Comments on: Technorati Blog Claim sucks (and its dangerous)

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[...] by indulging in link-exchanges. But there was no considerable uproar against it. People said that Technorati sucks, and moved on. So how does Google merit this [...]

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:49:30 +0000

@Karhik: Outlined already? Well, I did not really go over the documentation, but thanks. There is an advantage – when you hit publish, pings are sent to bots, and if they crawl before you remove it, your PR would drop because of unscrupulous linking (just kidding about PR part )

By: Karthik

Karthik — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:29:20 +0000

I meant that I think this “trick” is already outlined by Technorati. I believe I read that while I was claiming mine. I used the same method, to claim mine, but I don’t think I went through with it after all. I guess there’s no real advantage to doing it anyway!

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:51:48 +0000

@Zac: Thanks, I too prefer the method, though there are some things you should know. Putting it in next post is fine, if you edit and remove it later. Why give a free link to them anyway? Besides, by the time you edit it, many search bots would’ve been pinged by the auto-pings. They may index the page quickly, and take into account the ping. That is what concerns me.

By: Zac Davis

Zac Davis — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:21:50 +0000

I prefer using the post claim, I just put the code into my next post. It isn’t a big deal then.

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:03:27 +0000

@Karthik: It must be outlined by Technorati – I am just pointing out that they’re trying to get an extra link from the blog(should the author forget to delete it) for post claim, and our username+pwd for the other claim, both of which are unacceptable. Hence the little trick of embedding in sidebar

By: Karthik

Karthik — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:14:59 +0000

Am I mistaken or is this already outlined by Technorati?
Also, I believe you need to specify the XFN for the link too.