Mathew nailed it on the head. The rati doesn’t suck, no, but it severely lacks from being great when it has had every opportunity to do so.
Technorati has been riddled with performance issues for longer than I care to think about, has launched new features that seem poorly thought out and are already being done better by others (WTF comes to mind), and is in danger of being overshadowed by a website run by a single person, Techmeme’s Gabe Rivera.
That’s the real story here, which he nailed… that a one-man show (Gabe at Techmeme) is seemingly doing a better job than a big organization (Technorati).
Frankly, I’m disappointed in Technorati because I expected so much more. I did from Icerocket too (my analysis in that link), but they did nothing as well. They had EVERY opportunity to kick butt and take names, but they didn’t. Why? I’m guessing they never had any good ideas. Problem is, I had, and still have plenty of killer ideas for them.
Anyway, maybe this new ceo can change things at the rati. Is it too late? Perhaps. Still the best blog search? I dinna think so.
I agree. Technorati has been a bit of a disappointment.
As far as I can tell, the majority of people who visit technorati are only doing so because they want to check their own blogs rank.
It is not a good place to search for good stories in my opinion as it’s structured really badly. The search feature is obviously handy but I prefer Google blog search for that.
Who is now kicking butt? Heavens man. Pity that new CEO!
Jim, if you’d care to write a post about your top 3 ideas for Technorati, I’d love to read it. Might even be able to do something about it :)