Posts Tagged ‘Blog Catalog’

Technorati, the second most popular blog search engine next to Google Blog Search and 5th largest social media space, recently underwent a “web 2.0″ face-lift. Some changes were for the better, some for better business and some are a work in progress. A few cool new additions are Twittorati – a Twitter API, the Technorati Blog, and a few more Technorati properties.  However, it seems that for the time being, Technorati is a bit anti-social.

The Technorati profile, once a way for bloggers to connect with fellow bloggers and subscribe to blogs, has been crippled for a couple months. Currently, members cannot subscribe to blogs and blog reactions have been reserved for “authoritative” sources. Meanwhile, Blog Catalog offers a few features Technorati does not – it is not only a blog directory and blog search engine, but a social network, community, blog activity stream and blog subscription service.  ... Read This »

Networked Blogs, the almost official blog directory & syndication application on Facebook, offers users the ability to subscribe to, rate, comment and share blogs with their friends. I would advise any blogger to add their blog to the directory, but I would not suggest that you funnel all of your Facebook friends to it. While Networked Blogs offers some nice features and indexation in a fairly high-traffic blog search engine (2 million visitors / month with close to 1 million users), the application is too many degrees removed from both your blog and Facebook.  ... Read This »