Tag Archives: technorati

MyBlogLog R.I.P Long Live Blogcatalog

I have long been a supporter of MyBlogLog and in many ways it was the many articles I wrote about how they could improve their site that led me to doing some limited consulting with Blogcatalog.

Read more on MyBlogLog R.I.P Long Live Blogcatalog…

Posted in SEO Blog, blogging tips, news | Also tagged , , , , | Comments closed

Technorati Changes From A Users Perspective

You didn't think I would leave it at just my expert perspective on the Technorati changes did you? As with my previous post I want to make clear that it is somewhat of a dilemma writing about Technorati, as I provide some infrequent consultation to Blogcatalog in some ways one of their competitors. However as well as providing an expert's overview of Technorati I have always been an avid user, so this is Technorati from a purely user's perspective.
Posted in blogging tips | Also tagged | Comments closed

Technorati Changes From An Expert Perspective

I am always in 2 minds to write anything about Technorati but ultimately the changes to the site today are extremely significant, and I had to balance that against my ability to offer suitable commentary
  1. Since I started advising Blogcatalog a little in private, writing about Technorati, Mybloglog or any other blog directory or search engine in some ways would be like writing about the competition. Celebrating the great things a competitor does would probably be acceptable, whereas writing something negative would be "dissing the competition"
  2. This blog has always had in-depth coverage of blog search, blog social networks and blog related SEO, especially in regards to things like the benefits of semantic markup and tagging. Not writing something would leave a huge whole in my content and a disservice to my audience.
My choice is to write something, but understand that some might look on what I write as being a little biased. In my own mind I am a Technorati fan, so hopefully that will temper my reactions to some features. I need to qualify the title of this post - I have spent countless days over the last 2-3 years studying changes the user interface, plus the internal and external SEO factors of all the large blogging platforms, social networks and search engines. Whilst my email exchanges with Blogcatalog are extremely infrequent, I am constantly monitoring for changes.
Posted in Google, SEO Blog, blogging tips, marketing | Also tagged , | Comments closed

Technorati State Of The Blogosphere – Rest In Spam

It looks like the annual Technorati State Of The Blogosphere is going to be lacking a lot of data this year - maybe just Gmail users, but possibly many more. Google thinks Technorati are phishing. Technorati Email Flagged In Gmail As Phishing Why?
Posted in Google, marketing | Also tagged , , , | Comments closed

Paydirt: Blogcatalog Interviewed on Technorati Blog Advertising

Technorati Blog Advertising - Technorati AdsTechnorati have now officially announced their new blog advertising platform surprisingly called Technorati Media. It is a significant step, though not as many seem to think unusual. Afterall, Google started as a search engine, then monetized search, and finally introduced their own publisher program Adsense. Lots of discussion related to the often reappearing Microsoft Yahoo deal mention that display advertising is highly lucrative, and Technorati are in a prime position to serve advertising to a very specific demographic of publishers - bloggers. Technorati know exacty what bloggers are talking about on a day to day basis, so in aggregate they can offer publishers targeted display advertising, at least in theory. Also it is important to understand that instead of selling the vast amount of data they have, they are using it to provide an added value service. From the official announcement:-
Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments closed

Aha Hmm Mumble Shhh

Just a few miscellaneous tips without too much explanation.
Posted in SEO Blog, blogging tips | Also tagged , , | Comments closed

Viral Marketing Safeguards

  • Did your site get banned from Google because of viral widgets?
  • Has Technorati banned your blog because of WordPress theme spam in their index
  • Do the links in your viral ebooks now point to an affiliate program or landing page that no longer exists?
  • Did you recommend a web host that is no longer a good choice?

I would even extend that to buying any form of paid link or sponsored review, and possibly also links from directories, social networks, blog commenting etc.

Last June I provided a very simple guide to avoid being banned from Technorati but the same principle applies to

Posted in SEO Blog, themes, web 2.0, wordpress | Also tagged , , , , | Comments closed

How To Add FriendFeed To Technorati

You can add your FriendFeed account to Technorati, and there are various possible methods.

Go to your account on Technorati, and use the URL for your personal lifestream on FriendFeed to start the claim process.

Read more on How To Add FriendFeed To Technorati…

Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , | Comments closed

Blog Search Revisited – Google vs Technorati vs Techmeme

It has been close to a year since I first starting delving into the intricacies of various forms of blog search, and 10 months since I returned to the subject. My post yesterday on the Microsoft Yahoo deal was the ideal opportunity to see how things might have changed over the last 10 months, as it is a topic being heavily discussed on 100s of blogs.

Posted in Google, blogging tips | Also tagged , , , , | Comments closed

Nofollow Killed Google Social Graph API 3 Years Ago

Lets face it, I have social profiles all over the web and I am or have been an active participant in tons of conversations on blogs and forums.

