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Technorati Updated – Lookin Good

A refresh of Technorati just went live and not only does it look great, but it appears to be working great under the surface as well. Robert Scoble is already declaring it far superior to Google’s Blog Search and wondering how Technorati can pull off a feat (beating Google at search) so easily while Microsoft and Yahoo cannot seem to get close.

The search results show not only blog posts, but related videos, pictures, music (from Last.fm), and events as well.

I love the ticker running along the top of the homepage. It shows the hot keywords on the web at any given time – it’s like a more dynamic just-yesterday-launched Google Hot Trends.

Be sure to check out Technorati’s new dedicated search page as well for a back-to-the-basics approach.

One question in my mind is whether or not this refresh will finally give Technorati’s WTF some legs. I hope so, I like it – but I think I might be the only one.

You know you’re big in the blog community when as I’m trying to write this up quickly I’m seeing RSS feeds coming in left and right on this very launch. This is just a guess, but I’m thinking this will be the lead on TechMeme tomorrow morning…

Post by MG Siegler on 05/23/07
Comments

andy

If I didn't read about the ticker here, I wouldn't haven't know what it is for.. :P

I think the ticker is a little distracting also.

MG Siegler

@cornwall - fair point on the crap typeface, think they're just trying to emulate wall street. I do like it thought, i think it's an interesting way to show data, kind of reminds me of Digg Spy.

@markowe - i agree, there should definitely be a place for both. i'm kind of glad they decided not to use 'authority' to automatically rank results like google with PR.

love the freshness of the results that you can then filter by authority.

markowe

There's still a big difference between Technorati blogsearch and Google blogsearch - as far as I can see, Technorati (despite the option to select authority rating) still returns results in strictly chronological order. Google does not - I guess that PR plays a role...?

So it seems they still both have a place. I use Technorati mostly to search for other people's recent blogs on the same subject as mine. You couldn't use Google for this.

Cornwall SEO

Mergh, I hate the ticker, I can hardly read it and it's jerky. What a crap typeface.

What's the deal with moving text? It's as bad as CNN

Love the rest of it though.