Technorati Topics Throws a Bunch of Random Posts At You

Technorati indexes a LOT of blogs. This is why their new feature, Technorati Topics, feels so useless: it piles new blog posts in an ajaxy, Digg Spy-like fashion, but with a lack of options and a simple categorization of All, Entertainment, Technology, Politics, Sports, Business and Life, the whole thing feels like someone throwing random posts from a zillion blogs at you. I can imagine at least 20 better ways to track news from my favorite blogs; Technorati Topics might only appeal to the casual reader who’s too bored to organize his RSS feeds.

After Technorati’s WTF and the recent slightly lackluster redesign, I’m afraid this is another one in the long line of Technorati’s blunders. Features such as Technorati Topics won’t hurt them, but they definitely aren’t moving forward, either.

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58 Responses to “Technorati Topics Throws a Bunch of Random Posts At You”

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    It’s not really “zillion blogs” because you need some authority to appear on this page.

    Not very useful though.

  2. Stan Schroeder Says:

    @PapyGeek: are you sure about authority? I saw some posts from blogs with very low authority figures there.

  3. Tuesday&#63 Time for a new Technorati strategy » mathewingram.com/work Says:

    […] The company’s description says that it chooses blogs based on a number of factors, including their Technorati “authority” — another ranking system that we know very little about, and which consequently carries little or no weight (I for one can’t even figure out the numbering system). So far, the new feature is getting panned by many. Topics, incidentally, is not to be confused with the last new service that Technorati launched: that was Technorati WTF, a Digg-style ranking feature that appears to be a ghost town. […]

  4. Technorati and the Wind of Change | Ugh!!’s Greymatter Honeypot Says:

    […] I tried having a poke around, and my immediate reaction was mixed. It’s great having all the latest news pop up in front of you, but the posts scroll by too quickly for the casual reader. Also, the whole experience feels rather disjointed; though it’s nice to have the feeling that you’re being shown posts as soon as Technorati learns about them (which is not the case) […]

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