42244 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>Sifry says Technorati is now very much a media company, and that the growth in social media and use of the blog search engine's tagged media pages has contributed to this growth. </p> <p>He also claims that <a href="/blog/480-blog-growth-dips-as-technorati-tackles-splog-problem">Technorati's results are more 'spam-free'</a>, something we covered in a post last November. </p> <p>Back in December, Hitwise announced that <a href="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/leeann-prescott/2006/12/google_blog_search_surpasses_t.html">Google's Blog Search had surpassed Technorati</a> in market share of visits, a fact that was attributed to Google placing a link to its Blog Search on the Google News homepage. </p> <p>More recent Hitwise stats, published with Dave Sifry's post, suggest that Technorati has retaken the lead: </p> <p> <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/445945113_11b8f0a795_o.jpg"> <img alt="Hitwise blog search stats" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/445945113_11b8f0a795_o.jpg" /> </a> </p> <p>All this boasting about Technorati's visitor stats, among other things (there are some fine statements in Sifry's post), has naturally led to speculation that Technorati is looking for a buyer, something which Sifry himself denies, both on his own page, and <a href="http://markevanstech.com/2007/04/03/talking-up-technorati/">on the comments pages of various other blogs</a>. </p> <p>Michael Arrington says this denial is a clear indication that the company does in fact want a buyer, pointing to the secretive nature of Technorati. Why so much information, and why now? Has the funding pipeline dried up? Is the company struggling to achieve profitability? </p> <p>We're still waiting for the latest 'quarterly' update of Technorati's <a href="http://www.sifry.com/stateoftheliveweb/">'State of the Blogosphere'</a> report, but Dave assures us that this will be released later this week. </p> <p> <a href="mailto:blog@e-consultancy.com">blog@e-consultancy.com</a> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>Sifry says Technorati is now very much a media company, and that the growth in social media and use of the blog search engine's tagged media pages has contributed to this growth. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>He also claims that <Link URL="/blog/480-blog-growth-dips-as-technorati-tackles-splog-problem" Window="New">Technorati's results are more 'spam-free'</Link>, something we covered in a post last November. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Back in December, Hitwise announced that <Link URL="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/leeann-prescott/2006/12/google_blog_search_surpasses_t.html" Window="New">Google's Blog Search had surpassed Technorati</Link> in market share of visits, a fact that was attributed to Google placing a link to its Blog Search on the Google News homepage. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>More recent Hitwise stats, published with Dave Sifry's post, suggest that Technorati has retaken the lead: </Paragraph> <Paragraph Align="Center"> <Link URL="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/445945113_11b8f0a795_o.jpg" Window="New"> <Image AlternateText="Hitwise blog search stats" Source="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/445945113_11b8f0a795_o.jpg"> </Image> </Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>All this boasting about Technorati's visitor stats, among other things (there are some fine statements in Sifry's post), has naturally led to speculation that Technorati is looking for a buyer, something which Sifry himself denies, both on his own page, and <Link URL="http://markevanstech.com/2007/04/03/talking-up-technorati/" Window="New">on the comments pages of various other blogs</Link>. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Michael Arrington says this denial is a clear indication that the company does in fact want a buyer, pointing to the secretive nature of Technorati. Why so much information, and why now? Has the funding pipeline dried up? Is the company struggling to achieve profitability? </Paragraph> <Paragraph>We're still waiting for the latest 'quarterly' update of Technorati's <Link URL="http://www.sifry.com/stateoftheliveweb/" Window="New">'State of the Blogosphere'</Link> report, but Dave assures us that this will be released later this week. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="mailto:blog@e-consultancy.com" Window="New">blog@e-consultancy.com</Link> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-04-04T10:48:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Dave Sifry has just published a post talking up recent traffic figures for blog search engine Technorati - prompting speculation that he is trying to attract a buyer for the site.</strong> </p> <p>According to <a href="http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000492.html">Sifry's post</a>, Technorati has experienced astonishing growth in visitor numbers, with 9m users in March this year, compared with 3.5m in January. In addition, page views rose by 53% in March, and 141% since January. </p> <p>Existing websites don't normally double or triple traffic in the space of 8 weeks, so that's an <em>unbelievably </em>fine effort. </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Dave Sifry has just published a post talking up recent traffic figures for blog search engine Technorati - prompting speculation that he is trying to attract a buyer for the site.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>According to <Link URL="http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000492.html" Window="New">Sifry's post</Link>, Technorati has experienced astonishing growth in visitor numbers, with 9m users in March this year, compared with 3.5m in January. In addition, page views rose by 53% in March, and 141% since January. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Existing websites don't normally double or triple traffic in the space of 8 weeks, so that's an <Quote>unbelievably </Quote>fine effort. </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1026 363028 Is Technorati up for sale? false 2007-04-04T12:59:00+01:00 is-technorati-up-for-sale 2009-04-28T22:46:21+01:00 2009-04-28T22:46:21+01:00 334