3 years ago Google introduced rel="nofollow", very similar to rel="me" , rel="friend" and other XFN and FOAF standards. Today Google are championing their new API with the slogan "URLs Are People Too"

3 years ago that was true, now URLs on many (most) places where people congregate on the web are no longer "people" because in a supposed attempt to combat comment spam, Google encouraged major sites to use rel="nofollow" making the

Posted in Google, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments closed

The Pied Piper Of PayPerPost?

Pied Piper of PayPerPostOver the last year I have given a fair amount of coverage to PayPerPost, who now house the service along with other endeavours under the name Izea. There are multiple reasons why I have supported PayPerPost and similar programs so strongly, and yet at the same time have never reviewed a link buying / selling service. I have mentioned link buying and selling in passing, and also a couple of Wordpress plugins, but those plugins generally allow you to sell links which have a nofollow. My emphasis both in editorial about services and in the few reviews I have myself written is to encourage the writing of quality content with editorial links. Compensation in whatever form should be based upon the time involved, expertise, and possibly the size and influence of the audience, and not based upon any SEO benefit to a site or service being reviewed.
Posted in Google, SEO Blog, blog monetization, blogging tips, stats | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Technorati Topics Announced & Bugs

Technorati have added a new "topics" feature to their front page and menus.

It updates live, in a similar way to Truemors.com and various widgets such as the one for Netscape.com

Topics are split between Entertainment, Technology, Politics, Sports, Business, and Life and apparently blogs have been selected based upon Technorati Authority, frequency of posting, use of relevant tags, links to related subject matter and general topicality.

In theory some of my content might appear within both the Technology and Business sections, but that remains to be seen.

Is Technorati Topics Useful?

In theory it is spam free but it is also elitist

Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments closed

Technorati Favorites – Interesting New Message

Many people with lots of favorites in Technorati might have noticed that for the last month or so that Technorati were not displaying them, and thought that for some reason their account might have been banned.

I think one of the problems was that Technorati created some great features that no one was really using extensively for managing OPML in interesting ways, and then with various methods of exchanging Technorati favorites, and my suggestion to import opml into Technorati favorites, the system might have become slightly overwhelmed.

If a legitimate blogger like Robert Scoble can read 100s or even 1000s of

Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , | Comments closed

29% Of Technorati Top 100 Never On Digg Home Page

I heard about this story from Glen yesterday about his extensive research into the correlation between the Technorati 100 and Digg home page stories. I am sure a blog og people have actually read the story by now because Darren linked through and Jordan remixed the statistics a little. What struck me the most was that 29% 8 Blogs in the Technorati Top 100 are none English, and some of those as you would expect make up the largest percentage of blog that haven't made the front page, but there are still 17% English blog that haven't made it. I would love to know which blogs have never made a front page that are in that Top100, as they deserve some Diggs. Secondly of course it does need to be mentioned that there are 10s
Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 | Also tagged , | Comments closed

Important Tips On Using Feedburner Pro – Now Free

Feedburner have just annonced that 2 of their professional features are now available free of charge.

I have been signed up for Feedburner Pro for a while

Feedburner Pro – I don’t use all the features

Read more on Important Tips On Using Feedburner Pro – Now Free…

Posted in SEO Blog, blogging tips | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments closed

How To Avoid Being Banned By Technorati

Technorati don’t like their authority system being gamed. If they feel it is being gamed and made less relevant, whilst they might not totally remove your blog from their system, you might be removed from their Top100 list, and also their search results.

Read more on How To Avoid Being Banned By Technorati…

Posted in blog monetization, blogging tips, themes, wordpress | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Reciprocal Favoriting Gives Benefits & Adds Value

Blogging experts and social media marketing experts frequently write about how important it is to build up a network of friends on social bookmarking sites, and even encourage careful gaming of the system by email and instant messenger.

Read more on Reciprocal Favoriting Gives Benefits & Adds Value…

Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Blogging Productivity & Criticizing Goals

Ben instigated a community writing project on productivity, and Dawud thoughtfully decided to encourage me to get involved, after also giving some great tips on how to be productive and stay focused.

Read more on Blogging Productivity & Criticizing Goals…

Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , | Comments closed

Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?

I have just been casually observing what has been happening with a few memes, and one of those is what is happening with Technorati Favorites.
It is one thing exchanging favorites with people, that creates some interesting OPML data that can be used for all finds of things, but it is a lot of hard work updating lists with all the people who post comments etc.

