Technorati Tracks Two Million Blogs

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Technorati tracks 3 million bl0gs

Technorati tracks 3 million bl0gs 07/07/2004 04:48 AM

At 6:38PM PST on July 6, 2004, Technorati tracked its 3 millionth weblog. The growth of the service has been pretty remarkable - here's some stats: We're currently seeing anywhere from 8,000-17,000 new weblogs created every single day. On an average weekday, we're seeing over 15,000 new weblogs created per day. That means that a new weblog is created somewhere in the world every 5.8 seconds. Of course, not all weblogs that are created are actively updated. Even though abandonment rates are high - our analyses show that about 45% of the weblogs we track have not had a post in over 3 months we are still tracking a significant population of people who are posting each day. The number of conversations are increasing. We're seeing over 275,000 individual posts every day. That means that on average, more than 3 blogs are updated every second. The median time from when someone posts something to their weblog to when it is indexed and available for searches on Technorati is 7 minutes. And we're striving to handle the load. But to be perfectly frank, it isn't easy. We've had some bugs and some outages - and for that I am truly sorry. I don't think the service is fast enough or stable enough. So, stability and fast response time is job #1, over new features and product developments. It has to work, 100% of the time.

I'll tell ya, it was a lot easier to ensure that when we were only tracking a couple hundred thousand weblogs, and we only had a few thousand page views per day. Those days are long behind us. The team and I (we're growing the team, btw) are working night and day to Be Of Service to you, the folks participating in those conversations. We're working on building out our backend infrastructure so that it can keep on scaling, as more and more people continue to create content on the web.

In the meantime, I beg your indulgence. Please be patient with us as we work on fixing our problems. But please be brutally honest and frank in your feedback. One of the things I love each day is reading through the comments we receive - and the best kind is the frank, honest kind that doesn't pull any punches. Yeah, sometimes it makes me squirm, but that just means that you're right. That helps me to keep the focus on our users, and how we can be of service to you, to not get complacent.

One of the things that drives me personally is that weblogs are turning us all into producers, creators, and participants in our society, not just consumers. As Doc Searls likes to say, "consumer is an industrial-age word, a broadcast-age word. It implies that we are all tied to our chairs, head back, eating 'content' and crapping cash." Of course, the act of producing, creating, and participating means that we're not doing something else - and here's the best news of all: A Forrester Research report asked Internet users which activities they were spending less time doing in order to spend time at their computers. 78% of the people polled said that they gave up television viewing. A study from The Georgia Institute of Technology's Graphic, Visualization and Usability Center showed a clear shift in media habits with more than one third of respondents saying that they "use the Web instead of watching TV on a daily basis."

Now for my Independence Day message: We're connecting with each other, we're talking to each other, finding people of similar interests, and we're having conversations. My dear hope is that this is the beginning of a rebirth of civics in America. Much in the same way that email revived the lost art of letter writing, Blogs are reviving the lost art of civilized civic dialogue - of argument, of well reasoned thought and response. And 3 million people (heck, even if you only assume that it is only 1.65 Million people, given the current abandonment rate) participating in worldwide civic discourse puts hope into my heart.

One last thing - I want to thank the team who have made this happen. You guys - our employees, friends, advisors - you folks made this happen. I can't believe how lucky I am to work with such a great group of people, who put blood, sweat and tears into making this happen. You guys made this happen. Thanks.

Technorati tracks 3M bl0gs!

Technorati tracks 3M bl0gs! 07/07/2004 08:10 AM

OK. I promise not to boast about every 1M blogs Technorati adds, but it's an opportunity to quote some interesting facts.

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Technorati tracks 3 million blogs

On an average weekday, we're seeing over 15,000 new weblogs created per day. That means that a new weblog is created somewhere in the world every 5.8 seconds.

Of course, not all weblogs that are created are actively updated. Even though abandonment rates are high - our analyses show that about 45% of the weblogs we track have not had a post in over 3 months we are still tracking a significant population of people who are posting each day. The number of conversations are increasing. We're seeing over 275,000 individual posts every day. That means that on average, more than 3 blogs are updated every second. The median time from when someone posts something to their weblog to when it is indexed and available for searches on Technorati is 7 minutes. And we're striving to handle the load. But to be perfectly frank, it isn't easy. We've had some bugs and some outages - and for that I am truly sorry. I don't think the service is fast enough or stable enough. So, stability and fast response time is job #1, over new features and product developments. It has to work, 100% of the time.

Technorati Tracks 3 Million 'Blogs

Technorati Tracks 3 Million 'Blogs 07/07/2004 05:45 PM
Congratulations to Technorati, which has tracked its three millionth Weblog.. May you track thirty million more! (At least.)...

Technorati tracks Vote Links...

Technorati tracks Vote Links... 12/19/2004 03:16 PM
Thanks to some initiative and hard work from Kevin Marks, we've put up a page that tracks Vote Links. Vote Links allow you to add some more information to a link when you make it - it allows you...

