technorati widgets and being bothered about those rankings quite a while ago.

I would also just say that if you are starting a new site, be prepared to wait out the first few months before you become trusted and established with the search engines - therefore your traffic may be smaller than you'd expect until the like of Google starts sending you traffic.

Zath · 1 year ago

Also consider this, if you are commenting on dofollow sites to gain links - consider that these blogs could quite easily make these nofollow again and those links would be lost very quickly in the search engines' indexes.

Dave Starr · 1 year ago

Thank goodness! Someone who knows something about bogs telling it as it is about Technorati. Dave and the folks over at Technorati are great people and they have done a lot to rauise the profile of blogging ... but thye have no relevance for day to day bloggers.

The non-pro blogger and surfer barely knows of them, and the more a blogger knows/higher s/he is on the list, the least likley s/he is to decide what blogs to read personally or to comment on based on Technorati.

Technorati is like a company that polishes parts on race cars. If you already know how to go fast and already made the investment in an expensive machine, they can help put a shine on it ... but they won't take you 1 kilometer down the highway and they certainly won't help you wn any races.

Nish · 1 year ago

Actually it is correct, and I think it is a waste of time...

Even if it helps promote your site, it will all go away pretty quickly...

Cesar · 1 year ago

That's correct, I never take Technorati authority as important but I heard that tags in technorati can really help. I do not know if this correct but I am trying now.

Marie - Wipe Out Cellulite · 1 year ago

"Google doesn’t care, advertisers don’t care, most of your readers certainly don’t, and the average surfer doesn’t even know what Technorati is"

Had to smile when I read this.

What about adding Technorati tags to your blog posts - is this a waste of time or has it got any benefit these days?

Michael Lankton · 1 year ago

If Technorati is paying you dividends by sending traffic your way it's worth it. Otherwise, no.

Jeff Davis · 1 year ago

Couldn't agree more about Technorati being irrelevant to the blogosphere nowadays. Since Wordpress stopped using them in the dashboard, they've lost even more of their userbase.

And if I remember correctly, they don't track blogs that aren't registered with them.

john oneill · 1 year ago

Its amazing how thing it cane go from non existance to ubiquitious to irrelevant in the blink of an eye. I put considerable effort into employing a number of partner technologies in to our website. Technorati is one of them. Are all my efforts in vein? Is it beyond useful to the point of being harmful or should I leave it in place?

Thanks
John
http://www.backupanytime.com

Gerald · 1 year ago

The short answer to your question John is yes. However, the experience you gained setting it technorati is not wasted as the drill is similar elsewhere. By the way, nice site, good luck with it. One piece of advice I would give you is to post the url of your blog http://www.backupanytime.com with your comment as your home page is already well indexed. You could also consider posting links to deeper pages.

Ger

Angelina Nobles · 10 months ago

Nice post