DoshDosh has a fair number of Technorati favorites, currently just over 440

Now in Technorati they provide an OPML file of your favorites

Here is mine for instance

http://feeds.technorati.com/faves/AndyBeard?format=opml

Hmm Maki’s would be

http://feeds.technorati.com/faves/kawaiikuma?format=opml

OPML Can Be Imported Into Your Own Technorati Favorites

Hattip to Douglas Karr for this, also via Engtech even though I am subscribed, but I am sure he didn’t think of my evil/lazy/smart intentions. I knew about it, but reading his post clicked some brain cells back into position.

So anyway first stop was to download DoshDosh’s OPML, then import it into my Technorati Favorites.

Here is a quite interesting statistic, of the 400+ favorites I added from Maki, only 46 were already in my favorites.

356 Blogs were new additions, and 26 Technorati told me were not blogs, though they obviously were.

But I already had 276 blogs in my favorites to start with – that isn’t bloggers, but actual blogs. With some people I kindly added multiple blogs to my favorites.

I am not sure whether the maths above works out, but I now have 647 Technorati Favorites.

OPML (Right Click and Save to your HD)

Click This Link To Import To Technorati

Not everyone will hear about this much faster method, so make sure you share this with your readers. I really want to save people lots of time in checking their Technorati Favorites all the time.
Also not everyone will reciprocate a Favorite – that is one of the reasons I have added an RSS feed of my favorites in the sidebar. People get picked up as the occasional link from me, and come visiting, and sometimes add me back – not always but it certainly helps.
There are lots of RSS plugins and widgets, I know they also work well on Blogspot.

It is not something I suggest everyone includes on a professional blog.

Once you get lots of favorites, it is hard work managing them, so this solution for those interested is much much faster.

It is quite possible I have missed a few people out, so make sure you favorite me, and I will post a new list in one week’s time.

Also make sure you subscribe so you can get the update when published.

There is a purpose to this, I needed an OPML file of like minded people to do some additional testing of Blogrovr. An OPML of around 200 sites just wasn’t enough, and I wanted interesting sites on varied topics, not just the search and internet marketing feeds I have in my feedreader.

You can also give Blogrovr a try using my OPML file.

One Problem I Noted

Certainly not everyone who has exchanged favorites with DoshDosh linked through to the original, post, or lots of people are not being indexed correctly by Technorati.

Read more on Technorati Favorites – Is This Evil, Lazy or Just Smart?…

Posted in blogging tips, memes, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , | Comments closed

Interviewed By Martin | Blogger Trackbacks | Technorati Junk

A few days ago I was interviewed by email by Martin Lindsey.

When I checked on Wednesday due to timezones it hadn’t been published yet, Thursday I was so buried in code, themes and plugins I didn’t spot it being published (yes I need more vanity Google Alerts), and so I am linking through to it today.

Read more on Interviewed By Martin | Blogger Trackbacks | Technorati Junk…

Posted in blogging tips | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments closed

Exclusive: Blogcatalog vs Technorati? – Sharing The Love & Tagging (nofollow removed)

As most of my readers are no doubt aware, I am a strong supporter of sharing the link love, but I always advocate sharing it in a focused manner, preferably from relevant content or from comments and trackbacks. If you trackback/pingback this blog you receive a reciprocal link between highly relevant content automatically, and not only Google and other major search engines count the links as relevant, but also blogging search engines such as Technorati, though with Technorati it is best to do it on a more recent post.

Read more on Exclusive: Blogcatalog vs Technorati? – Sharing The Love & Tagging (nofollow removed)…

Posted in Projects, SEO Blog, blogging tips, marketing, plugins, web 2.0, wordpress | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Goal Setting & Technorati 100

Do you set achievable goals both on your on-line activities and in your off-line personal life? I certainly do, though some of them I keep private, and a few I leave hints about.

Read more on Goal Setting & Technorati 100…

Posted in memes | Also tagged , , | Comments closed

I Bet You Missed Some of These (March 07)

These are some highlights (in my opinion) of some of the content I have created over the last month. If I have missed anything out which you enjoyed or gained some value from, please let others know in the comments.

Read more on I Bet You Missed Some of These (March 07)…

Posted in SEO Blog, plugins, reviews, web 2.0, wordpress | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Destroy Your Blog Rankings Linking To Digg or Technorati?

How many blogs link to Technorati on every post they publish? Many blogs also use followable links to social bookmarking sites such as Delicious, and social news sites such as Digg on every single page of their site? Google in their recently disclosed patent are saying that it could be a negative indication of quality.

Read more on Destroy Your Blog Rankings Linking To Digg or Technorati?…

Posted in Google, blogging tips, plugins, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

In Depth: Google BlogSearch | Ranking Blog Documents Patent

Using Internal tags with Ultimate Tag Warrior

For a long time my blogs have performed amazingly well with Google Blog Search. I always appear in the relevant results quickly, and the results I obtain have some reasonable longevity, even when I am not the original source of a story.

