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If Rank Meant Everything…
By Robert Gorell
August 4th, 2007
. . . every blogger who’s had even one link documented by Technorati could rejoice more than they already are after being accidentally ranked #1 today — thanks to a glitch.
If rank meant everything, you wouldn’t have to create fresh, original content.
If rank meant everything, blogs wouldn’t be worth reading.
Everyone would be baiting links (like I am).
Like money, when rank means everything, it means nothing.
Do blog readers really care about rank?
Would content by any other number smell as sweet?
Of course, you should all feel free to add GrokDotCom as a favorite.
In the meantime, I’m going outside to get some fresh air. 
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August 4th, 2007
8:18 pm
Thanks for the link. This is right up their with framing your first dollar from your own business.
August 4th, 2007
8:47 pm
Well played…Well Played.
August 4th, 2007
9:31 pm
we are all number one. yay!
cheers
August 4th, 2007
9:43 pm
LOL. Of course rank doesn’t mean everything…but we all like to sit at the cool kid’s table now and then. Just for today, we all got to do that didn’t we? Thanks for the link.
August 4th, 2007
10:03 pm
Technorati must be hosed…
There’s no other way to explain “Rank: 1,” unless Dave Sifry’s trying out a new Rankness Index, an unlikely possibility at best. Still, I figured I ought to preserve this for posterity, since there’s no way anyone’s ever going to……
August 4th, 2007
11:32 pm
LOL, thanks for the link love! I partied hard while it lasted.
Shine on,
Aaron
August 5th, 2007
12:12 am
Wait… you mean I’m NOT special after all?
Dang!
August 5th, 2007
12:35 am
Interesting link post. Thanks for the link.
August 5th, 2007
2:22 am
LOL! I really got a kick out of looking around the web this morning and finding all the #1s. (Well, not all.)
Pleased to meet you: I found the incoming link on my site, and came to visit.
August 5th, 2007
5:15 am
I’m #1 as well.
Congratulations to all, none the less
August 5th, 2007
7:43 am
Nicely done! Excellent post.
August 5th, 2007
8:31 am
LOL! this just as hysterical as finding myself (and just about everyone else in the Technorati blogosphere) #1–for however long it lasts. Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “we’re #1!” oh, and great way to get us over to read your blog
August 5th, 2007
8:37 am
Clever post. Congrats on your number one status. It made me smile, too, to be number one!
August 5th, 2007
8:47 am
Thank you for the link love, mate (from the word ‘every’)!
Great post and good play too.
I’ve added you as a favorite on my Technorati list.
August 5th, 2007
9:03 am
Good way to pick up the thread in a new way, Robert. If anything, this shows we’ve all learned to take Technorati with a grain in salt
August 5th, 2007
9:29 am
Hey Robert,
Yes,it was nice at least to see once Rank#1 against my Blog,though it was while updating the site 
Thanks for the link
-Himanshu Sheth
August 5th, 2007
10:25 am
[...] If Rank Meant Everything… …everyone would be baiting links. (Funny) (tags: internet socialnetworking) [...]
August 5th, 2007
10:55 am
maybe they did it on purpose!
August 5th, 2007
2:21 pm
And what can be the purpose then? Making us all feel suddenly very great?
August 6th, 2007
2:36 am
[...] August: Grok.com did a round-up of bloggers amused by the technorati #1 [...]
August 8th, 2007
1:30 am
[...] for a toast of the goin-to-be-momentarily celebration, the rest of the world too, summarised by grokdotcom . . . every blogger who’s had even one link documented by Technorati could rejoice more than [...]
August 8th, 2007
8:52 am
Woo Hoo, we are all number 1.
Wow, I hit number 1 on Technorati, and have a link from Grokdotcom [ Movin' on Up ].
September 6th, 2007
10:08 am
[...] all loved it when Technorati had us ranked as the #1 blog last month but, this morning, I had another [...]
July 3rd, 2008
1:23 pm
I guess you are in number 2 now?
You are in the top in the world of blogging.
how I wish my blog also would be listed in Top 100 or maybe top 1000
December 7th, 2008
9:12 pm
[...] Addendum, 9 pm: Robert Gorell of GrokDotCom sees a perfect opportunity to bait links. [...]