Comments on: Where have you gone, Technorati-oh? http://www.translucid.ca/site/2010/02/04/where-have-you-gone-technorati-oh/ Communications that's clear, coherent, and sensible. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:08:41 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kelly Rusk http://www.translucid.ca/site/2010/02/04/where-have-you-gone-technorati-oh/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Kelly Rusk Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:49:14 +0000 http://translucid.ca/site/?p=1807#comment-965 I also used to pay close attention to (read:obsess over) my technorati ranking. And then it just seemed to get more and more inaccurate until I finally dismissed it as useless. I'm shocked that they failed when they *had* a great product, virtually no competition and a ton of VC money. A couple months back (maybe as much as a year?) Louis Gray wrote about Technorati making a comeback and I was so excited, but after checking out the site a few times I lost all hope. The other service I'm devastated about is Feedburner--it was good and always getting better before Google bought it, now it's neglected, and I don't really trust its numbers anymore. Why are blog measurement tools so cursed?! I also used to pay close attention to (read:obsess over) my technorati ranking. And then it just seemed to get more and more inaccurate until I finally dismissed it as useless.

I’m shocked that they failed when they *had* a great product, virtually no competition and a ton of VC money. A couple months back (maybe as much as a year?) Louis Gray wrote about Technorati making a comeback and I was so excited, but after checking out the site a few times I lost all hope.

The other service I’m devastated about is Feedburner–it was good and always getting better before Google bought it, now it’s neglected, and I don’t really trust its numbers anymore.

Why are blog measurement tools so cursed?!

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