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Sep
8th

Do Favorites Count on Technorati?

Posted in Blogging by User ImageDouglas Karr at 10:04 pm

Time for another test folks! I want to see whether or not having me in your Technorati favorites increases the ranking of my blog. Here’s a screenshot of my current ranking, just so that you know that I’m not trying to pull the wool over your eyes:

Technorati

If you haven’t already joined, I would highly recommend Technorati. Here’s the link to add me to your Favorites:

Add this blog to my Technorati Favorites!

Here’s my promise to you… I will add all of you to my favorites as soon as I see that you’ve added me. Next week, I’ll take a look at the ranking and post the ranking after some folks add me.

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Comment by no imageYvonne (SezWho)
2006-09-08 23:37:28

I don’t think they count - they’re just another way to promote elitism in the blogosphere, I think.

(And yes, I favourited myself!)

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Comment by no imageTechZ (SezWho)
2006-09-09 05:47:42

Good idea for a test Doug, added you as a favorite. Let’s see if it makes a differenc.
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Comment by no imageseanrox (SezWho)
2006-09-09 12:27:54

Hi Doug. I don’t think marking a blog as a favorite adjusts your rank. From what I know, I think the rankings come from people who actually link to your blog from their own site but for the sake of your test and because you have a nice blog, I’ll add you as a favorite and we’ll see what happens.
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Comment by no imageAjay D'Souza (SezWho)
2006-09-10 12:50:37

As far as I am aware, it doesn’t count.

Have added you to my favorites, since I am anyway subscribed via RSS :)

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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2006-09-10 20:43:05

I think you folks are correct. I’ve gotten a couple more references to my site so my ranking has gone up; however, it doesn’t appear that the favorites have affected it.

Interestingly enough though, I did make one of the folks who selected it as a favorite one of my favorites and I believe it did help his ranking. But he was ranked in the 900,000+ range. After I marked him as a favorite, he moved up to about 844,000.

Perhaps it only assists in the ranking when you are not referenced from any other blogs? Hmmm.

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Comment by no imageAjay D'Souza (SezWho)
2006-09-11 07:11:34

It is a good thing for me that favorites don’t count, or I would be nowhere in the ranking!

BTW, your anti-spam word is not visible in IE7. You really need to stop using it :(
Bad accessibility.

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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2006-09-14 10:40:22

SEOmoz is doing some testing along these lines:
SEOmoz Technorati Top 100
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