Comments on: Are Bloggers Being Gamed? - Fixing the Technorati Favorites Feature

By: » Dealing with Some Criticisms on the Technorati Favorites Exchange Experiment

Fri, 18 May 2007 02:56:55 +0000

[...] complain. Then Technorati will probably step in, just like they did with the 2000 Bloggers Project. Are Bloggers Being Gamed? – Fixing the Technorati Favorites Feature – engtech I disagree very strongly that the Technorati Top 100 Most Favorited list was some [...]

By: Dealing with Some Criticisms on the Technorati Favorites Exchange Experiment

Dealing with Some Criticisms on the Technorati Favorites Exchange Experiment — Wed, 02 May 2007 02:55:12 +0000

[...] Are Bloggers Being Gamed? - Fixing the Technorati Favorites Feature - engtech I disagree very strongly that the Technorati Top 100 Most Favorited list was some kind of legitimate list before the exchanges started. Out of 75.4 million blogs, there are 15 million active blogs. If you can get on a “top 100 blogs” list with the participation of less than 0.00001% of the potential votes then it isn’t a legitimate list to start with. [...]

By: Maki :: Dosh Dosh

Maki :: Dosh Dosh — Wed, 02 May 2007 02:38:19 +0000

engtech, Technorati should be paying you for all the useful feedback you are giving. I’ll love to see Dave Sifry actually take these suggestions into consideration.

Please tell me you’ve emailed him this post. :)

By: Technorati Can (and Should) Do Better | Elaine Vigneault

Technorati Can (and Should) Do Better | Elaine Vigneault — Wed, 02 May 2007 01:06:36 +0000

[...] I’d like to see Technorati do better, but after reading Engtech’s thoughtful post on fixing Technorati I’ve expanded my list. Andy Beard follows up with more suggestions to improve Technorati. [...]

By: Elaine Vigneault

Elaine Vigneault — Wed, 02 May 2007 00:26:41 +0000

I agree with almost everything you wrote.

But you ended with, “The stupidest thing about this entire scenario is that Technorati already has all the information needed to build a true list of our favorite blogs — they’re the blogs we link to the most.”

Not exactly. I link to blogs I don’t like because I cite my sources. And there are plenty of blogs I read every day that I never link to because they aren’t in my genre or because my readers won’t like them.

The Favorites List is really best when used by non-bloggers. The reason it’s been neglected is because mostly bloggers use Technorati’s service. Non-bloggers use other services that work better.

By: I’m Done With Technorati Favorite Swapping. - Dawud Miracle @ dmiracle.com - (formerly Healthy WebDesign)

Tue, 01 May 2007 15:31:37 +0000

[...] Are Bloggers Being Gamed? [...]

By: Has Technorati ditched the most favourited list? :: miLienzo.com

Has Technorati ditched the most favourited list? :: miLienzo.com — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:59:16 +0000

[...] over at engtech there is an excellent list of suggestions for improving the Technorati favourites system and some ideas for new features for the site. [...]

By: Have Technorati ditched the most favourited list? :: miLienzo.com

Have Technorati ditched the most favourited list? :: miLienzo.com — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:52:40 +0000

[...] over at engtech there is an excellent list of suggestions for improving the Technorati favourites system and some ideas for new features for the site. [...]

By: Reciprocal Favoriting Gives Benefits & Adds Value | Andy Beard - Niche Marketing

Tue, 01 May 2007 12:10:16 +0000

[...] saved me a lot of time, because one of the things I was going to write was desciption of all the geeky things you can do with Technorati Favorites. He has also written about a number of bugs or things that need fixing and I am going to add to [...]

By: David Airey ::

David Airey :: — Tue, 01 May 2007 09:55:37 +0000

Hi Engtech,

In my opinion it’s a lot of fuss about nothing.

I posted about the exchange a while back and left it at that. The latest round of post-exchange discussion isn’t worth it.

By: Aaron ~ miLienzo.com

Aaron ~ miLienzo.com — Tue, 01 May 2007 09:53:54 +0000

Great article. Probably the most sensible I’ve read on this ongoing debate.

I agree that the top 100 favourited list seems to serve little purpose and should probably go. Some kind of ‘friends’ feature makes a lot of sense too.