Technorati was making a killing in Yahoo's organic SERPs similar to how Wikipedia is doing today and Amazon was doing a few years ago on Google's organic SERPs.
We can compare the screenshot from Valleywag for the search term 'Wikipedia' to the results over the coming months to see if Google is attempting to alleviate Technorati's rankings, as they had done with Amazon.
Marcus Greenwood
· 2 years ago
Can't say I've noticed any 'decline' myself. I still use Technorati and think it's a killer service. Of course there's a lot more they could do and indeed they probably are working on lots of cool new stuff behind the scenes. Lets wait and see!
Peluka
· 2 years ago
What I really appreciate about Technorati is that's the perfect tool to engage in conversations between blogs. It's the only place where I found who linked to my blog, who's talking the same tags, and who are the top resources for my interests. I don't use search regularly, but I do use watchlists a lot, not visiting the site but pulling the feeds to my Google Reader. That's really really useful... for your own blog or as a consultant to be aware of the blogbuzz on a brand, product, etc.
Nobody does that (at least that I know) but Technorati. Not to mention Authority and Rank, both a big value for bloggers.
kevin_g
· 2 years ago
Not a big fan of Technorati or Google Blog Search. I think blog search is the one place Ask really stands out. Been using it the past couple of months now.
greendrake
· 2 years ago
Great, more Ask astroturfing....
Michael Martine
· 2 years ago
I guess it depends on what you think blogs are about. Blogs used to be about written posts, but they no longer are. They are about images and video. Does anyone think Ze Frank or Rocketboom are unhappy with the new T'rati? I doubt it! To view T'rati as becoming a multimedia hub, as though blogging itself hadn't evolved, is to miss the big picture. I don't see how this is any kind of a "me too" move.
They should become a bloggers marketplace i.e allowing bloggers to sell advertising space to advertisers.
They could virtually throw all the sponsored post companies out the window with one swipe.
Tom
· 2 years ago
Did my comment yesterday not go through? In short, have a look at Technorati's numbers on Alexa, Quantcast, and Compete, and if you have access to Hitwise and other commercial metrics companies, have a look at that, too.
I think all Technorati's numbers are up, so why would they need to change???
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We can compare the screenshot from Valleywag for the search term 'Wikipedia' to the results over the coming months to see if Google is attempting to alleviate Technorati's rankings, as they had done with Amazon.
I don't use search regularly, but I do use watchlists a lot, not visiting the site but pulling the feeds to my Google Reader. That's really really useful... for your own blog or as a consultant to be aware of the blogbuzz on a brand, product, etc.
Nobody does that (at least that I know) but Technorati. Not to mention Authority and Rank, both a big value for bloggers.
http://www.centernetworks.com/how-i-use-technorati
They could virtually throw all the sponsored post companies out the window with one swipe.
In short, have a look at Technorati's numbers on Alexa, Quantcast, and Compete, and if you have access to Hitwise and other commercial metrics companies, have a look at that, too.
I think all Technorati's numbers are up, so why would they need to change???