I have two blogs, this one and Southern Rockies Nature Blog, and I switch between them as the mood and topic strike me.
The Truth Laid Bear “ecosystem” ranking of the blogosphere is long dead, alas.
So now Technorati seems to be the winner in blog-ranking systems.
This blog, Letter from Hardscrabble Creek, has two to three times more daily visitors than does my Southern Rockies Nature Blog.Yet Southern Rockies has a Technorati “authority” rating, as of today, of 434, whereas Hardscrabble Creek comes in at merely 125.
Is it just that the Technorati system does not handle religion well as a topic? They list 6,758 blogs under that heading. Number one is a Roman Catholic blog, What Does the Prayer Really Say? Is that really the most popular religion blog out there?
Not surprisingly, The Wild Hunt comes in tops on a “Paganism” search (authority 485), followed by Aquila ka Hecate.
Erudite commentary welcome.
I understand that Technorati authority depends on other blogs linking to you — other blogs that are registered in Technorati. It doesn’t weigh visits.
Frankly, I thing the days of Technorati’s authority and influence have already peaked. It isn’t the arbiter of what’s “big” it used to be. I rarely check it. Today, I’m far more concerned about daily/monthly “uniques” (visitors to my site) and how social my posts are. What’s getting shared on Facebook, what’s getting (re)Tweeted on Twitter. As the blogosphere matures, and casual bloggers fade away to social networks, tracking inbound blog links just isn’t the metric it used to be.
Deborah: Interesting point, about being registered with Technorati. I had not thought of that angle.
Jason: True, maybe, but I was just puzzled at the discrepancy between visits and “authority.” I had not checked Technorati for months before this week. Thanks for your input.