I never quite got the meaning or purpose of Technorati. I saw my blog posts pop up on them during google searches now and again, but as far as offering some sort of service I nevr quite figured out what it is. That more than anything screams "irrelevant" to me.
On Aug 17, 8:32 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: > Matt - Great question. I really don't know the answer, however, I concur > with your thoughts on their service level. I make sure my blog still pings > them when it posts, but that's the extent of my relationship with them for > about a year now. > > > > The Irredeemable > Shaghttp://firestormfan.comhttp://onceuponageek.comhttp://twitter.com/onceuponageek > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Technorati - Is It relevant at all anymore? > From: comicscavern <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, August 17, 2010 7:25 pm > To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> > After spending the last 3 years with a broken infrastructure, failing > miserably at indexing and updating blogs, while maintaining an elitist > "quality standard" that - also broken - prevented many blogs from even > being indexed, and focusing their energy instead on an advertising > platform which took forever to roll out, is plagued with bugs, and > apparently is not paying out to its users - and in light of how many > massive sea changes the social Internet has gone through as Technorati > ignored quality control - are the relevant at all anymore? > I've decided that they're not worth the endless complaints to tech > support, the never-ending battle for proper indexing and authority > attribution, and other problems I've experienced consistently for > years with several different blogs, and have asked them to cancel my > account (that's right, you have to ask - you can't just close out your > account). > In typical Technorati fashion, they have yet to reply to my many > requests for support in this matter. > Is anybody using Technorati anymore? If so, are you happy to be doing > so? > Do they matter at all in the blog/Facebook/Twitter world that evolved > around them as they sat around growing comfortable, lazy, and > completely dysfunctional? > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
