Technorati has introduced a new index for blogs : Authority. Previously Technorati ranking was based on the number of incoming links from other blogs. The interface of the home page at Technorati has also been changed. Probably due to the immensely popular 'You fave me I fave you' meme going round in the blogosphere now the 'Favorited by' link is no longer prominently displayed on the home page..........TECHNORATI AUTHORITY INDEX
The Technorati Authority Index now appears first under the blog name. To check your ranking and authority you need to first claim your blog at Technorati. Then when you click onyour bloglink at Technorati OR type this inyour addressbar :
http://technorati.com/search/BLOG_URL
Replace BLOG_URL by the link to your blog minus 'http://'. My BLOG_URL would be :
betabloggerfordummies.blogspot.com
You will get your authority in the green bar (See Picture below) :
At first glance Authority appears to replace the old 'Number of Blogs linking to your blog' index but further clarification is still awaited. The bigger the number the better is your 'Authority' since it means that more blogs are linking to your blog. Your Rank is the other way around : The lesser the number means better rank since it means that many blogs are ahead of your blog in the number of other blogs linking to them.ADD TECHNORATI AUTHORITY WIDGET
You can add the Technorati Authority widget to your blog's sidebar. Login to Dashboard and click on Layout. Click 'Add Page Element' link in the sidebar section. Choose Html/Javascript option and paste the following code there and save :
<a href="http://technorati.com/blogs/BLOG_URL?sub=tr_authority_t_ns"
class="tr_authority_t_js" style="color:#4261DF">
View blog authority
</a>
Replace BLOG_URL in the same manner as before. It will take some time before it appears. See Picture below : 
LABEL CLOUD FOR YOUR BLOG
Here is an easy way to add a Label Cloud for your blog. This is by using the Technorati Top Tags Cloud. In the New Blogger all labels already have the rel='tag' attribute in their links which makes them act as Technorati tags. You can use this to set up a label cloud simply by adding the following code in a Html/Javascript Page Element :
<script src="http://widgets.technorati.com/t.js" type="text/javascript"> </script>
<a class="tr_tagcloud_t_js" style="color:#4261DF"
href="http://technorati.com/blogs/BLOG_URL?sub=tr_tagcloud_t_ns">
View blog top tags</a>
Replace BLOG_URL in the same manner. See the Technorati Top Tag Cloud at the end of this post. See picture below : 
Labels Classified.
Technorati Authority and Top Tags Widgets.
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25 comments:
i have faved u in technorati..
my friend,
thanks for every thing that you have done for dummies like me.
i have some problem about technorati about my blog http://mydzi.blogspot.com .
which is link by othr blogs or with other webs but in technorati authority there is no (0)authority.
showing can you plz solve this problem.
in the other side i have anthor blog http://dzibeads.exteen.com has authority.
plz suggest
thanks
Bharath,
If you go to :
http://www.technorati.com/search/mydzi.blogspot.com
you will see that your blog has 18 links to it. My guess is that you will need more links to increase your authority. To increase traffic to your blog see :
Methods To Increase Traffic
Hey, I've faved your blog at technorati and would like the same in return :-)
http://technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.lifelaboratory.com/
Hello ;
my name is Grteaand im from Germany, more exactly Berlin .
Now i "found" your Blog and i will start q small question . maybee youfind some time for that and give me a feeback via email ?
ok - my question is :
How can i "deleted" the BLUE blogger banner in the head in my blog .
take a look . gretalambardo.blogspot.com
i dont know where the code in my template . . .
i hope you know what i mean .
Greta,
Take a look at :
Navbar in Blogger Beta
Hi vin thanks for your answer.
i have tried as you have said in older post.
what i am curious about is there are 18 links to my blog but in tecchnorati.com my blogs rank(or authority)is still '0'.
i remember, In one post you said that even 1 link connected to your blog is make big difference (about 35%) and here i have links in my blog but does not show in Technorati Authority widget .
plz help me , may be now you understand what i mean
dzi beads,
That post was about the old system. Since then Technorati has introduced the new Authority Index. The difference I had shown occurs in Technorati Rank.
Congrats again on your great blog! I already posted on my blog my excitement on discovering it
http://etcetcetcetc.blogspot.com/2007/10/dummies-guide-to-google-blogger.html
Keep up the good work…
Vin, thank you for another excellent tip (on how to create tag clouds)
I was excited and I applied it on my blog and in the beginning worked fine…
Then I tugged more of my older posts, but –to my dismay, those new tags failed to appear on the tag cloud!
I decided to wait for a day, in case Technorati has some delay in the refreshing, but still no new tags!!
I pinged Technorati in hope, but again nothing…
I went in the Layout Dashboard and deleted the widget, saved the new layout and then again re-inserted the widget… but yet again nothing!!
Any words of wisdom?
Etc,
Try this other method also :
http://phy3blog.googlepages.com/Beta-Blogger-Label-Cloud.html
Hey vin,
This is a great site and I have learned alot. I have added you as a fav. on technorati. wondering if you could return the favor, I also posted a link on my site to you. Keep up the great work. Have a great day.
timeforu,
Which blog do you want me to add to my favorites?
Vin Your Awesome!! the one I want is
http://glowinglight7.blogspot.com/
Thanks again for faving me in technorati
hi,,
i am a regular reader of ur blog & ur blog helped me a lot.
i hv one question - in my technorati, NO AUTHORITY is showing, what can i do to add authority.
i hav already added 3 blogs to my fav . u & me exchanged technorati fav.
how to increase authority