Comments on: New Technorati Features: Favorites. And Reading Lists/OPML for Blog Finder http://www.sifry.com/alerts/2006/02/new-technorati-features-favorites-and-reading-listsopml-for-blog-finder/ Dave Sifry's Musings Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Alex Barnett blog http://www.sifry.com/alerts/2006/02/new-technorati-features-favorites-and-reading-listsopml-for-blog-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-18229 Alex Barnett blog Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:10:16 +0000 http://www.sifry.org/alerts/?p=358#comment-18229 <strong>Alex Barnett podcast archive</strong>   Here's an OPMLish podcast for you, March 10, 2006 "It's all about the draft OPML 2.0 spec... Alex Barnett podcast archive

 
Here’s an OPMLish podcast for you, March 10, 2006
“It’s all about the draft OPML 2.0 spec…

]]> By: desertlightjournal.blog-city.com http://www.sifry.com/alerts/2006/02/new-technorati-features-favorites-and-reading-listsopml-for-blog-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-18228 desertlightjournal.blog-city.com Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:50:48 +0000 http://www.sifry.org/alerts/?p=358#comment-18228 <strong>Time to say so long to the blogroll?</strong> I’m having a lot of fun playing with Technorati Favorites. I haven’t been a big cheerleader for Technorati in the past, because I was simply never able to make it work for me. Whether this was because I was doing something wrong or what Time to say so long to the blogroll?

I’m having a lot of fun playing with Technorati Favorites.
I haven’t been a big cheerleader for Technorati in the past, because I was simply never able to make it work for me. Whether this was because I was doing something wrong or what

]]> By: Jared http://www.sifry.com/alerts/2006/02/new-technorati-features-favorites-and-reading-listsopml-for-blog-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-18216 Jared Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:39:29 +0000 http://www.sifry.org/alerts/?p=358#comment-18216 Hi Dave, I think Technorati is exploring some neat ways to index and sort the massive amount of new information contained in blogs, and I commend you for your work in this. I have a suggestion regarding BlogFinder: I think you could be a little smarter in the way you rank the blogs that you show with that service. Taking my case for a concrete example: I write a blog that only deals with life in Iceland, and thus I created only one Technorati tag for the blog: Iceland. But if I do a BlogSearch for Iceland, the first thing I see is Ravings of a Corporate Mommy, a blog that has more inbound links (and thus "authority") than mine, but is tagged with 12 tags (Blog, Chicago, Corporate Life, Daily Life, Iceland, Infertility, Journal, Multicultural, My Life, Parenting, Random, Weblog). Sometimes this blog deals with Iceland, but more often it deals with other topics. If I were searching for blogs about Iceland, I would want blogs such as mine, that deal exclusively with Iceland, to appear higher in the list. Perhaps having a broad subject range (signaled by a large number of tags) should dilute a blog's ranking in BlogFinder; "authority" should be tempered by topical spread. I think this or a similar modification to the algorithm would make the BlogFinder tool return more useful results. Hi Dave,
I think Technorati is exploring some neat ways to index and sort the massive amount of new information contained in blogs, and I commend you for your work in this.
I have a suggestion regarding BlogFinder: I think you could be a little smarter in the way you rank the blogs that you show with that service.
Taking my case for a concrete example: I write a blog that only deals with life in Iceland, and thus I created only one Technorati tag for the blog: Iceland.
But if I do a BlogSearch for Iceland, the first thing I see is Ravings of a Corporate Mommy, a blog that has more inbound links (and thus “authority”) than mine, but is tagged with 12 tags (Blog, Chicago, Corporate Life, Daily Life, Iceland, Infertility, Journal, Multicultural, My Life, Parenting, Random, Weblog). Sometimes this blog deals with Iceland, but more often it deals with other topics. If I were searching for blogs about Iceland, I would want blogs such as mine, that deal exclusively with Iceland, to appear higher in the list.
Perhaps having a broad subject range (signaled by a large number of tags) should dilute a blog’s ranking in BlogFinder; “authority” should be tempered by topical spread. I think this or a similar modification to the algorithm would make the BlogFinder tool return more useful results.

]]> By: Ugo Cei http://www.sifry.com/alerts/2006/02/new-technorati-features-favorites-and-reading-listsopml-for-blog-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-18215 Ugo Cei Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:36:29 +0000 http://www.sifry.org/alerts/?p=358#comment-18215 One problem I see with favorites, is that probably it will lead to A-listers favoring other A-listers and us poor long-tailers being favored by none. Sigh. Tough is the life of a poor Z-lister. One problem I see with favorites, is that probably it will lead to A-listers favoring other A-listers and us poor long-tailers being favored by none. Sigh. Tough is the life of a poor Z-lister.

]]> By: Dan http://www.sifry.com/alerts/2006/02/new-technorati-features-favorites-and-reading-listsopml-for-blog-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-18214 Dan Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:56:03 +0000 http://www.sifry.org/alerts/?p=358#comment-18214 Off topic, it's great that you are adding all these new features, though it now seems I'm consigned to Technorati hell. My weblog stopped being indexed days ago and from reading around, there's about as much chance as getting that sorted out as a snowball has in a warm place. I'm dispapointed as I had both relied upon and talked up technorati. Guess I'll just unclaim my blog and wait for a more stable ap to come along. Off topic, it’s great that you are adding all these new features, though it now seems I’m consigned to Technorati hell. My weblog stopped being indexed days ago and from reading around, there’s about as much chance as getting that sorted out as a snowball has in a warm place.
I’m dispapointed as I had both relied upon and talked up technorati. Guess I’ll just unclaim my blog and wait for a more stable ap to come along.

]]> By: John Tropea http://www.sifry.com/alerts/2006/02/new-technorati-features-favorites-and-reading-listsopml-for-blog-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-18213 John Tropea Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:32:46 +0000 http://www.sifry.org/alerts/?p=358#comment-18213 I don't get it Dave, when I click on the OPML for a Blog Finder group, it doesn't take me to a URL (where you would see the raw XML outline of the OPML)...instead it wants me to save/open a file. Where is the OPML URL so I can subscribe to it in BlogBridge? I don’t get it Dave, when I click on the OPML for a Blog Finder group, it doesn’t take me to a URL (where you would see the raw XML outline of the OPML)…instead it wants me to save/open a file.
Where is the OPML URL so I can subscribe to it in BlogBridge?

]]> By: James http://www.sifry.com/alerts/2006/02/new-technorati-features-favorites-and-reading-listsopml-for-blog-finder/comment-page-1/#comment-18212 James Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:53:26 +0000 http://www.sifry.org/alerts/?p=358#comment-18212 Backing up the requests for opml imports. It would be good if it presented a list of every feed in the file and let you select the fifty you wanted to import. Backing up the requests for opml imports. It would be good if it presented a list of every feed in the file and let you select the fifty you wanted to import.

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