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By: franky

franky — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:29:18 +0000

Imagine Technorati weren’t blocked in China, would that have made LEMONed the most popular blog?

I don’t think Gary wanted to point out that LEMONed games the system, but rather how screwed the Technorati popularity ranking is.

Maybe Technorati, especially with Tantek on board, should only count links in between hentry entry-content tags for the authority/popularity ranking.
It would be a perfect way to make [Tantek's] MicroTags standard (Google IMHO already recognizes/uses them) and make the authority factor more rational.

By: evitc

evitc — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:09:47 +0000

LEMONed is right, technorati.com is blocked by Golden Shield Project in China so I think only few Chinese know Technorati and nobody cares about the Technorati’s Authority. And what’s most important, LEMONed makes themes for free that everyone makes the decision whether to use or not himself.

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Tue, 29 May 2007 12:33:13 +0000

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By: Vikiworks™ Studio » What’s wrong with Chinese blogger?

Vikiworks™ Studio » What’s wrong with Chinese blogger? — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:07:55 +0000

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By: LEMONed

LEMONed — Tue, 29 May 2007 07:47:13 +0000

In only few weeks? Overnight? Well, Technorati.com is blocked in my country China, so I don’t check my ranking regularly/periodically. But I’ve been in top100 for months.

If the fact that I am in top100 displeases you, you may tell technorati staff to remove me. I dedicate my time to making wordpress themes and sharing them with everyone. I don’t care about those rankings, pageviews, number of subscribers, etc. because I don’t make money with my themes or blog.

The only thing I care about is that everybody (especially those who use/like my themes), can be happy.

By: Gary King

Gary King — Tue, 29 May 2007 04:11:21 +0000

franky, I am aware of that, but thanks for pointing it out anyways Chris Pearson’s blog would be on the list to, because he released Cutline; Technorati removed it from the list manually.

By: franky

franky — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:55:28 +0000

Technorati removes theme designers from the rankings, when they are aware of public themes. It has happened to Heilemann, Viklund and I think also to Phu.

By: 12th Most Popular Blog Overnight by Blogging Pro

12th Most Popular Blog Overnight by Blogging Pro — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:17:49 +0000

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By: Techie Buzz

Techie Buzz — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:22:33 +0000

That’s cool, releasing a popular plugin or theme is the best way to get noticed amongst other blogger, as definitely many people will write about the plugin.

I wrote a plugin called better comments manager to reply to comments from within admin panel and have got a few links backs from good sites for that.

By: Gary King

Gary King — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:40:27 +0000

Chris, at least they’re trying! I can almost guarantee that people would prefer some sort of metric to measure against others, rather than none at all. People want something simple to measure themselves against, whether it be Google PR for very general comparisons, pageviews, visitors, and whatnot.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:51:22 +0000

Well, I don’t know. If they have a lot of people using their blogging theme, doesn’t that make them authoritative in a design sense? It all depends on how you interpret authority.

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Fri, 25 May 2007 09:57:51 +0000

Just shows links != authority. They might call it that but, well, it’s not

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Fri, 25 May 2007 05:33:59 +0000

Good eye, Gary. More evidence that supports the argument about sponsored themes.

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and slant the odds heavily in their favor. The second type of blogger is the blogger who wants to “monetize” his/her blog. They feature Google Adsense ads and other affiliate links on their blog in a way to earn $$$ for their referrals. Gary King