Written on October 27th, 2007 at 02:10 pm by Darren Rowse
Has Technorati Stop Indexing Blogs?
Has Technorati stopped indexing blogs?
I just logged in and don’t see any of my favorites having updated in 23 hours. Not only that I can’t see any blogs having updated in 23 hours – even blogs who post heaps – like Engadget. In fact none of the blogs in the popular page have updated for that long.
Here’s the Engadget page:
I’ve seen this on individual blogs before – but not across the board. Is it just me or did Technorati stop indexing 23 hours ago?
update: seems to be slowly catching up now. Seeing posts from 16 hours ago now….




48 Responses to “Has Technorati Stop Indexing Blogs?” - Add Yours
Search* Engines Web
October 27th, 2007 2:34 pm
This would have to be a bug. The very idea of Technorati stopping indexing blogs would lead to its demise.
But it is interesting how such a high profile site can still be vulnerable to these types of embarrassments
Meg
October 27th, 2007 3:14 pm
I noticed the same as well – last favourite was 22 hours ago. Not showing my latest post – even tried pinging. More than likely a temporary glitch.
On a positive note, I noticed my last post was delivered to Google Reader inside 10 minutes, which is probably a record for me, but maybe I just got lucky with the timing :)
Jacob
October 27th, 2007 3:30 pm
Hey! I hadn’t noticed it till now! It hasn’t even indexed a post I made about 35 hours ago!
sbpoet
October 27th, 2007 3:30 pm
I see the same thing — none of the blogs I watch are updated.
Mohsin
October 27th, 2007 3:34 pm
Most probably a bug that Technorati’s lazy developers are too lazy to fix.
David Sawyer
October 27th, 2007 4:01 pm
Interesting,
I noticed that mine had not updated yesterday when I was looking around Technorati so I did a manual ping but to no avail.
Amit Agarwal
October 27th, 2007 4:11 pm
Technorati last indexed by blog a month ago. Written to their support but no response so far.
Mike Werner
October 27th, 2007 4:16 pm
I had the same, wrote to support, and a few days later they “repaired” it. Something was stuck…
Ehab
October 27th, 2007 5:17 pm
Nah – It has been working for me, ever since I checked. Maybe a small thing in that time period – crons being molested – server loads being insane – something.
Lowell
October 27th, 2007 5:36 pm
Probably not related but I just upgraded to WP 2.3.1 and the incoming links part of the dashboard has swapped from Technorati to Google Blog Search…
John Lampard
October 27th, 2007 5:44 pm
I notice this often. Sometimes it takes days for Technorati to record my new blog posts, and then sometimes they index them almost instantly. Given the load on their servers I wouldn’t be surprised if things jam up now and again :)
thebusinessofsoftware.net
October 27th, 2007 6:13 pm
For tech blogs, there’s always the tech buzz index, hosted at mine
EarnMoneyOnline
October 27th, 2007 6:36 pm
Same thing i see.
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http://paidforwritedown.blogspot.com
Marko Novak
October 27th, 2007 7:36 pm
It works great now.
Brenda Carter
October 27th, 2007 7:42 pm
I noticed the same thing a couple of days ago. I manually pinged, but it still didn’t update. Today I checked again and Technorati states that I last updated 1 hour ago, but my new post still hasn’t been indexed by them.
Now things appear to be even worse, the most recent post that Technorati is showing for my blog is from 22 days ago even thought I just published a new post this morning.
Skellie
October 27th, 2007 8:10 pm
I’ve noticed lately Technorati has been slow to update my authority. It tends to update once every three days or so, when it used to update in real-time.
Not sure what’s going on with them, really.
Ades
October 27th, 2007 8:12 pm
I see a delay of up to 10 hours for my posts to be indexed… and trackbacks are reported late too.
Skellie
October 27th, 2007 8:15 pm
Sorry to double-comment, but I just headed over there. According to Technorati, my last post was 8 days ago. In reality, I posted this morning, and several times before.
These things really aren’t good for the site’s already lagging credibility and authority.
Coen Jacobs
October 27th, 2007 8:22 pm
Hmm, seems like Technorati wiped out my favorites. I get a total of 0 posts out of my (4) favorite blogs…
Adrian Corscadden
October 27th, 2007 8:34 pm
I think that Technorati is working again. Like many of you, I didn’t see any new posts on mine or other blogs. They are back up now though.
Ken Y-N
October 27th, 2007 10:07 pm
I’ve long since given up on Technorati – my authority ranking reflects my decision not to participate in reciprocal link love fests!
