Does it work for you?

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Permalink Reply by Gary Arndt on March 1, 2009 at 4:11pm

I just checked my Google Analytics to find out just how much Technorati matters.

In the last 30 days, Technorati drove a whopping 17 visits to my site. That is 0.07% of my overall traffic. It was #56 in terms of sites which referred traffic to me.

So I can safely say that Technorati is pretty much meaningless. It was a big deal a few years ago, but isn't a big deal anymore.

Permalink Reply by Craig Martin on March 1, 2009 at 8:13pm

I have to agree with Gary: technorati is dead. I haven't even checked in since 2006. That's how much their opinion matters to me now.

It will be interesting to see if they resurrect themselves, but until they earn their reputation back, I'm leaving them out of the mix.

Permalink Reply by Gary Arndt on March 2, 2009 at 6:56am

The technorati ranking doesn't make a ton of sense to me. It counts links, but only links in the last 6 months. Most of the links I have are on the blogrolls of other sites. In the long run, they count for nothing. This especially hurts podcasts which have content which isn't as easily linked to.

Also, the tags have no check. If you check the top travel blogs, none of them really have anything to do with travel. They just slapped "travel" on themselves.

The Techorati "favs" are a real joke. Not only can you easily game it, but I'm not sure what the point of gaming it even is.

Permalink Reply by Andrea Di Tonto on March 2, 2009 at 6:13pm

Never really worked for me either, but heard mythical tales of how Technorati could make a difference. Good to hear real experiences..

Permalink Reply by Gourmantic on September 3, 2009 at 10:11pm

Unless something has changed of late, I didn't find any advantages in using it on previous sites. Ranking varied depending on whether you were logged in or not, and it barely drove any traffic to those sites. I opted out this time.