Technorati aggregates bl0gs

Technorati aggregates bl0gs 07/26/2004 04:11 PM
Technorati is aggregating about 10,000 political blogs of all stripes. Nice. Technorati is CNN's partner in blogging, by the way. Dave "Sweet" Sifry is apparently going to get on-air time as the voice of the Blogosphere, a choice I'm personally happy about....

Sifry's Alerts: Technorati hits 400,000
bl0gs watched

Sifry's Alerts: Technorati hits 400,000
bl0gs watched 03/17/2005 02:48 AM
State of The Blogosphere, March 2005, Part 1: Growth of Blogs .. Tillstndet i Bloggsfren .. Sifry's mentions .. 400,000

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"1 Million Free & Legal Music Tracks"

"1 Million Free & Legal Music Tracks" 07/30/2004 03:52 PM

Legal Music Tracks - 1 million to choose
from

Legal Music Tracks - 1 million to choose
from 08/02/2004 07:02 PM

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Did someone say free and legal music downloads? I have a “few” links that you might be interested in, say 1 million different tracks. ;o) From what I have seen, most of them appear to be running under the Indie labels and some are just amatures trying to get their name out there onto the big ‘ol World Wide Web….

1 million Free and Legal Music Tracks

1 million Free and Legal Music Tracks 08/01/2004 03:21 PM

A lot of sites are springing up that have music that are featuring artist that have put there music offerings online. If you are looking for a great list of resources check out this site. [Free and Legal Music Resources]

Technorati: 2.4 million and counting

Technorati: 2.4 million and counting 05/20/2004 08:41 PM
Yesterday evening I visited Technorati's first "develope rs' Salon," an event at which non-developer bloggers and "content producer" types like me were made to feel quite welcome. You can find blog notes about the event from JD Lasica and Christian Crumlish.

Dave Sifry and Kevin Marks presented the latest stats from the "cosmos" of blogs that Technorati tracks: 11-12,000 new blogs are added each day. (Roughly 45 percent are abandoned over time.) Over 200,000 new blog postings per day. 2.4 million blogs total tracked.

That's some serious volume -- though it pales compared to the total size of the Web that, say, Google surveys Technorati specializes in tracking, and keeping up with, the part of the Web that's constantly being updated. The blogs it follows provide a collective editorial filter on the news and the Web (see for instance the Technorati "Current Events" page).

Among the most interesting graphs were those that demonstrated the size and dynamic importance of blogging's "tail end of the curve." There's a vast number of blogs that don't have thousands of readers or links; maybe they only have ten or a hundred people reading them and linking to them. But, both individually and aggregated into small relational groupings, they provide a wealth of data about what people care about and what's on their minds. Sifry said that Technorati is trying to figure out better ways to "expose the really interesting stuff that's going on in relatively small communities."

The room was packed with three or four dozen developers and blog enthusiasts filled with pizza and beer and the unquenchable notion that their code could make a difference. Technorati is a small startup company (eight on staff now, Sifry said) with a clear and honestly communicated notion that it will at some point need to bring revenue in via advertising and subscription services. But right now it's at that happy moment when its programmers can just explore new ways of making their users' worlds more interesting.

Apple Crosses 100 Million Tracks Sold on
iTunes (Reuters)

Apple Crosses 100 Million Tracks Sold on
iTunes (Reuters) 07/12/2004 02:22 PM
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. has sold 100 million songs on its iTunes Music Store, solidifying its position as the leading legal music download site, the maker of the iPod and Macintosh computer said on Monday.

1 Million Free & Legal Music Tracks -
Main.HomePage

1 Million Free & Legal Music Tracks -
Main.HomePage 07/30/2004 02:58 AM

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Apple Expo: Europe Buys 5 Million iTunes
Tracks

Apple Expo: Europe Buys 5 Million iTunes
Tracks 08/31/2004 05:59 AM
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Congrats to Technorati for tracking 3
million webl0gs

Congrats to Technorati for tracking 3
million webl0gs 07/07/2004 04:07 PM

It seems hard to believe that their are 3 million weblogs out their a better question is how many are active. I know I have 11 or 12, 5 of which are info only blogs that only get updated several times a month. Some great info and stats from Dave Sifry on the rise of the blogs :)
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Three million bl0gs tracked by Website

Three million bl0gs tracked by Website 07/08/2004 12:19 PM

The amount of weblogs continues to grow, as the total number tracked by a leading Website has passed three million , as of this month. Technorati studies the blogosphere , the portion of the web comprised of blogs.

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Boston.com / News / Blogs / David
Weinberger bl0gs the Democratic National
Convention on Boston.com: Blogging
crosses over

Boston.com / News / Blogs / David
Weinberger bl0gs the Democratic National
Convention on Boston.com: Blogging
crosses over 07/29/2004 05:21 PM
fun post about the blogger breakfast

boston.com/news/blogs/dnc/2004/07/blogging_crosse.html
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Internal Blogs: So, Are They Different
From External Blogs?

Internal Blogs: So, Are They Different
From External Blogs? 03/29/2005 07:22 AM
Internal Blogs: So, Are They Different From External Blogs?
http://www.llrx.com/features/internalblogs.htm

Dennis Hamilton shares his experience with launching a blog behind the corporate firewall, and suggests parameters that focus on content value to ensure its successful implementation. This is an feature article appearing in the March edition of Sabrina I. Pacifici's LLRX.com.

