Yes, these numbers are astounding, but as you’ve already seen for yourselves, blogging is so easy that these publishing tools are being taken advantage of by almost every industry, including libraries.
So how does a person get their blog listed as part of the blogosphere and how can you tag your posts with keywords to make them more findable through a Technorati search? The answer to the first question is that your blog is probably already being captured by Technorati due to the fact that you're already using Blogger, the most popular blogging tool. But if you want to join the party and have your blog officially listed on Technorati and also take advantage of the watchlist and other features, you’ll need to claim your blog yourself. As for tagging posts with Technorati tags? This is easy, too. All you need to do is add a little bit of HTML code to the bottom of your post or follow the simple directions you find when you get to the Technorati website.
There are a lot of great features available at Technorati, including new ways to search for blogs. You can search for keywords in blog posts, search for entire blog posts that have been tagged with a certain keyword, or search for blogs that have been registered and tagged as whole blogs about a certain subject (like photography or libraries).
Here are some resources for learning more about Technorati:
- Technorati Tour – videocast of new features & new look
- Technorati Percolator & Popular features
Activities:
1. View the Technorati Tutorial
2. Go to Technorati and view the Popular and Percolator features. Is anything interesting or surprising about what you discovered?
3. Do a keyword search for "Learning 2.0" in Blog Posts, in Tags, and then in the Blog Directory (these are under Advanced Search). Are the results different?
4. Create a blog post about your discoveries on this site.
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