I’ll admit that I’m watching my Technorati number. Why? Because it’s one way that the web measures authority, and I’m interested in that for the book I’m working on with Julien Smith. So, when it does weird things (read: things I don’t understand), I get thrown. Today, I’m thrown again. Look at this:
05/18/08
Authority: 1,761
Rank: 1,122
05/23/08
Authority: 1,811
Rank: 1,043
05/25/08
Authority: 1,812
Rank: 1,043
05/27/08
Authority: 1,813
Rank: 1,874
***UPDATE***: as per Darren’s comment above it jumped back down. But why?
Authority: 1,817
Rank: 1,032
So, my blog rank just hopped 840 down. I just lost ground by 840 other blogs. Meanwhile, the authority is pretty much the same.
Does that mean over 800 people got their blog fairy wings ahead of me? How does that work?
Interestingly, Mitch Joel has his own questions about Technorati this morning.
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