When you post a new article on your blog, when you link to some other blog or
some blog links back to you - Technorati is watching and indexing all
information about your blog. Technorati does all this automatically, so how can
you benefit from signing in for a technorati account. There is much more stuff
offered to Technorati members that you need…
1. Claim Your Blog
Claiming you blog entitles you to add
and modify your blog listing in Technorati. This is the first step and you need
to confirm ownership of your blog. You need to put a little bit of code on your
site, ping Technorati and it will verify that it is indeed your blog. And you
get your own blog page (our
blog)
2. Edit Blog Description
Once you claim your blog, you
can configure your blog settings. Set the description to whatever you like. Fill
in your target keywords. Tell them what language your blog is about.
3. Tweak Your Profile
All article listings in Technorati
have a link to the author of the blog. This link leads to your technorati
profile. This displays all your blogs, their tags and lists the top tags you
blog about. Create a meaningful profile to show you are a problogger.
4. Add a Photo
Those with a technorati account can add a
nice attractive photo of anything they want. In a long list of results for any
search term or tag, articles with photos gain prominence, attract the reader and
have a higher chance of getting clicked and drive free traffic to your site.
5. Add the Right Tags
How do you find blogs that
frequently write about the subjects you care about? Add your tags and get found
on the Technorati Blog Finder
page. Become a member to add and modify tags. Claiming a blog lets you enable
lisiting your blog in Technorati’s Blog Finder. Choose the right keywords to
drive traffic from Technorati. This is the way to get listed in Blogs about
Technology.
6. Keep a Watchlist
Members can maintain a watchlist and
keep track of your favorite searches. Add some terms or a web page URL to your
Watchlist and never miss a single article about your keywords. Get breaking news
in the blogosphere as it happens.
7. Track Favourite Blogs
Track the latest posts from your
favorite blogs all in one nice interface. You can easily add blogs by entering
URLs, or clicking the star in any search result. A nice alternative to your
usual RSS feed newsreader.
Add us to
Technorati Favorites. Try it, you can always remove it.
8. Display All Your Blogs
The profile page gives you an
opportunity to display all the blogs you have claimed. Claim all your blogs and
help readers find and subscribe to all your blogs. Let them know your
multiblogging talents.
9. Put Technorati on your site
Members can put a nice
script with a technorati search, their photo, links to technorati profile and a
“Blogs that link here link” that shows how many blogs are linking to your site.
You can also add the Technorati Favorites widget that shows the last three posts
from your favorite blogs, and a handy search box to search your favorite blogs.
10. Blogs by Country
For example, how do you get your
blog added to Blogs about
Canada. Add the tag Canada in your tag choices and get listed in the Canada
blogs. Only members may add a country tag and get listed like this.
