Using Technorati for blog promotion
Posted by youlki22 on September 27, 2007
Most of the bloggers know this name very well ““Technorati”” but many of us don’t know what exactly technorati is and how we can use it in blog promotion. This post is informative as well as useful to provide you links and resources to get most from “Technorati”
Technorati is the recognized authority on what happens on the blogsphere, it searches,surfaces and organizes the blogs. To get exposure of your blog, you have to submit your blog to technorati, but it doesn’t end here, there is a lot more to get from technorati.
What is Technorati?
Technorati is an internet search engine for searching blogs. According to Wikipedia:
“Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs, competing with Google, Yahoo and IceRocket. As of August 2007, Technorati indexes over 94 million weblogs. The name Technorati is a portmanteau, pointing to the technological version of literati or intellectuals.Technorati was founded by Dave Sifry and its headquarters are in San Francisco, California, USA. The site won the SXSW 2006 awards for Best Technical Achievement and also Best of Show. It was also nominated for a 2006 Webby award for Best Practices.”
Let’s read what technorati says about itself: Technorati is the recognized authority on what’s happening on the World Live Web, right now. The Live Web is the dynamic and always-updating portion of the Web. We search, surface, and organize blogs and the other forms of independent, user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.) increasingly referred to as “citizen media.”
A very useful and important post “The ultimate guide to using technorati”, at Kylescove, where bloggers says:
“Over the past 3 years, Technorati has grown into a powerhouse in the blogging industry, making it an extremely important part to any blogs success. If you own a weblog, you will first want to register with Technorati and claim your blog. Claiming your blog entitles you the opportunity to enter information about your blog, including a blog description and any keywords that describe your blog, as well as allowing you to get your blog included in the Technorati Blog Finder”
More topics discussed in the article are:
* Why bloggers should care about Technorati
* Why readers should care about Technorati
* Features and Integrating Technorati
* Integrate Technorati Into Your Web Browser
* Integrate Technorati Into Your Operating System/Desktop
* Integrate Technorati Into Your Website
For the article:
Ultimate Guide to Technorati
More informative posts:
The ways you can get most out of Technorati:
“Social Media today has very informative post saying “Most of us use Technorati to find out our popularity.”
For detailed article:
Using Technorati to Measure Your Blog
** Using Technorati’s WTF as a Promotional Strategy for Your Blog
** Use Technorati to track your links.
Using technorati-Blogging tip
** How to Get the Most Out of Technorati’s RSS Feeds
Technorati site: Technorati
Official technorati blog: Technorati weblog
David Sifry is the founder and CEO of Technorati. You can get useful information from his blog Sifry.
To get Technorati widgets: Widgets
Link to the article at one of my blogs: Using technorati for blog promotion
October 7, 2007 at 12:29 am
Thanks for the link!