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By: Internet Marketing » Technorati rank means nothing

Internet Marketing » Technorati rank means nothing — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:11:41 +0000

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By: @Stephen

@Stephen — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:18:59 +0000

There is a new blog aggregator/ranking site called Social Rank that is initiated by manual peer review. They claim to use an interesting mix of attributes when assigning rank. I wrote a post about it here, at HD BizBlog. They are listing posts from about 3,000 blogs in 30 different categories. Is this the future of blog ranking?

By: Paul Chaney

Paul Chaney — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:59:34 +0000

The A-list is dead. Technorati is a joke. TechMeme is limited in its scope. I don’t suggest that rank is not important. I just think, with the advent of social media, particularly (yes, I’m gonna say it) Facebook, the playing field has changed.

I continue to echo the opinion expressed by Copyblogger Brian Clark in that the real value in blogs at this juncture is that they provide real “value.”

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:58:33 +0000

As you mention Rank is a double edged sword. You want a solid rank to ensure a certain 'community status' but you also want the right kind of links. Rank can be skewed by link-baiting posts, by being sensational or pay per links. You not only want Rank, but you need 'quality' Rank. You want links from bloggers within your area that are linking to a broad section of your content, not just that one hit post. People also use a single metric to evaluate the success of their blog. Multiple metrics should be used. Talking to Jeremiah Owyang, he was adamant that Blog Grade is Not Just One Thing, it isn't just a single metric. You need to evaluate your blog using a variety of metrics to ensure that you are meeting your goals. As you mention a single metric can become valueless, like the Technorati gliche that gave everyone an Authority of 1. It was fun to be number 1 during that time period.

By: Mary’s Blog » Link Lovin’: True Love or Cheap Date?

Mary’s Blog » Link Lovin’: True Love or Cheap Date? — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:36:59 +0000

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By: John Pozadzides

John Pozadzides — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:01:03 +0000

Lorelle often likes to comment that "...stats don't matter!". But I'm not sure I entirely agree... I've been teaching people HTML (on HTMLHelp.com) literally since it was created. And out of 100 million visits over the past more than a decade, I'd be willing to bet that (and I'm being really conservative here) at least half of those people cared if there were going to be visitors to the sites they were building. I've had people ask me at least 10,000 times how they can get more traffic to their site. So, I think it's fair to say that although people may have different reasons - they almost all care about ranking as a measure of how much attention they are getting as compared to the next guy. Given that ranking is going to be important, I worry about those who place too much emphasis on it. Especially if they are focusing on just one metric - like Technorati. Sure, I keep an eye on my stats (FeedBurner subscribers, Technoratic, PageRank, etc.) but at the end of the day I find it's more important to obsess over the quality of the articles I put out. Well, that and a little bit of promotion here and there. If you stick to the basics, the traffic will come. I promise. John P.

By: Lars

Lars — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:42:52 +0000

Technorati has serious problems indexing and ranking (Wordpress) blogs. Google does NOT have that problem. Technorati seems like a joke these days, I would not rely on their rankings. My blog has not been updated for 40+ days, and I’m far from alone. I think Technorati will lose their position within a year unless they start to get the basics right.