Honestly, it makes ZERO difference whether they flag me for review or not. My irritation is at a legitimate blog being flagged for no apparent reason. I’d be happy to delete my account, but I dislike my blog being flagged.

I have moved on to a much better social networking site for bloggers – Zimbio – much much better, and the site itself is far more user friendly.

I don’t measure my traffic by Technorati or any of these sites, I don’t care about them. My traffic is up by 6,000,000 rank in 3 months and dropping very quickly. I have done no promotion or even a site redesign. So when i do launch that next month, this will increase. I don’t spend my life trying to find great blogs on Technorati – I spend my time writing and educating myself for my blog. People are reading my site because the content changes and I have a perspective. I could care less about my rank on Technorati. There are still billions of people out there still discovering blogs, and even just coming online that DON’T blog and don’t want to. That is the audience I want, I don’t care about Technorati.

http://www.freeryantoday.com

I know that I am not the only one that thinks that Technorati sucks as of late. I have to say that since they changed the look of their site it seems to have all gone down hill.
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I love your last line. That’s very insightful!

Andrew

I am also fairly new to the blogosphere and as such I have relied on widely used metrics. I slowly am learning to discriminate the good from the bad and the useful from the useless.
When my mood is down because of poor stats, I remember that I write for my own passion and for the passion of those that read me regardless of their numbers!

As such I agree with you. Forget numbers and remember why you write and whom you write for. If your intention is right, there are no reasons for you to fail.

Sucess is a journey, not a destination!

You’re right that Technorati can help see if you’re making progress. For us statsaholics, it’s one more fun number to watch.

Thanks for the great comment,
Andrew

I find new blogs more often by links in posts from people I trust. Sometimes I scroll the blogroll but that’s a rarity. This is why allowing links in posts can be useful. I understand it invites spam but the cost seems minimal.

You’re about Technorati Authority. Sadly, it’s one of the key metrics we use to evaluate each other. That is pretty pathetic, really.

But I wonder if Authority matters that much once you have a decent amount. If nobody links to a blog (zero Authority), I’m skeptical there’s anything good there. But what real difference is 100 vs. 300 or even 900? Somebody likes it, right?

Andrew

The graphs above are from Google Analytics. It’s free, very detailed, and the new interface is really slick. For day-to-day stats, I rely on FeedBurner Standard Stats.

Direct traffic is good. That means people are looking for you!

Andrew