Read more on In Depth: Google BlogSearch | Ranking Blog Documents Patent…

Posted in Google, SEO Blog, blogging tips, plugins | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Technorati Can’t Cope With Twitter, coComment, Blog Networks, and Blog Rolls

Technorati Logo

Technorati simply can’t cope with new forms of blogging and RSS feed generation. I am not talking about splogs, which seem to still be rampant, and reblogs, likewise, but totally legitimate alternative unique content sources that are effectively blogs.

Read more on Technorati Can’t Cope With Twitter, coComment, Blog Networks, and Blog Rolls…

Posted in blogging tips, stats, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

2000 Bloggers and Hypocrisy

I actually applied only recently for Tino Buntie to add my name to the 2000 Bloggers collage. I thought it was a cool idea, although the SEO benefit is probably minimal simply because although massive cross-linking is happening, it could be looked on as:-

Read more on 2000 Bloggers and Hypocrisy…

Posted in SEO Blog, news | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments closed

Cocomments.com Technorati Claim – New Feature – Full Exclusive Story

Cocomment

A little over 2 months ago, I spent some time trying to claim my coComment RSS feed in Technorati.
I was able to enter the feed and have it listed in Technorati as unclaimed, but I couldn’t claim it.

Read more on Cocomments.com Technorati Claim – New Feature – Full Exclusive Story…

Posted in SEO Blog, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments closed

What Do Google, SearchEngineLand and Technorati WTF Have in Common?

This is a deadly serious question, and I am not even going to answer this one in my RSS feed, you will have to click through to get the answer.
Has Danny Sullivan committed the cardinal sin?

Yes I know how to use Read more on What Do Google, SearchEngineLand and Technorati WTF Have in Common?…

Posted in Google, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments closed

Sociable Beta | PlugIm | Bumpzee | Technorati WTF

Social Bookmarking and Social Networks - Technorati WTF PlugIM Bumpzee

Sociable has been due for an update for a long time. In popularity I am sure it is among the top 20 plugins in use, maybe even top 10 – it is certainly very visible on blogs, more so than the very discreet Share This plugin.

Read more on Sociable Beta | PlugIm | Bumpzee | Technorati WTF…

Posted in blogging tips, marketing, plugins, web 2.0, wordpress | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Lateral | Traditional – Blackhat | White Hat SEO

Frequently you see discussions regarding certain SEO techniques being Blackhat or Whitehat.

I have always looked on it that the easiest way to determine that is to read the Google webmaster guidelines, and keep an eye out for what Googlers are saying. I think it is also wise to follow the spirit and not the letter of the law.

Read more on Lateral | Traditional – Blackhat | White Hat SEO…

Posted in SEO Blog, blogging tips | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

How to Refresh Feedburner and Technorati

You have a hot story, you write it as fast as you can, and hit the publish button, only to notice that there is an error in the post.

Your blogging software has already notified Feedburner, and most likely Feedburner have already picked up your feed, and using their Pingshot feature, have already notified lots of sites to come and index your feed or site.

Read more on How to Refresh Feedburner and Technorati…

Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments closed

MyBlogLog Traffic

Zenrob has been checking his MyBlogLog stats to see how much traffic MyBlogLog is actually bringing him. His conclusion is 6 percent of unique visitors.

Checking my own stats the results are actually very similar.

Read more on MyBlogLog Traffic…

Posted in SEO Blog, blogging tips | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Mike Filsaime | Social Marketing | Copyright Violations

Mike Filsaime always provides real quality in his free reports, and The Death of Internet Marketing is no exception.

I have read all 59 pages of this free report. It certainly isn’t junk, and it shouldn’t be ignored.

Read more on Mike Filsaime | Social Marketing | Copyright Violations…

Posted in blogging tips, reviews, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Technorati Favorites

I was just browsing Technorati.

It would only take 67 favorites to get in their top 100 favorites

Top 50 – currently only 115 favorites

327 Favorites to get in their Top 10 !

Read more on Technorati Favorites…

Posted in blogging tips, web 2.0 | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments closed
  • RAP Bank

    I have just signed up for RAP Bank myself - call this a mini-review.
    It seems to be one of the smartest ideas for a long time as a great way to consolidate 100s of affiliate programs under a single entity for promotion.

    It is also one of the best implementations of WordPress I have ever seen.
    It is not without its bugs, as this is effectively pre-launch. For example I just found a bug in the keyword based search RSS feeds (yes RSS feeds for any term will be hot), but it looks like they might be onto a winner.
    Check it out - signup for the basic service is free.

    >Affiliate Program

    P.S. It is not immediately obvious who is running the site, but looking at my Paypal receipt (yes I signed up for Vendor Plus) I believe the site is run by Bill Ortell From Rap-Extras.com who is RAP certified and does the membership add-on that is highly popular.