Into The Technorati Top 100
The good news just keep coming in. I got up this morning to find that Technorati likes me again. They have unfrozen my account! That was the first good news.
The second good news is I have broken into the Technorati Top 100! I’m currently at position 76, ahead of TechDirt and just behind Autoblog. Technorati hasn’t updated my rank on my blog directory page yet - it shows me at 101. I’m sure they’ll update it later.
Not only have I broken into the Top 100 most popular blogs, but I’m also ranked 21 for Most Favorited blog. Add me to your Technorati favorites.
Getting into the Technorati Top 100 was one of my goals for 2007. I gave myself an entire year to achieve it. I never would have thought I’ll be there in three months. A big thanks to everyone who helped me achieve this goal!
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- 144 comments what's your take?
Congrats John … nice to see that you have been unfrozen so that you can take your rightful place amongst the most popular blogs on the net!
Watch out that they don’t learn about your evil practices now
Reply to this commentCongratz John!
Reply to this commentWe all knew you would make it!
John Chow, Technorati extraordinaire!
Thanks,
Reply to this commentWesley…
http://WesleyTech.com
So what’s the difference when John was banned and now that he’s back? (with regards to his effect on the sites that links to his)
Reply to this commentI’ll add you to my Technorati favorites if you add my site to yours
Reply to this commentWonder if he will do that! Are you offering a swap here John???
Reply to this commentJohn is too busy making money.. he won’t do it!
Reply to this comment“I fave u, U fav me”
Any takers?
Reply to this commentlol seems like a good bargain, what about my blog?
Jeff - http://wallpapers.jeffreymunro.com
Reply to this commentCongratulations John - you sincerely deserve it. Your blog contains a lot of useful, practical and relevant information and you’ve helped thousands of people get started on the road to blogging and making money online.
My goal is to get my blog into the top 100 by July. I’m at 3,000 now - dropped 117,000 in the last few days, so I have no doubt I’ll catch you
Reply to this commentThat’s a fantastic improvement Mitchell, way to go.
Reply to this commentGood luck with that one. You’ll hit a few platues, but it shouldn’t be too dificult.
Reply to this commentOnly 76? With all the links you have you should be number 1!!!
Reply to this commentHe would need to have a few hundred K links to reach that far, dude. But it depends on the number of blogs linking, not the total number of links.
Reply to this commentHe has a loyal army that are going to multiply the links and he will reach the top 10 in no time.
Reply to this commentJohn has some other things contributing to his success. The contest hasn’t brought in links from the 3,000 blogs.
I think he found a loophole in Technorati. If he is lucky it will get him into the top, so that by the time they close the hole he will still be in the top 100.
Reply to this commentI hear that! I’ve been stuck around the 6,000 mark for what feels like forever!
Kumiko
Reply to this commentIll link to you if you like, only 5999 to go
Reply to this commentMake that 5998! i’ll link you too Kumiko!
Reply to this commentHow did you manage that? Have you bought one of the add spots on here (Ill look for myself in a mo), or are they genuine links from other blogs?
Reply to this commentGenuine links from other blogs is hard to get…
Reply to this commentGood job! John. When will you be rank #1.
Reply to this commentWhen I checked it last night, it was still in 103. In less than 20 hours it has jumped another 27 points. Wouw!
Reply to this commentWhat does this mean to John’s “followers”?
Reply to this commentErrrm, weve helped him out again???
Reply to this commentWell… he’s helping us also.
It’s just that there’s a lot of us helping him and he’s the only one helping us.
Reply to this comment“A big thanks to everyone who helped me achieve this goal!”
The only reason you got there so fast is because of you evil ways.. common, admit it!
Reply to this commentShhhh … he’s trying to stay in Technorati’s good books
Reply to this commentNo he isn’t
Reply to this commentOh, and by the way, what kind of traffic does being in the top 100 brings you?
Reply to this commentDoes it matter? John takes anything and everything!
Please correct me if I’m wrong
Reply to this commentIf you lived in his part of the world, Im sure there would be a steady procession of people leaving his offices in their underwear, begging for taxi fair outside
Reply to this commentmake that fare
Reply to this commentHahaha!
Reply to this commentHow many employees does he have?
Congratulations John, if you keep going like this you’ll start running out of goals to achieve. What’s next, the Technorati TOP TEN? The Alexa TOP 100?
Reply to this commentI’m thinking the hill will get much steeper from here on out. I have no doubt in my mind that John should be able to break into the top 50 on Technorati in no time, but getting into the top ten is one crazy (although probably achievable with some evil) goal.
I’m just hoping to crack into the top 10k (currently 23k or so).
Reply to this commentI’m thinking the evil master has a trick or two up his sleeves that will boost him into the top 25 or so (I agree, top 10 is tough).
Personally I set modest goals … I’m trying to crack the top 1,000,000 (currently I’m at 1.8M)
Reply to this commentI guess with more ReviewHisBlog, and contests to factor in linking, what he needs is to get more new audience to come in and read his blog.
