Comments on: Yay, I’m 254th on Wikio

By: Wandering Chopsticks

Wandering Chopsticks — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:06:11 +0000

Or rather, ranks all websites based on traffic.

Technorati to me is like a popularity contest. Some blogs are more popular but get way less traffic than mine. I just care about the actual pageviews.

By: Wandering Chopsticks

Wandering Chopsticks — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:05:10 +0000

Alexa.com

Run by Amazon. Monitors blog traffic.

By: Dan Levy

Dan Levy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:24:55 +0000

Hi Elliot, did you have a problem registering your blog on our site (wikio.com)?

If so I could help out.

Oh and Thomas… Congrats!

Dan

By: Elliott Ng

Elliott Ng — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:53:24 +0000

Funny we are on the same wavelength. Except we have no love and no recognition from Wikio. Ah well.

Technorati Authority I think is just for a 6 month window. So your older links will fall off over time.

Google however values those links. Here’s my speculation on this: In fact, the value of the links grow as the links age. And the value of the links is driven by the authority of the sites linking to you. However, as those blogs bury the older posts that have your links, if they don’t flow PageRank to those posts, then less PageRank consequently flows to you. So that counterbalances the increased value of the aged links.

Bottom line: links = good.

But RSS readers and comments = engagement, community, and relationships. Much more important than Technorati Authority!