Wordpress 2.3 uses Google blogsearch not Technorati
Filed Under (Random Note) by Nic on 28-09-2007
Tagged Under : Blogsearch, Technorati, Wordpress, WP
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I find this extremely interesting and a bit confusing as a user. Technorati is out, Google is in
Previous version of Wordpress have made us of Technorati to track incoming links to your blog in the admin panel. Now it seems that with a new version of WP comes a change to Google.
I am quite relieved about this move as I feel that Technorati has recently lost some weight in the market and is not being taken very seriously in the online market. While I cannot say that Google is any better but their extended reputation does hold them in good stead in my eyes.
I just need to work out how Google Blogsearch relates to my links and what it all means. But it is nice to see a change and to know that the WP guys are listening to their users and interacting with us with every upgrade.
I have to question this strategy… Not sure why WP would do this unless they felt Google could track incoming links quicker than Technorati - that could be the only logic in my mind.
Didn’t notice. I never really understood the obsession with rankings and stats.
One thing i did notice is that on my latest install of 2.3 - comments are off by default. Which blows.
I was going to blog on this exact topic. I find Google Blog Search very irritating, it seems to track each of my new blog posts as a new incoming link to my blog. I’m not sure if this is because of my customized permalink structure, but it shouldn’t be the case. Plus it is missing a whole heap of the incoming links that Technorati was tracking.
Perhaps a Google buyout is on the cards?
Technorati is showing 48 distinct blogs that point to my http://occamsrazr.com - while Google Blogsearch only finds 32 total hits.
Wow.
Blogsearch seems to view my own blog entries as “incoming links”. That makes it rather worthless to me. If I get annoyed enough about it I’ll probably fix the code to put Technorati back in there.
Matthias - agreed. Not sure why it keeps giving me my own psts as relevant links.
I like google in general, but it doens’t do a very good job of picking up my incoming links. It just relists all my posts. Respected or not, at least technorati did what it was supposed to.
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You’re deformed cheery today.
Wow!!!Á