Thing 14
Technorati was an interesting tool to explore. I searched for "librarian," as I often do, and found a couple new blogs to add to my feeds. I liked that I could search on posts or blogs, so if I was searching for something very specific, I might find a mention of it in someone's blog post. These searches I found to be quite slow, however, and not necessarily any better than a Google search. When searching posts, you can specify entire post or tags, language, and degree of authority. The results are posted by most recent post, and unfortunately you cannot sort them any other way (like by authority). So prolific bloggers will get their blogs at the top of the result list. I prefer Google's attempts at relevancy ranking. Technorati duplicates utilities found elsewhere (like adding blogs to Technorati favorites instead of adding them to your feeds), and personally I find it a site for people who have a lot more free time than I do.
