Comments on: Technorati Gives Blogs an ‘Authority’ Ranking

By: Technorati Blog Authority: geändertes Bewertungssystem auf datenschmutz.net

Mon, 14 May 2007 08:56:36 +0000

[...] die neuen Spielregeln – bis dato gibt’s bereits 182 Blog Reactions zu dem Thema. Manche sind neugierig, andere skeptisch: On Fri. May 4th, we updated Technorati.com to include the Technorati Authority [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:39:32 +0000

see http://technorati.com/weblog/2007/05/354.html

“Technorati Authority is the number of blogs linking to a website in the last six months. The higher the number, the more Technorati Authority the blog has.”

“It is important to note that we measure the number of blogs, rather than the number of links. So, if a blog links to your blog many times, it still only count as +1 toward your authority. Of course, new links mean the +1 will last another 180 days.”

Technorati Rank is calculated based on how far you are from the top. The blog with the hightest Technorati Authority is the #1 ranked blog. The smaller your Technorati Rank, the closer you are to the top.

The Technorati Top 100 shows the most popular 100 blogs based on Technorati Authority. The #1 ranked blog is the blog with the most other distinct blogs linking to it in the last 6 months. If your blog’s rank is, say 305,316, this indicates that there are 305,315 blog ranks separating your blog from the #1 position.

By: Roger Jennings

Roger Jennings — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:55:56 +0000

IMO, Technorati needs to weigh incoming blog counts by their ‘Authority.’

http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/suggestion-for-technorati-blog.html

–rj

By: alec

alec — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:40:02 +0000

It’d be nice if they could do include some traffic numbers (Alexa??) / incoming links from popular sites / comments, etc. A formula where authority isn’t simply links from any blog.

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The Programming and Management Blog » AuctionAd$ and favorite.me Update — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:51:06 +0000

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By: Technorati muestra un nuevo Authority Ranking | adseok

Technorati muestra un nuevo Authority Ranking | adseok — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:47:08 +0000

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By: Community Building Blog

Community Building Blog — Sun, 06 May 2007 18:19:36 +0000

It looks like they are just making cosmetic changes rather than really upgrading their algorithms or coding, which is a shame.

- Martin Reed

By: Tyro

Tyro — Sun, 06 May 2007 16:11:18 +0000

dont really see much use of it….sounds good though but quite misleading…..besides all its does it gives a number….based on unique links

By: Work Boxers » Web Happenings: Technorati “Authority”, a Startpage Showdown, and More…

Sun, 06 May 2007 14:02:05 +0000

[...] that circulated the net Technorati removed the top 100 favorited list and has instead starting dishing out “authority” ranks. The move is likely the first of many changes that should come to the [...]

By: Devin

Devin — Sun, 06 May 2007 03:40:54 +0000

I guess it’s just one more thing I have to delve into and learn. ;)

By: Michael Battle

Michael Battle — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:43:50 +0000

I think ‘authority’ is the wrong word for it.

One of your posts may do very very well and receive links from everywhere… but that doesn’t really make you an authority in the area. Especially when you consider that the post in question may have nothing at all to do with the theme of your blog.

Number of oncoming links is still a valid indicator – perhaps it needs to be called “Link Love” or something similarly vague 2.0.

By: Technorati Terminology Change » Aspects of Home Business Blog

Technorati Terminology Change » Aspects of Home Business Blog — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:41:25 +0000

[...] learned about this over at ProBlogger. Technorati has changed the terminology they use for incoming links, calling it Authority instead. [...]

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:37:57 +0000

Wendy, you can click on the link made of your Authority number and still get your Rank. It’s just not as obvious.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:36:12 +0000

Yeah, I noticed that change as well. How far up to the rankings go? I couldn’t find that anywhere on their site.

By: Brian Heys

Brian Heys — Sat, 05 May 2007 20:54:15 +0000

So many people were gaming the system, Technorati had to do something. I think this is the beginning of them introducing a more complex ranking system, a la PageRank.

I personally prefer the new Technorati.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:59:40 +0000

Well, it would be nice if they’d fix their ping tool before changing to this “authority” thing. There are at least two blogs that link to mine that haven’t been listed for three plus weeks now. I don’t have a very popular blog, it’s a personal site, and it’s not a big deal, but it would be nice if they fixed it. And I’m not the only one complaining about their ping tool. Their latest explanation is that if the blog roll isn’t on the first page it won’t be indexed, which doesn’t apply to my situation, or others.

By: Xigre

Xigre — Sat, 05 May 2007 13:14:51 +0000

If the authority is based only on links, then they should have done some better calculations. Like taking in account Favorites, or numberof comments… etc.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 05 May 2007 13:04:46 +0000

I dont like the new authority thing its annoying but what can you do?

By: Char

Char — Sat, 05 May 2007 12:46:43 +0000

I noticed this earlier today, too. Do you think this is a reaction to the Technorati favorites train that has been going around?

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