Technorati Changes "Links" To "Authority"

It seems as though Technorati have been working to change the naming of certain features on their site. I popped on today to see how SA Rocks is doing and it seems as though SA Rocks has an "Authority of 98". I am assuming that this means that there are 98 links to SA Rocks in the previous version of Technorati.Have a look:I think that I like the Authority use over the Links in Technorati. Not sure that it's the first thing on the site that I would've fixed or changed. Maybe the developers should have considered an Amatomu approach to ranking and rating blogs in certain areas? Just a thought.I think that this change it terms is some sort of an attempt to add weight to the rating and ranking that Technorati does. In my little mind I think that it does make a difference. The word Authority does carry a certain... authority to it. I am not sure that this is the way they should be heading to improve their services. If anyone else can tell me a bit more about this change in terms of technicality then please do educate me!!