One Way to Improve Your Technorati Rank and Technorati Rank Calculator
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One of my goals for April was to increase my rank in Technorati by at least 100%. After my second day inside of April, I’m happy to say that I’m very close to conquering this goal. Two days ago I was sitting at 212,974. Today I’m ranked 123,235 (an increase of over 22,000 since just this morning).
So, how did I go up 100k ranks in two days? It wasn’t very difficult, really. I got tons of free back-links today. A lot of blogs with the Top Commentator’s Wordpress plugin reset on April 1, so it was relatively easy to drop 2 or 3 comments on around 10 or so blogs to get a free back-link. I had to work a bit harder on some of the more popular blogs (johnchow.com for example), but the link was worth the time it took to post 38 comments. The more authority the blog has with Technorati, the more it will be worth to your rank.
I’d also like to give a shout-out to some of my latest Blogroll affiliates: Mr. Gary Lee, Adii, and Wordpress Guy.
I started in the Technorati Top 100 and worked my way down to try to find the plugin, then just did a Google search for “Top Commentators”. I also followed a few other Technorati members who seemed to be doing the same thing by simply visiting the sites who have links back to them. One of the easiest wins was Shoemoney. Even though his resets every week, it only takes around 10 comments to get a link on his top 100 blog.
Not only is this benefiting you, but you’re also promoting your image and getting your name out in the community. And, I’m sure bloggers (such as myself) don’t mind you dropping a few comments. So, comment whore away!
ModernLifeIsRubbish has this interesting javascript tool to calculate a somewhat-accurate rank based on how many back-links you have or plan to have. This isn’t exact, as it has no way to detect blog authority, but it makes a pretty good guestimation.
Any thoughts on this?
I’ve just added you Scot! Good Luck with your Climb!
Thanks Gary, I’ll be checking in with you from time to time.
Well done! : ) Glad to have been able to “help” you out a bit with the ranking too!
Thanks Adii, you’re a good man.
Nice post Scot, also thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a few comments.
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No problem Qwerty. ;).
I don’t know how I feel about this calculator… Getting on the Top Commentator’s lists is a huge benefit!
this is a really good post. strategy is key especially when you’re just starting out, like a lot of us are.
I’ve done similar with my site in that I participated in a group workshop that shared a link exchange afterwards.
That’s all well and cool but I think the true litmus test is whether or not the RSS feed subscriptions and return visit stats also show a reasonable increase.
It’s entirely possible to increase one’s Technorati rating without a flesh and blood audience. So although increasing the Tech rating is certainly important - it should not be used as the sole means of judging success.
It’s good to have a healthy backlog of Archive mat’l for newcomers to see before any significant backlink attempts are made en masse.
Welcome to my blog thepaperbull!
There are a number of reasons it is beneficial to have a high ranking in Technorati;
a) It raises the overall value of your blog.
b) It raises your authority in Technorati. When users filter searches with authority, you don’t want to be left out. It also proves to others that you don’t operate a spamblog.
c) It increases your chance of a higher pagerank in Google
More importantly, it has provided another outlet in my campaign to reach the frontpage of google for the keywords “Scot Smith”, a goal I have for April.
You are right, getting back-links is of incredible importance. There are several ways to barter for a back-link, (writing interesting content that is worth a back-link, contributing to a blog and being a top commentator, or exchanging links; among others) I feel I am using every one of these techniques to my greatest advantage.
Good points! Thanks for bringing them up.
This does produce results, but this hit-and-run strategy is not without maintenance. If you don’t come back with more comments, you will quickly loose your standing.
You honestly must have a lot of patience to want to keep going back to John’s website to leave comments to only get on his top commentators section. I definitely don’t have the patience for that and it would drive me absolutely nuts to have to compete with other people who are most likely leaving comments for that same exact reason.
I understand the concept of it, but I suppose it’s because I’m a lazy ass. But I’ll be honest, out of all the rankings, I’ve been really obsessed with technorati as of late. I’ve found that it’s the easiest to change, and even before I was into “working” on it, I’ve had a decent ranking on there for quite some time. I suppose it’s because I got tired of dealing with Alexa since it never seemed to lower itself, and I just got frustrated with it.
Jordan,
That’s the beauty of it. It’s very rewarding for those of us that do have the patience. Those of you who do not are part of the system that makes it beautiful for those who do. It’s really not very competitive at all.
And, to be honest with you it only takes an hour out of your month to get your comments up in to the 30+ range, then after that it’s easy to add your commentary to the stories he publishes two every day, and I always have something to say about them anyway.
Tony,
It may take you a good 3 hours to start the month off, then a bit of maintenace every day. That’s business, though. I like commenting on other’s blogs anyway + it’s worth the price of a back-link with whatever anchor text you like. (sometimes selling for $500+ a month) Just consider that.
thanks for the tips.. is this calculator accurate at all though?.. does anyone have any opinions?
The calculator doesn’t account for Technorati authority. It isn’t 100% accurate, but it works better once you start calculating ranks 1,000 and up.
– Scot
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Hm… not sure if the same case will be for me.
I left a comment here. 
eMarc,
Thanks for the mention!
Paul,
Try it out!
– Scot
Thanks for the info.