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		<title>By: Metablogging &#124; #comments</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-74121</link>
		<author>Metablogging &#124; #comments</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-74121</guid>
		<description>[...] Since I&#8217;ve started blogging, a very personal experience, I&#8217;ve begun pondering the deep questions of life. How much traffic am I getting, how do I get more traffic, how&#8217;s the feeds doing&#8230; you know those basic life questions. It turns out that there is a significant part of the blogging world devoted to those very same questions and I&#8217;m not sure how I feel about it. Others have noticed this same thing. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Since I&#8217;ve started blogging, a very personal experience, I&#8217;ve begun pondering the deep questions of life. How much traffic am I getting, how do I get more traffic, how&#8217;s the feeds doing&#8230; you know those basic life questions. It turns out that there is a significant part of the blogging world devoted to those very same questions and I&#8217;m not sure how I feel about it. Others have noticed this same thing. [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Joost</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-54763</link>
		<author>Joost</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-54763</guid>
		<description>Good that they've fixed it!</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 06:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Aaron</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-30607</link>
		<author>Aaron</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 13:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-30607</guid>
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		<title>By: Stan Schroeder</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-30087</link>
		<author>Stan Schroeder</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 15:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-30087</guid>
		<description>@Vlad: no problem (;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Vlad: no problem (;.</p>
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		<title>By: Vlad</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29314</link>
		<author>Vlad</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 01:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29314</guid>
		<description>Stan,

To be honest I hesitate whether or not to participate. Nevertheless I am pleased with the results. Making 100 is not a big deal, blogs like yours, if they chose to can reclaim their positions within days, after a single post. And those who made the list during the meme will have a hard time catching up.

To me the most beneficial part of the meme was that I have come across many wonderful blogs, just like you have here. So for what is worth, it was not such a bad idea. As a "side effect" I do have rather large OPL file. But with some creativity this file can be put to good use.

By the way, thanks for the link.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stan,</p>
<p>To be honest I hesitate whether or not to participate. Nevertheless I am pleased with the results. Making 100 is not a big deal, blogs like yours, if they chose to can reclaim their positions within days, after a single post. And those who made the list during the meme will have a hard time catching up.</p>
<p>To me the most beneficial part of the meme was that I have come across many wonderful blogs, just like you have here. So for what is worth, it was not such a bad idea. As a &#8220;side effect&#8221; I do have rather large OPL file. But with some creativity this file can be put to good use.</p>
<p>By the way, thanks for the link.</p>
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		<title>By: Technorati Favorites Exchange Experiment: Whores, Prom, and Pig&#8217;s Blood &#124; Elaine Vigneault</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29274</link>
		<author>Technorati Favorites Exchange Experiment: Whores, Prom, and Pig&#8217;s Blood &#124; Elaine Vigneault</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29274</guid>
		<description>[...] Other bloggers discussing this topic are: Digital Inspiration O&#8217;Flaherty Nick Rugjeff Frantic Industries I mostly disagree with the above blogs but I link to them so you can read the opposing viewpoint if you like. If you do, check out my comment at O&#8217;Flaherty (unless he removed it). Hahaha! Hey, he called me a whore first, what&#8217;d you expect? [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Other bloggers discussing this topic are: Digital Inspiration O&#8217;Flaherty Nick Rugjeff Frantic Industries I mostly disagree with the above blogs but I link to them so you can read the opposing viewpoint if you like. If you do, check out my comment at O&#8217;Flaherty (unless he removed it). Hahaha! Hey, he called me a whore first, what&#8217;d you expect? [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Pronet Advertising</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29273</link>
		<author>Pronet Advertising</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29273</guid>
		<description>&lt;strong&gt;What Does Your Tag Cloud Say About You?...&lt;/strong&gt;

