Technorati – Overview, Tips and Tools

As I stated in my previous entries, Alexa Rankings are not the only system that is taken in consideration when determining the top sites. Many consider Google Rankings and the Technorati Rankings to be just as important.

Before I start to dig into Technorati, I must tell you that I am just getting my start with Technorati and am in no way an expert. Technorati is my latest curiousity. I’ve been using Technorati, but nothing more than really just having a presence on their site and an “Add this to your Favorites” badge on my site.

Technorati Lingo
Technorati – Technorati is kind of like Google for blogs. It’s a search engine that indexes, sorts and categorizes blogs. They currently have over 112 million blogs indexed.

Authority – Authority is a way that Technority measures your site by the number of incoming links. Authority is directly related to your ranking with Technorati. The more links of yours that appear in other blogs Technorati recognizes, the higher your authority and Technorati Ranking will be.

How does it Work?
Technorati looks for tags that the author of each blog places on their sites. The tags help to categorize the search results and the most current results will display first.

How to Get Started

• Join Technorati.
• Add your blog URL to your profile.
• Spend some time adding Tags to your blog. Use spaces, rather than commas to seperate. You can also use tag generator tools, such as Ukion.
• Add the “Add to Technorati Favorites” button to your site.

Tips
Add a Technorati Button - As I mentioned above, add the “Add Technorati to my Favorites” Badge on your site.

Use Technorati Tags in each of your blog posts. According to DetectorPRO, this will help Technorati in indexing your posts. To learn more about the Technorati Tags, continue reading.

Build Your Favorites - When you find blogs you like within Technorati, you can “Favorite Them.” If they have the button displayed on their particular blog, that’s an easy way to add them to your favorites.

If you are interested, we can do a Technorati Favorite Exchange. Click here to add Eazy Cheezy to your Favorites and I’ll add you as well.

Leave Comments – Don’t hesitate to comment on the blogs you like. Many times, if you show you are an interested reader and take the time to leave your comments, the blog author will visit your site as well and sometimes comment. The bigger blogs aren’t as likely to visit and leave comments, due to their high amount of traffic, but leave you link in your signature block and perhaps their other readers will.

Ping Your Blog After Each Post – I use PingMyBlog, but you can also either visit Technorati and manually ping or setup and configure an automatic Ping on your site.

Keep an eye on the “Blog Reactions” – You can see what sites are displaying your links and which keywords are being used. You can find this by clicking on your profile, then your site you added to Technorati. It will display your site, keywords, rankings & authority, latest posts, then you can scroll down to find the “Blog Reactions.”

Big Bang List – You can take part in a social activity by adding your link to DetectorPRO’s list Big Bang List. There are many other great tips at DetectorPRO’s Technorati Tips.

Widgets & Tools
Technorati Widgets
Manual or Auto Technorati Ping Setup

Other Great Resources
Technorati Blog
Technorati 2008 State of Blogosphere
User Tips

Have you used Technorati? If so, what are your thoughts? Do you have any other tips for using Technorati? As always, I’d love to hear your input.