Reply to this commentHis google rank will get him more readers….
Reply to this commentAre you kidding, Jason? Hey, I just voted for you this morning.
OK, I went there to check and OK,… you’re not kidding. I’m sure you will get up to 100K in no time if you just follow the master’s teaching. I was in your shoes last week or so, now I’m up to 36K.
Reply to this commentYou’re too modest, the Master will be displeased
As of last check you’re still at 1,858,475
I’ll link you up and fave you also!
Good luck! Share the link love!
Reply to this comment
I thought it’s a bit easier to jump from a lower to a higher ranking when you’re in John’s top 10 commentators? Mark Robinson claims one can be “under 5000 in an hour” 
Reply to this commentYes, but that means like MrGary said in his blog, you really need to spend a lot of time to keep up with the number of comments.
Reply to this commentIt used to be that you only needed about 200 comments to be right at the top of the top commentators list… that was when it was reset monthly. Now, you need at least 70 to be on the list at all… and that’s in FIVE days.
Reply to this commentI can sleep now John.
I’m your Top 10
oh wait… maybe I should add some more and make it to # 9
Reply to this commentYou mean with or without John’s help on Technorati
Reply to this commentI thought nothing can be done without the blessing of the master of
Reply to this commentThe top ten is near impossible. Every time a bog knocks Engadget out of the top spot it mysteriously vanishes from Technorati…
Reply to this commentI haven’t seen any blog that has rivalled engadget to that level yet. Which blog were you referring to, Steve?
Reply to this commentLast time I saw Engadget is in Top 4. Does that mean as long as John stays under it, let say at Top 5 would be okay?
Reply to this commentPermanently???
Maybe it goes up into a different league
Reply to this commentI wouldn’t be surprised to see John in Alexa’s top 100 at some point
Reply to this commentWhat is John’s Alexa’s number now?
Reply to this commentTraffic Rank for johnchow.com: 3,632
Reply to this commentCongrats JC….Sometimes evil is good ….get yourself a evil blog….Hmmm even better
Reply to this commentSo the question is, why hasn’t Technorati figured out your loop hole and fix it? Mark Robinson and Undergroundrevolt both clearly document how you got to the top of Technorati, but the company doesn’t seem to both plugging the hole.
Reply to this commentmaybe they can’t fix it?
Reply to this commentThat’s my guess.
Reply to this commentOr they do not want to because other “top blogs” will fall?
Reply to this commentWhy would other top blogs fail, has this stunt been pulled before???
Reply to this commentThey must be able to fix it - it can’t be that hard. I suspect it will take a few weeks then poof - I’ll be back up to 650,000 or whatever. If they can’t fix it then that’s pretty pitiful.
Reply to this commentIf it is doing what it looks like it is doing, they aren’t going to be able to fix it very easily.
Reply to this commentI’m sure they’re trying to fix it. Their credibility depends on it!
Reply to this commentCongratulations! You well deserve it!
Reply to this commentCongrats John.
I guess you deserve it
Reply to this commentNo need to thank us John.. if you are not all that evil, if you have a heart like all humans, if you love your kids.. you will return the favor to us one day!
You have the rest of the year to do give back to the community who helped you become a Top blogger..
Reply to this commentBy matching fund?
Reply to this commentAre you sure its you?
Reply to this commentGreat job saving those seals then.
Congratulations John - you’re an inspiration to this newbie blogger
Reply to this commentCongrats, this is a double good news for my time zone, 1 day google #2 & technorati top 100 and unfrozen.
John out of topic, A question which I would like you to answer as a blog post.
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Many of my friends, may be many in the world too use Adblockers, Internet Security software like the famous Kaspersky, nortan, mc afee INTERNET suites (Not the anti virus), where in your ads, and ads on blogs are not shown. So how do you suggest us to work out with it…?
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Throw some light on it, trust me most of us would be profited
Atlast we also like to be evil
Reply to this commentGet into affiliate revenue streams, sponsored blogging/links, etc… There are now lots of streams that will avoid those problems.
In all reality though, it’s a pretty small population segment that use ad blockers. It shouldn’t be a major concern. If you feel like you’re missing out, get a bigger audience.
Reply to this commentMarc’s advice is sound. If you think you can make money in advertising by waging a adblocker-antiadblocker war, like the email spammers versus antispam programs you are just leading yourself into a tight spiral that leads nowhere.
The Internet and the world of business that doesn’t live on the ‘Net (yes, there is one) is astronomically huge in relation to the set of folks who use ad blocking software.
If your intended audience is limited to your friends then, simple solution, get a lot more friends. Hint … you don’t need facebook or myspace or some other artificial means. You get a great lesson here every day. Watch what John does and emulate him … note I didn’t use the word copy … check the subtle differences in the meanings.
