Technorati Finally Likes Me
written by John Chow
After numerous emails to Technorati, they have finally fixed the problem that was preventing me from claiming my blog. Technorati is a blog search and ranking site. They track 60 million blogs. Advertising networks like ReviewMe uses a blog’s Technorati ranking to help them determine pricing – the higher the rank, the higher the price. Unfortunately, Technorati has been ranking my blog incorrectly and for some strange reasons and I was not able to claim my blog. Every time I tried, I would get an error message.
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I sent an email to Technorati tech support over a month ago asking for help. They never replied. I sent another two weeks later. Again, no reply. After I posted my ReviewMe review, I sent Technorati another request. I wasn’t holding out for much because I’ve been told that Technorati is extremely slow to handle these matters.
While using Technorati today to see how many new links I got I noticed that my blog was ranked correctly. Could it be possible that tech support finally did something? I checked my email - nothing from Technorati. I then went to claim my blog and it worked! I guess Technorati is a bit like Abit Computers - they don’t reply to emails, they just do it. In Technorati’s case, they do it after a bunch of emails.
It’s a shame that Technorati didn’t fix my ranking until after the ReviewMe review. ReviewMe had given me a 2 star Technorati ranking because Technorati ranked me 201,162. The correct ranking is 3,346 - a huge difference. That would have increased my ReviewMe ranking to 4 stars and I would have made $125 for the ReviewMe review instead of just $50. Oh well, at least everything is fixed now.
If you have a Technorati account, please add me to your Technorati favorites. If you don’t have a Technorati account, then you should consider getting one, especially if you’re a blogger.
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Yeah, I also had problems claiming my blog. I sent them a couple of e-mails and it took them a few weeks to fix it — but I got a reply from them, with a “sorry for the delay”.
Thanks John! I hadn’t noticed that my web site at Technorati was a little “verklempt”, I hopefully will get that fixed tout de suite.
Good insights, I have learned a lot just from your posts.
–C8j
I’m not real clear about how Technorati gets its info. It ranks me over 1,000,000 and says I’m only linked on 2 blogs. I know for a fact I’m linked on at least 10. Do those other blogs need to be registered with Technorati? At one point in my blog’s life (about 3 weeks ago…and only about 4 weeks old), I was ranked just above 700,000. Makes no sense to me.
John, I saw your site while at Technorati. I am very new at this so it soothed my ruffled feathers that a more visible blog was in the same boat as I and I was not the only one having a bit of a problem with them. All is now fixed..no email either though..Nice site by the way, I will be back..m
Derrich - You don’t need to be reigstered with Technorati in order to be ranked or have your links counted. The number of blogs linking to you is just an estimate.
Madd - Thanks for the feedback!
Ha good stuff John - it finally came right huh.
Yeah I’ve had dodgy Technorati results for a couple of blogs in the past.
John,
I’ll add you as a favorite. Would appreciate it if you did the same.
Thanks,
Doug
Well i dont know how technorati actually arrive at their rankings.Im fairly new to blogging and technorati.When i registered with technorati i was ranked just over a million and now few weeks later im well over 2 million.Whats going on guys?
Hi John!
I had a few teething problems with Technorati initially, and like Derrich, my ranking was quite lowly.
However, without any pushin’ or shuvin’ from me, all seems well.
I went from 900k a couple of months ago to 490k earlier this week and on the back of some recent good publicity, I’ve gone up to the 390k mark.
So I mustn’t grumble too much!
Hope things stay well for you…
Leo - I have no idea how Technorati does its rating other than measuring how many sites link to you. I think how many users have your in their favorites might factor into it as well.
What does being added to the favorites do? I’d do it for you if you did it for me.
I’ve added you to my favorites, I actually hadn’t added anyone to that yet. Guess I’ll go back through all my favorite sites now and start posting them. Hope it helps in your rankings.