@Debbie: Oh Yeah? Though this meme’s expiration date has long since passed, I asked my boss for a meme extension LOL!!! I’ll come see

After months of reviewing the contents of Handbag with my undercover boss, M, I have revealed the approved contents in my Wednesday Bra Tuesday post @

http://moneypennydd.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/fireside-chat-with-bobby-chung-and-barack-obama/

Writing relevant and creative articles that are actually about something is the only reason any blog should ever get a link.

I have 48 individual articles that are on page one Google search results, many of which are #1. I did it simply by writing things people search for. I don’t check my stats very often because they don’t matter. When I started blogging, the first thing I did when looking at another blog was to check their page rank and Alexa stats (I once had a toolbar for both) and compare myself against them. This almost ruined my level of self-expression and desire to write great articles in favor of just improving stats.

Once I stopped doing that, I freed myself. My blog has readers because I put so much into writing quality, not quantity.

The best bet is to do the same and disregard Technorati, page rank and all statistical separatism

I just thought I would share with you, and your readers, some of my my thoughts on Technorati, et al….. (It’s all on my site:)

“Many directories use a combination of Technorati Authority, Incoming Links, Google Page Ranks, etc. I know from personal experience and the experience of many other bloggers I know, that this also cannot be trusted. On one of my blogs, within a 2 month period my Google Page ranking went from a 0 to a 4, to a 3 and then to a 2, with no explanation. My readership stayed the same. In other words I do not trust PR. Anyways, readership does not necessarly define a good site, it more defines good promotion of that sie.

With Technorati, they decide, usually in an arbitrary manner, your “Authority”. Technorati has a 180 day rule (only incoming links over the prior 180 days are counted towards your “Authority”.) I totally disagree with this rule. I believe that an incoming link should be counted for as long as the link, and/or the linking site, exists.

Also, with Technorati, if you have too many links on one post, they accuse you of “gaming” and freeze your “Authority”, as well as showing zero incoming links. I have also known them to arbitrarily reduce your authority by as much as 90%. Linking games (memes) are part of the allure and fun of the blogging. Technorati doesn’t seem to understand that.

To continue my Technorati tirade…… On my other site, according to Technorati, I had approximately 5,200 “Blog Reactions.” Now it seems, over night, I have 3,600 “Blog Reaction.” This is simply another example of the unreliability and/or vinictiveness of Technorati, not to mention their arbitrary rules and their holier than though attitude..”

Enjoyed your take on this meme

~willow~