Technorati seems like a very interesting directory. I had never thought of a directory for blogs, but I guess you would need one when the said "blogosphere" is doubling every 5 or 6 months...
It looks like Books (yay!), U.S. and World Politics, Technology, Food, and Religion are well-represented categories in the blog world. There are at least 2000 blogs listed for each of these subjects. Some subjects that are lacking representation on Technorati are Tennis and Hockey in the Sports section and Pets in the Living section. Some subjects that aren't even listed include LIBRARIES......, education, collectors (of antiques, coins, stamps, rocks, etc.), biking, operas and plays, and so on.
When searching for blogs or blog posts, you get different results almost every timeyou search for something. When searching your topic of interest by posts, Technorati displays blog posts that are related to your topic. On the other hand, when you search for blogs about your topic of interest, a list of blogs is shown that is similar to your topic entry.
I think that Technorati is a good directory to have on hand. It is a great way to look up blogs that contain information and/or experiences of someone who is interested in the same things as you are. The only disadvantage that is apparent to me is that not all blogs are contained in this directory. However, this should be the case; people should be entitled to private blogging if they want it.
14 years ago
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