John provides something of value … usually quite a few “somethings” each and every day and he doesn’t tie this to a “client” action like annoying “squeeze pages” to get a “special report” and all that other time worn crap. he treats the readers as fellow players of the game and shares. Does it work? Well Technorati thinks it does … if they know anything LoL, and I ain’t going there.
A friend is not someone whom you agree with on every single point, (John and I disagree on several fundamental issues, but I’d be proud to count him as a friend), a friend doesn’t have to be in the same age group, local area, ethnic group, gender or country code. A friend is someone you respect and who treats you with respect. You can make them.
Don’t focus on “making people click”. Focus on providing people with value and making people friends … your clicks will blossom.
Look also at Darren Rowse … did you ever see him push people into a squeeze page situation? Do you think he looses any sleep over ad blockers?
You might also take atip or two from Liz Strauss … http://www.successful-blog.com/
Reply to this comment“You’re only a stranger once.”
This is really great advice Dave. You’ll be safe by listening to this guy
Reply to this commentAd blockers are not interested in your ads, even if they could see them.
Reply to this commentExcellent post Dave, and I agree with you 100%.
Reply to this comment>Don’t focus on “making people click”. Focus >on providing people with value and making >people friends … your clicks will blossom.
I love this!
Reply to this commentThank you people. Your Words are truly Gold.
Reply to this commentCongrats! I have no doubt you can maintain that ranking for the rest of the year.
Reply to this commentToday is a good day for me too … I cracked the top 100,000
Reply to this commentCongrats Chris? When do you think you will craks the top 50,000? A week, 2 week or 3 days?
Reply to this commentWhat about being ranked in the top 10 now?
Congrats!
Reply to this commentWell done, that is fast, but not surprising somehow!
Do let us know if being in either of those top 100 lists actually generates any traffic, Ive always wanted to know that!!
Reply to this commentThat’s a good question. Sometimes I wonder though. Does the top 100 bring in more traffic or traffic pushed him up to the top 100? Hehehe, few more jump and he’d be in Top 75.
Reply to this commentwow congrats. How much value do you think that brings do your site?
Reply to this commentJohn will post it at the end of the month. We will know it by then.
Reply to this commentJohn,
Can you install a “congrats” widget on your blog that we can just ping on every day cause just saying congratulations is getting boring.
Something like Jaxtr.
Reply to this commentHa ha … that’s a great idea. Maybe we can have different ones … “Congrats!”, “You’re the best!”, “Thanks for the great tip!”, etc.
It sure would be simpler
Reply to this commentHere’s to life’s little (okay big) victories! I am very happy to step into the top 40,000 today. I’d like to make it to the top 25,000 by then end of 2007.
Reply to this commentCongratulation. That’s a big step. But I’m afraid your goal is too long in the evil world standard. But having a goal is always good, hope you can achieve it earlier.
Reply to this commentIf you take careful note of what John is doing, you should be able to get to your goal in a few months or even weeks.
Reply to this commentGreat job, John. You’ve got great, fresh content that I’m consistently referencing. Thanks for all the assistance you may not realize that you give!
Reply to this commentI’m trying to get into the 10,000.. 200 more to go.. haha
Reply to this commentwell thats still very good
Reply to this commentI’m still trying to get under 50,000, granted my sites still only 2 weeks old
Reply to this commentYou’ll be there in no time Jeff! I hope to break 1,000 soon
Reply to this commentI’m just under 2K right now.
Reply to this commentCongratulations John, it’s always nice to see people reaching their goals! I’ve been a silent observer of your blog up until now, but I thought that a special occasion like this deserved something special from me as well
I enjoy the majority of your posts, and you definitely deserve your place among the top 100!
Reply to this commentCongratulations John, as present you’ve received another couple of backlinks
Reply to this commentCongratulations John, I had no doubt that you would make it into the top 100, now the cool free stuff should really start rolling in.
Reply to this commentcongratulations John! I’m pulling for you to crack the top 25 now!
Reply to this commentTop 25? Comon. I still think he’s got top 10 in him, especially with his evil ways.
Reply to this commentTechnorati says:
Rank: 102 (62,793 links from 3,871 blogs)
Engadget: Rank: 4 (460,984 links from 27,121 blogs)
I guess John has a ways to go?
Reply to this commentOK Steve, here is what I got. Are we looking at the same number?
Make Money Online with John Chow dot Com
Search this blog Rank: 102 (62,804 links from 3,871 blogs)
URL: http://www.johnchow.com
Updated: 1 hour ago
Is this the same problem of data propagation or are we looking from different countries again?
I went back to check one more time and I got the same number from: http://technorati.com/profile/MotoTTZ
Make Money Online with John Chow dot Com
Rank: 102 (62,804 links from 3,871 blogs)
http://www.johnchow.com
Reply to this commentAris - it varies slightly, but your numbers are in line with what was posted.
Reply to this commentCongratulations John, that really happy if our goal was do