What is Technorati and What is My Cosmos?
Technorati is a new search
engine for blogs. Performing a Technorati search will provide you
with a list of sources that have linked to your searched site or
subject in the last 24 hours. So when I search Technorati for my blog,
I find that I have 80 links from 24 sources. Technorati calls
these “sources” my “cosmos.” It is a list of people who are
reading and referencing my blog. It's always useful to scan this
list. Many of these people I alreagy know. But from time to
time I'll find new connections. I even have one person in my
cosmos who is writing about my blog in French!
I find it
useful to plug my blog url into Technorati from time to time to see who
is linking to me. By linking on the cosmos symbol next to a URL,
you can see who is linking to the person who is linking to you.
This is a nice way to find like-minded souls and start to read their
blogs. Chances are they are also reading your blog. Your
cosmos may be bigger than you think.
