Technorati simply can't cope with new forms of blogging and RSS feed generation. I am not talking about splogs, which seem to still be rampant, and reblogs, likewise, but totally legitimate alternative unique content sources that are effectively blogs.
coComment
Not too long ago, coComment introduced the ability to be able to individual people, and real discussions.
Technorati could use coComment as a way to filter out splogs, because blogs that don't get comments might be a good indication of splogs and reblogs.
Twitter allows you to post a Technorati claim. I have claimed my couple of Paul has written about doing so here now
Twitter also has a blogroll of sorts. There are links on the sidebar to the people you are following which are links Technorati can see.
The result if people claim their Twitter account in Technorati and their friends do the same is clear to see.
Now what happens if you are a Twitter user like Robert Scoble with 100s, actually over 1000 followers.
Not all of Reberts followers have claimed their feeds, and Technorati hasn't found them all, but that won't take long.
Technorati Can't CopecoComment is very legitimate user generated content - if I fed my coComment feed into a blog, it would be looked on by Technorati as legitimate, so why negate it's effects only days after it was introduced?
Twitter is actually less legitimate than coComment - you are limited to very few characters unlike blog comments which can often be longer than many blog posts.
Twitter has a Blog Roll of sorts, that is providing cross linking, and soon Robert Scobles Twitter might enter the Technorati Top 100 - you only need 3300 blogs linking to a blog to hit the Technorati 100 currently, Robert already has 1000 followers and I am sure he will easily clock up more very quickly.
The problem for Technorati is that Robert's Twitter feed is legitimate content on a different platform, and that people are choosing to link to him from their "Twitter Rolls"
One of the reasons blogs that are part of blog networks gain Technorati rankings fast is their sitewide links to other blogs in the network. Technorati have to change the way they look on links completely, and only count links within content. That may mean their spiders have to start working in a totally different way, and current link totals will twist real results for 6 months. Technorati should be counting alternative blogging platforms such as coComment and Twitter, but again, they should only count links from within the content. Twitter is Techmeme timeline of blogging, Marshall Kirkpatrick did a , (i.e. unbiased reporting), and *Originally published at AndyBeard.eu
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