Really this post should be titled:
Please join me in celebrating our success!
Because a Technorati Rank is a combination of my writing & your linking to my blog and listing it on your blogroll. So let’s have a party!
First let me explain Technorati Rank as I see many people wondering about it. There are bazillions of blogs out there. When you create an account & claim your blog on Technorati it starts to index it giving you Authority & Rank. Here are definitions for them:
Technorati Authority is the number of blogs linking to a website in the last six months. The higher the number, the more Technorati Authority the blog has.
Technorati Rank is calculated based on how far you are from the top. The blog with the hightest Technorati Authority is the #1 ranked blog. The smaller your Technorati Rank, the closer you are to the top.
I benchmarked my blog when I started blogging ten months ago. My goal when I started was to get to a Rank of 90,000 which was what I had achieved at my niche blog, DigiScrapInfo.
I was at 180,000 for a long time, but today when I saw a rank of 19,703 I was speechless. Here are the top 100. TechCrunch is #2 today. Problogger is #23.
Does it matter? It does because it means that my blog is interconnected with my community. It is a living & breathing entity and most importantly growing. (I did know this because my Facebook crowd has grown to 700 and my Twitter groupies count is over 1,000). And you all rock! You’re my inspiration & provide my motivation
And it reaffirms my decision to go in a new direction! This past week I resigned from my community manager position at ACD to pursue new opportunities. It was hard to leave the great friends that I’ve worked closely with for 2 years. But if you’ve read my recent posts you’ve maybe noticed a shift coming? I want to expand my horizons & work more directly with social media & in a variety of ways. And I’m really excited to start sharing my new ventures with you.
Congrats on the Technorati ranking! I am glad to see others get as much out of your blog as I do.
Thanks Kathy for celebrating with me! With determination you’ll find a great fit in this area.
That is simply brilliant. Well done – and all through to doing what’s right!
Congrats on the ranking, Connie! It just proves that great content and enthusiasm will get you a long way. Exciting to hear about your new opportunities as well. Cheers from Norway!
Thanks Fredrik! We hope to get to Norway next year for a vacation – maybe we’ll have a tweet-up :)
Mario,
I’m one of those who cares little about links (memes often drive blogs up then six months later down) and and much more impressed by daily reader counts and subscriber numbers. However, congratulations on reaching a goal, always a good thing.
Now, what new adventure are you on? Does it have anything to do with our recent telephone conversation?
Connie,
Disregard (please delete) my last comment. Had two windows open and as is often the case, my brain went to mush. The first part of my comment was for you, the second makes no sense, event to me. Geez! Don’t get 60-something. Weird stuff happens.
Congrats! Also, thanks for this very useful post about technorati ratings ..
Connie, congrats on both the blog and the new job! Looking forward to seeing where you go with this.
Lewis – I don’t really put much stock in it either. But it’s an interesting social phenomenon.
Thanks Beth – Yes, I try to explain the techno-jargon. (I had to get a reminder too)
Hi Emily – Thanks! more info coming on a couple of fronts. :)
Many Congratulations Connie,
Very well deserved – thanks for writing and spreading your knowledge.
All the best for your new assignment – keep rocking!!
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