Comments on: Alternatives to Technorati

By: Bret

Bret — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:20:57 +0000

I’m not familiar with all of those Technorati alternatives, but I will have to check them out; however, I have some experience with Techmeme and do agree it is a solid source for getting an idea of what is “hot” in terms of technology discussion out in the blog-o-sphere. I’d highly recommend anyone that hasn’t gone to visit the site, wander over and have a look around.

By: Andrea Morris

Andrea Morris — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:10:33 +0000

Thanks for pointing these out – can’t wait to try them as I too am pulling my hair with Technorati. There just seems so few ways to sort & distill the massive amounts of info.

Great meeting you at the New Media Nouveaux conference. Are you taking bets yet for your sink/swim predictions?

By: Qui Diaz

Qui Diaz — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:00:24 +0000

You bet! I’ll shoot you a note.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:59:26 +0000

Qui-

I too have issues with Technorati and we’ve moved away from using it at b5media as a result.

It was great meeting you as well. Coffee sometime?

By: Qui Diaz

Qui Diaz — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:55:33 +0000

Aaron – thanks for pointing this out. I (we all) have some issues with Technorati! I’m also trying out Blog Pulse.

BlogRovr sounds like another one for the mix.

It was great to meet you at Friday’s event, and I look forward to staying in touch.

By: Marc Meyer

Marc Meyer — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:18:10 +0000

Aaron, I agree wholeheartedly.
Google alerts and blog search are a key part of understanding the intelligence of the masses, in addition to other tools, including BlogRovr, of which I’m CEO, a tool for keeping your finger on the pulse of the blogosphere. One of only 25 officially recommended Firefox addons, and has been called techmeme on steroids by some.

One on one relationships can be created incredibly easily nowadays using blogs, comments, and email, and are in the end why people trust and do business with others.