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Technorati is a search engine and a publisher advertising platform. Technorati launched its ad network in 2008. In 2016, Synacor acquired Technorati for $3 million. [2] [3]The company's core product was previously an Internet search engine for searching blogs.
In a 2010 Technorati study, 36% of bloggers reported some sort of income from their blogs, most often in the form of ad revenue. [14] This shows a steady increase from their 2009 report, in which 28% of the blogging world reported their blog as a source of income, with the mean annual income from advertisements at $42,548. [ 15 ]
This is a list of notable blogs. A blog (contraction of weblog) is a web site with frequent, periodic posts creating an ongoing narrative. They are maintained by both groups and individuals, the latter being the most common. Blogs can focus on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the political to personal experiences. Specific blogs include:
In August 2008, the blog search engine, Technorati, acquired Blogcritics for an undisclosed amount of money. As a result, publisher Olsen and technical director Winn became full-time Technorati employees. [2] One of the first collaborative ventures of the two entities was for Blogcritics writers to begin writing descriptions of Technorati tags. [3]
The official Google Blog is currently in the Technorati top 50 listing among all blogs worldwide. The number of subscribers, blog comments, links to blog posts, and the number of times a post is shared in other social media are indicators of a blog's popularity, potential influence, and reach.
Since MySpace is the most popular blog site in the United States we need to highlight that Technorati is NOT properly ranking their blogs. A top blog on MySpace can easily have 500-700 comments per blog. The top Technorati blogs have a handful of comments. Obviously there is a correlation between comments and actual readers.
Dave Sifry is an American software entrepreneur and blogosphere icon known for founding Technorati in 2004, [1] [2] formerly a leading blog search engine. He also lectures widely on wireless technology and policy, weblogs, and open source software.
Blog Action Day was founded by three bloggers Collis Ta'eed, Cyan Ta'eed and Leo Babauta in 2007. The inaugural theme chosen was the environment.The event was hosted by Envato. 23,327 blog posts were published by 20,603 participating blogs including 19 of the Technorati Top 100 blogs at the time.