Who is Technorati Trying to Reach | chrisbrogan.com

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Chris Brogran poses questions about who Technorati is trying to reach in this brief but pointed post. A lot of folks have been commenting about their feelings about Technorati being "over." Ian Kallen from Technorati even posted with his email address looking for feedback.

Although I may be stretching a bit here, I think/hope that Chris' post was triggered by my Tweet yesterday (http://twitter.com/alizasherman/statuses/786589641) asking similar questions. If so, it once again goes to show the incredible power of Twitter. People who are following you are actually listening - although I know that anyone following over 100 people do end up catching only snippets of your conversation flow.

Still, to tweet about this one day and see a blog post from one of my new media heros (yes, Chris, it is true) and see a vibrant comment conversation ensue - well, it warms my heart. Of course, if his post wasn't inspired by my Tweet, then it just proves what an egomaniac I am thinking the whole world listens to and revolves around me. (Someday, people will get my sense of humor, but until then...I'm Just Kidding. I know that only PART of the world revolves around me.)

I revisited Technorati yesterday, claimed my Cybergrrl Oh blog, then sat puzzled for a moment because I just didn't know what to do next. I was confused (and no, it wasn't just my mommybrain). Still, I think I need to pay a little more attention to Technorati because they are still an ongoing concern in this Webby 2.0 social media bloggy space.

They may be forgotten, but they aren't gone...yet.

Comments

[Ian Kallen]

Aliza,
It's true that end of 2006 and most of last year have been a big struggle for Technorati. Frankly, we were doing a lot of the wrong things that neglected the core blogging community. However, I'm as convinced as ever that the basic potential to provide valuable services to bloggers and help them connect with the people and ideas of the collective thought stream is better placed with us than anywhere else. The feedback that the community can offer about what kinds of things they want from Technorati is really valuable.
thanks,
-Ian

[Chris Brogan...]

So, what's funny is, I posted somewhere on either side of that post that sometimes, I get crabby if someone clones my stuff without credit. In this case, I don't remember seeing your tweet, but I probably did without paying as much attention as I should've.

And yet, a post.

But I love that Ian and Technorati are listening, and I'm certainly listening to you, and thanks for the compliment. : )

[Mitch Wagner]

I've never really gotten Technorati. I gather it's for following conversations, but I just read individual blogs or that, and Techmeme, and I have a couple of dozen Google Alerts.

[Karrine]

I too appear to not be to whom Technorati Tolls. I need fast, quick and it isn't just the mommy brain ;-)just too much time to really get into topics that may interest me.

Now if someone could sum up every blog post i would be interested in into just three sentences that I may have time for ....