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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.
However, by March 2006, Aaron Brazell pointed out that Technorati had started tracking MySpace blogs. [9] In May 2006, Technorati teamed up with the PR agency Edelman. The deal earned a lot of criticism, both on principle and as a result of Edelman's 2006 fake blog scandals. Edelman and Technorati officially ended the deal in December 2006.
[23] In 2009, Americablog was ranked as one of the top ten political blogs by the Personal Democracy Forum, [24] and as the 23rd most popular political blog by Wikio. In 2010, Technorati ranked Americablog in the top 100 political blogs and top 100 US politics blogs, and in 2013 Pingdom cited Americablog as one of the top 100 blogs. [ 25 ]
[11] In 2009, AMERICAblog was ranked as one of the top ten political blogs by the Personal Democracy Forum, [12] and as the 23rd most popular political blog by Wikio. In 2010, Technorati ranked AMERICAblog in the top 100 political blogs and top 100 US politics blogs, and in 2013 Pingdom cited AMERICAblog as one of the top 100 blogs. [13]
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 2001, he started Gigaom, a blog. The website had a monthly global audience of over 500,000, and was among the top 50 blogs worldwide by Technorati rank. [6] It was listed in the Blog 100 Index by CNET. [7] His book, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist, was released in 2003.
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.
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]