Tony Smith
October 27th, 2007 10:15 pm
They indexed my brand new blog this morning and I was thrilled! Seems to be working okay for me, but then again, I’m a newb. :-)
Fred @ Newest on the Net
October 27th, 2007 10:32 pm
Technorati is saying that it has updated my blog 12 minutes ago, but the latest post it is showing is from 2 days ago. I hope that they fix it.
Mushfiq R @ voo$apace
October 27th, 2007 11:32 pm
I think technorati has become too much fatty. Because he (or she) has lot of blogs in his belly . So he(or she) is tired and taking rest or doing some diet control !!!!
Sheila at Family Travel
October 28th, 2007 2:43 am
Yeah, they’ve been really dragging for the last few days and manual pinging seems to have no impact.
What Skellie said about how this has a negative impact on their authority….
Claudia Blanton
October 28th, 2007 2:43 am
I have noticed that as well, as they are slowly, very slowly updating the listing on my blogs. I hope that changes soon. By the way, what a great blog you have there! As a newbie to this venue, I am sure, I will be stopping by for advice many times. Thanks
Claudia Blanton
Motivational Coach, Fundraiser
Debo Hobo
October 28th, 2007 3:19 am
Darren,
Thank you for the rapid response to my email I sent you yesterday regarding this very issue. Quick responses and timely descimination of information is what brings me back to your blog time and time again.
Thanks Again:)
PlasticPilot
October 28th, 2007 4:06 am
Same thing here. They already miss my two last posts.
In the previous weeks, I had to ping them several time manually to have my blog updated.
I finally asked them by mail two or three weeks ago. After two days they answered everything was normal, and at this moments all my posts had been indexed… strange.
Wtricks
October 28th, 2007 4:25 am
I had this issue too. I update my blogs daily and still I had 20-30 hours delay .. I hope they’ll solve it one day since it’s really unpleasant to see my lists not updated.
Online Presence :: Make Money Online
October 28th, 2007 5:06 am
It stopped indexing my blog about 3 months back!!!
Repeated complaints went to deaf ears at Technorati. Their downslide continues.
I’m surprised you’ve written this article on them in the first place!!
Starfeeder
October 28th, 2007 5:09 am
Technorati has always been pretty buggy for me… took them a month to get my feeds to update
Venlatakrishna Nalamothu
October 28th, 2007 5:11 am
Technorati is gradually losing its sheen. It is neither updating my blog nor authenticity.
Thilo
October 28th, 2007 7:21 am
Yesterday the same happened to me, technorati said the last post was 24h ago, now the last post was one hour ago.
BONTB
October 28th, 2007 12:52 pm
Darren
Just the other post I wrote how technorati did not update my linkage but today it did, check yours and let me know, i don’t know what your current status was.
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The Blog Hater
October 28th, 2007 1:24 pm
I just want to know who the woman in the yellow is.
I would never hate on her blog.
Oscar
October 28th, 2007 6:22 pm
Looks like they did have some problems but everything looks ok now.
carl
October 28th, 2007 6:34 pm
I’ve noticed it as well, although the biggest problems for me are the javascript stuff they have on their page which prevents camino and firefox from properly rendering the page, I frequently have to shift-refresh to get the page to come through.
Coen Jacobs
October 28th, 2007 11:11 pm
Hmm, seems like Technorati finally managed to get my postings in order, but the time that I posted them is not corresponding with the actual time I posted it on my weblog.
Ah well, just some details to fix, hope it will work better in the future! :)
SEO Blog
October 29th, 2007 2:37 am
I see there is a nice blondy surfing your blog Darren :P just hide that pic from your wife
Rose
October 29th, 2007 10:53 am
Darren it is now showing your last update as 10 hours ago.
Leon
October 29th, 2007 2:18 pm
I’m being indexed fine.
Leon
October 29th, 2007 2:29 pm
Hooray for you! Mine has a pathetic PR of 2.
PlasticPilot
October 30th, 2007 6:59 am
Hi Darren,
apparently Technorati is… let’s say… sick these days… They say my last post is 22 days ago… instead of 2 hours. Dozens of posts have been removed
Phamen
October 30th, 2007 2:36 pm
Technorati works very slowly and badly, and their support team seems not working anymore.
Beta3
October 30th, 2007 11:58 pm
Maybe its bot servers was down. It seems to be indexing now…
Harris
October 31st, 2007 4:19 am
Technorati hasn’t seen updates to my site in 480 days, and I update every day.
Web Site SB
November 1st, 2007 7:44 am
Stand up and take notice Darren Rowse, Technorati is back!
http://www.websitesb.com/blogging/technorati-roars-back-to-life/2007/10/31/
kat
November 4th, 2007 5:13 pm
Not sure what the hiccup was, but it is updating now. Finally!
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