Is Technorati dying?
Unless you are one of the top couple of sites then the chances are that your site is no longer being accurately indexed by Technorati; mine certainly isn't. It's picked up ONE of my posts in the past month and as a consequence my ranking is starting to slip. Taking a quick look at their help and support forums indicates that there are an AWFUl lot of people in the same boat. What's more: I've read 15-20 of these support notes and only seen 1 picked up by an admin and tackled. Everyone else has been left in the dark. Some have been unable to have their new content indexed for more than a hundred days.
I appreciate that Technorati is a free service but it seems like a complete ghost ship at the moment. There are no admins answering support requests and most sites seem unable to be pinged. It's a bit of a problem.
Seopher.com has been prosperous lately, considering the world went crazy for my 40 coolest free applications post yet I've not received any ranking increase - just updates for new people linking to old posts. It just looks like Technorati is in a spot of bother at the moment.
To be fair, there's absolutely no point for me having a site in Technorati at the moment if they're completely unable to index my content and update my rank. It's only for the benefit of ReviewMe and bragging rights that I have an account anyway, and if they're no longer able to honour the ranking then I might as well leave. We'll see.
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