Comments on: Update on Technorati Authority Metric http://www.centernetworks.com/update-on-technorati-authority-metric Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Zoli Erdos http://www.centernetworks.com/update-on-technorati-authority-metric/comment-page-#comment-12847 Zoli Erdos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-12847 This isn't "new", just relabeling the old link counter. I think it's a rather unfortunate move, for the very reasons you bring up. There have been so many discussions on this in the past, T'rati had to know bloggers did not like equating the link count to authority, so it really strikes me as a .. hm... not-so-smart move to rename it. (btw, your link to yesterday's post goes to the pic, not the article) This isn’t “new”, just relabeling the old link counter. I think it’s a rather unfortunate move, for the very reasons you bring up. There have been so many discussions on this in the past, T’rati had to know bloggers did not like equating the link count to authority, so it really strikes me as a .. hm… not-so-smart move to rename it.

(btw, your link to yesterday’s post goes to the pic, not the article)

]]> By: centernetworks http://www.centernetworks.com/update-on-technorati-authority-metric/comment-page-#comment-12848 centernetworks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-12848 <p>Thanks for the link correction. I think they will use this as a way to "sell" the product to companies. If authority was a mix of several variables, it would make sense. But to use only link count over time for authorty, why change the name?</p> Thanks for the link correction. I think they will use this as a way to "sell" the product to companies. If authority was a mix of several variables, it would make sense. But to use only link count over time for authorty, why change the name?

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