It is incredibly important to focus your content to one field, niche, or industry and try to deviate from it as little as possible. The mark of a good blog is how consistently focused its content is, and a quick way to judge blogs in this respect is to...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>What Does Your Tag Cloud Say About You?&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>It is incredibly important to focus your content to one field, niche, or industry and try to deviate from it as little as possible. The mark of a good blog is how consistently focused its content is, and a quick way to judge blogs in this respect is to&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Ali</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29260</link>
		<author>Ali</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29260</guid>
		<description>@stan

yeah i know I was just kidding. blog on man!</description>
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<p>yeah i know I was just kidding. blog on man!</p>
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		<title>By: Is the New Social Web a Gamers Paradise? at Everybody Go To &#124; Taking The Web Out of The Box</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29256</link>
		<author>Is the New Social Web a Gamers Paradise? at Everybody Go To &#124; Taking The Web Out of The Box</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29256</guid>
		<description>[...] Recent news about technorati favorites being gamed has surfaced. This has been happening for quite sometime now and not just with the favorites, but also with their rankings as well. Its quite simple actually, you start a blog post train by adding your friends they then add you back and then whoever takes part has to add all the blogs on the list and it keeps going and going. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Recent news about technorati favorites being gamed has surfaced. This has been happening for quite sometime now and not just with the favorites, but also with their rankings as well. Its quite simple actually, you start a blog post train by adding your friends they then add you back and then whoever takes part has to add all the blogs on the list and it keeps going and going. [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Stan Schroeder</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29221</link>
		<author>Stan Schroeder</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29221</guid>
		<description>@Vlad: I'm aware that "most favorited" and the standard Technorati lists are two different lists. I also know they're not directly connected. I think it's visible from the text, if you read it carefully. 

There have been more or less successful attempts to somehow game both lists, and in all these cases I think that it's a sad attempt at getting up the social media ladder. It's most blatantly visible at MyBlogLog, where sites put dozens of exclamation marks in front of their names to be on top, and spam other users for links. The Technorati favorite is not that bad, but it's still an unnatural way of increasing your rank at that particular list.

@Ali: I don't favorite many blogs on Technorati simply because I don't use the service for reading blogs. You've got a direct link from me, though (:</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Vlad: I&#8217;m aware that &#8220;most favorited&#8221; and the standard Technorati lists are two different lists. I also know they&#8217;re not directly connected. I think it&#8217;s visible from the text, if you read it carefully. </p>
<p>There have been more or less successful attempts to somehow game both lists, and in all these cases I think that it&#8217;s a sad attempt at getting up the social media ladder. It&#8217;s most blatantly visible at MyBlogLog, where sites put dozens of exclamation marks in front of their names to be on top, and spam other users for links. The Technorati favorite is not that bad, but it&#8217;s still an unnatural way of increasing your rank at that particular list.</p>
<p>@Ali: I don&#8217;t favorite many blogs on Technorati simply because I don&#8217;t use the service for reading blogs. You&#8217;ve got a direct link from me, though (:</p>
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		<title>By: Ali</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29208</link>
		<author>Ali</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29208</guid>
		<description>I've favorited you Stan, now how's about returning the favor. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve favorited you Stan, now how&#8217;s about returning the favor. <img src='http://franticindustries.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>By: Vlad</title>
		<link>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29185</link>
		<author>Vlad</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://franticindustries.com/2007/04/30/everything-counts-in-large-amounts-technorati-gaming/#comment-29185</guid>
		<description>Hi Stan,

Actually my site did make it into 100, there is another post on my blog about it. By the way "100 most favorited" and "100 most linked to" are two different lists. 62.417- this number changes as other blogs link to you, jut like you did here in this article. Favorite Exchange has nothing to do with linking therefore a blog can rank at 1,000,000 and still enter the top 100. You should try it maybe. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Stan,</p>
<p>Actually my site did make it into 100, there is another post on my blog about it. By the way &#8220;100 most favorited&#8221; and &#8220;100 most linked to&#8221; are two different lists. 62.417- this number changes as other blogs link to you, jut like you did here in this article. Favorite Exchange has nothing to do with linking therefore a blog can rank at 1,000,000 and still enter the top 100. You should try it maybe. <img src='http://franticindustries.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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