Comments on: Technorati Authority in Free-fall http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/ Connecting the dots ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Zoli Erdos http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2517 Zoli Erdos Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:31:20 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2517 Thanks for pointing it out, John... it <a href="http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/08/01/underbidding-dave-winer-technorati-still-needs-a-white-knight/" rel="nofollow">inspired a new post</a> :-) Thanks for pointing it out, John… it inspired a new post :-)

]]> By: John Keegan http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2511 John Keegan Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:04:49 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2511 Dave Winer wrote today about the same topic: -- http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/08/01/whyIsTechnoratiSoVolatile.html We don't really know how Technorati works, it's a secret algorithm, and it seems a buggy one at that. Yet the many treat it as authoritative. Maybe someone can explain why rank can seem so volatile? -- So maybe your change of platform is just coincidence, the problem is Technorati's and not yours. Dave Winer wrote today about the same topic:

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http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/08/01/whyIsTechnoratiSoVolatile.html

We don’t really know how Technorati works, it’s a secret algorithm, and it seems a buggy one at that. Yet the many treat it as authoritative. Maybe someone can explain why rank can seem so volatile?

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So maybe your change of platform is just coincidence, the problem is Technorati’s and not yours.

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2434 Zoli Erdos Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:15:12 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2434 Des, the dropping started about a week after the migration - since I kept the same domain, and the same T'rati account, I suppose that's when their system noticed it. I dropped a 100 points in two days, and now it's hanging there.. but I think it will drop further. Oh, well... Des, the dropping started about a week after the migration – since I kept the same domain, and the same T’rati account, I suppose that’s when their system noticed it. I dropped a 100 points in two days, and now it’s hanging there.. but I think it will drop further.

Oh, well…

]]> By: Paul http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2432 Paul Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:07:19 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2432 I wouldn't worry about it too much, I didn't know people use Technorati anymore? They've received so much funding and the site still offers the same jumble of "features". I wouldn’t worry about it too much, I didn’t know people use Technorati anymore? They’ve received so much funding and the site still offers the same jumble of “features”.

]]> By: Des Walsh http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2431 Des Walsh Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:56:08 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2431 My authority has gone down about 20 points in 24 hours and the rank number up a couple of thousand. But there did not seem to be a dramatic change at the time of the handover from BlogHarbor to PressHarbor, so I am not convinced it's the 301s. My authority has gone down about 20 points in 24 hours and the rank number up a couple of thousand. But there did not seem to be a dramatic change at the time of the handover from BlogHarbor to PressHarbor, so I am not convinced it’s the 301s.

]]> By: Mike http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2392 Mike Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:18:28 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2392 Technorati's relevance to anything is close to zero, anyway. Technorati’s relevance to anything is close to zero, anyway.

]]> By: Jordan (MamaBlogga) http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2375 Jordan (MamaBlogga) Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:40:27 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2375 Just to add: Technorati does recognize 301s in a way. When I used them, they showed my content at both the old and the new address. This was less than desirable. They didn't, however, transfer the authority. Just to add: Technorati does recognize 301s in a way. When I used them, they showed my content at both the old and the new address. This was less than desirable. They didn’t, however, transfer the authority.

]]> By: Dharmesh Shah http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2367 Dharmesh Shah Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:59:19 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2367 I had a similar experience when I changed the domain of one of the blogs I co-author. Though the 301 was setup correctly for all pages, Technorati never figured it out and we saw our ranking impacted as a result. The good news is that the Technorati ranking doesn't matter all that much as it doesn't really drive much traffic or visibility anyways (from what I can tell). I had a similar experience when I changed the domain of one of the blogs I co-author.

Though the 301 was setup correctly for all pages, Technorati never figured it out and we saw our ranking impacted as a result.

The good news is that the Technorati ranking doesn’t matter all that much as it doesn’t really drive much traffic or visibility anyways (from what I can tell).

]]> By: Thomas Otter http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2360 Thomas Otter Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:20:38 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2360 Zoli Not that I can think would have impacted it. Same url, same theme, same enterprisey meanderings. Come to think of it, it was about the same time I started using microsoft livewriter, but I can't see how this could have had any impact. Thomas Zoli
Not that I can think would have impacted it. Same url, same theme, same enterprisey meanderings.

Come to think of it, it was about the same time I started using microsoft livewriter, but I can’t see how this could have had any impact.

Thomas

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2358 Zoli Erdos Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:04:30 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/07/30/technorati-authority-in-free-fall/#comment-2358 Thomas, have you made any changes to your blog setup when it happened? Thomas, have you made any changes to your blog setup when it happened?

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