Thing #14

Technorati is another one of those "things" I had heard about before but didn't really understand. Though Google and other search engines search blogs, it seems like a logical step to have a search services dedicated only to blogs. The popular searches and sites didn't surprise me much: The blogs were mostly tech blogs like Wired (which seems like Technorati would be up their alley), and the searches were for things like "cheat codes," "Paris Hilton," and "men".

There was a strong focus on taskbars, news, and tech-related items, which fits with the Web 2.0 concept that many blogs utilize. Tagging, whether it is on Technorati, RSS, blog posts, or Flickr, makes searching for specific information (or maybe more important, finding specific information among a lot of unrelated content) easy. At the same time, it presents topics or items that are related to your search but not something you thought of at the time, which is a big bonus. It's a pretty neat thing, especially considering how small a period of time it took to invent/popularize these things as well!