Revision as of 03:33, 15 April 2023 by 38.154.163.215 (talk) (Created page with "Technorati is really a site that you need to become very familiar with as you start using social media in your organization. Any social media adviser worth his / her salt woul...")(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Technorati is really a site that you need to become very familiar with as you start using social media in your organization. Any social media adviser worth his / her salt would let you know this.Technorati is a internet search engine of blogs and indexes and ranks blogs. It is possible to go here to start to see the Top 100 blogs as ranked by Technorati: technorati.com/pop/blogs/When you have a blog you need to check this list periodically to see which blogs are popular. Here's the most notable 10 blogs as of this writing:1. Breaking News and Opinion on the Huffington Post. Founded by Arianna Huffington in 2005, this is a liberal online news site, which features links to various news stories and columnists.2. TechCrunch. In accordance with its website, TechCrunc is "a weblog focused on obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies. As well as covering new companies, we profile existing companies that are making an impact (commercial and/or cultural) on the new web space."3. Engadget. "Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics."4. Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide. "Gizmodo is a blog with the sole purpose of writing about tech and gadgets as fast as possible."5. Boing Boing. A blog of "wonderful things" and cultural curiosities and interesting technologies.6. Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done.7. Ars Technica. The art of technology. News, analysis and in depth coverage of technology.8. Mashable. The social media blog.9. icanhascheezburger.com. Funny photos of cats with captions, uploaded by readers.10. Daily Kos. The premier political community in the US. Several politicians post diaries on the site.As you can see, gadgets, politics, news, technology - and cats - are the hot topics. Despite the fact that none of this may be pertinent to your niche, it's still good to learn what the popular blogs are about. Also make sure to search Technorati to find the popular blogs in your niche. Search by keywords.Technorati includes a cool feature called Technorati Watchlists. This enables you to search for whatever it is you want to search for. Additionally it is one way people immediately know if someone links to them. The Watchlists have a Feed so you can get your searches via Feed.A great way Technorati calculates rankings is by counting how many people have voted for a blog as a favorite. Make it possible for your readers with a Technorati Favorites widget on your own blog in order to vote for the blog.The majority of the blogs in the aforementioned top ten list are just a couple of years old. It doesn't take long to build up a high-profile blog. Use Technorati to your advantage and start building your site today.When you have a blog, you should register at Technorati and submit your blog URL there.R. Scott Hall runs [1] where you could explore what Web 2 2.0 and social media optimization can do for your business.