Reading bl0gs, writing bl0gs

Reading bl0gs, writing bl0gs 06/06/2004 06:45 PM
Kansas City Star (subscription),MO-9 hours ago• BlogPulse.com offers a blog search engine. Just type in keywords of interest. Or use Google to search for “blog” and keywords of interest. ...

First Tracks 1.08

First Tracks 1.08 02/01/2005 09:44 PM
Downloads and consolidates weather information and slope conditions for skiers and snowboarders.

50 Tracks

50 Tracks 09/20/2004 04:58 AM

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“Thousands of CDs are released each year by thousands of artists in an ever expanding array of genres…it’s been happening for decades and it’s getting harder and harder to figure out what should be in your collection! How is a music lover, casual or devoted, to have any chance of knowing what to buy? What’s good? What’s going to last? How can a person find the music that matters? 50 tracks. 100 years. One great…

Yahoo! co-founder prepares to sell eight
million shares worth $245 million US

Yahoo! co-founder prepares to sell eight
million shares worth $245 million US 05/28/2004 09:26 PM
Financial Post May 29 2004 1:40AM GMT

Bioniche quarterly loss deepens to $2.2
million; sales flat at $13.5 million

Bioniche quarterly loss deepens to $2.2
million; sales flat at $13.5 million 02/14/2004 10:52 AM
Canadian Press Feb 14 2004 2:11PM GMT

News: Apple reports $290 million profit;
5.3 million iPods ship

News: Apple reports $290 million profit;
5.3 million iPods ship 04/13/2005 05:08 PM
Apple Computer on Wednesday reported a profit of US$290 million for the fiscal second-quarter of 2005. The company said that 1,070,000 Macintosh units and 5,311,000 iPods were shipped during the quarter, which ended March 26, 2005. This represents a 43 percent increase in CPU units and a 558 percent increase in iPods over the year-ago quarter.

SpareBank 1 Midt-Norge recorded a
post-tax net profit of NOK 430 million
(NOK 222 million) in 2004, equivalent

SpareBank 1 Midt-Norge recorded a
post-tax net profit of NOK 430 million
(NOK 222 million) in 2004, equivalent 02/01/2005 09:22 PM
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Hiding your tracks

Hiding your tracks 05/07/2004 06:19 AM
USA Today May 7 2004 10:26AM GMT

"limited tracks"

"limited tracks" 06/16/2004 11:01 PM

Managing Tracks

Managing Tracks 09/20/2004 10:48 PM
Script applet traverses your iTunes or iPod library searching for tracks with the same Song Name and Size and copies them to a "Dupes" playlist. Once corralled, you can decide which can stay and which can go. Read Me explains more.

Isacsoft raising $7 million with sale of
15.6 million share units

Isacsoft raising $7 million with sale of
15.6 million share units 04/13/2004 12:39 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Apr 13 2004 5:04PM GMT

Wishlist: the million monkeys at a
million typewriters plugin | A Whole
Lotta Nothing

Wishlist: the million monkeys at a
million typewriters plugin | A Whole
Lotta Nothing 07/16/2004 11:53 AM
Wishlist: the million monkeys at a million typewriters plugin A Whole Lotta Nothing .. matt wants a public editing of blog posts .. a.wholelottanothing.org

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Dalsa Corp. Q1 profit grows to $3.9
million, up from $2.4 million a year ago

Dalsa Corp. Q1 profit grows to $3.9
million, up from $2.4 million a year ago 05/01/2004 11:41 AM
Canadian Press May 1 2004 4:14PM GMT

German Domain Purchased for 31 Million
Pounds (aprox $57 million usd)

German Domain Purchased for 31 Million
Pounds (aprox $57 million usd) 07/01/2004 10:33 AM
"According to today's London Evening Standard, Lastminute.com bought the Lastminute.de domain name for 31 Million UK pounds sterling, although this did include the existing lastminute.de business"

Xbox Live Passes 1 Million
SubscribersMicrosoft's million-member
online gaming service reaches membership
mile

Xbox Live Passes 1 Million
SubscribersMicrosoft's million-member
online gaming service reaches membership
mile 07/15/2004 03:15 PM
Gigex Jul 15 2004 7:20PM GMT

Wishlist: the million monkeys at a
million typewriters plugin

Wishlist: the million monkeys at a
million typewriters plugin 07/15/2004 06:45 PM

Today as I sent an IM to a friend correcting a their/there/they're use in a blog post, it reminded me that I should post a lazyweb request for an MT plugin I've always wanted.

I want a MT plugin that will let a select group of my closest, most trusted friends correct typos in text and URLs on my blog posts and republish their changes without my intervention. If I'm gone for a couple days and improperly used your when I meant you're, I'd love it if a friend fixed that while I was away. I first got the idea when I was trying to think of ways to make Orkut or Friendster useful. If there was some API to those apps that let MT know if someone was a best friend or life partner-level connection, they could be granted temporary edit rights on my blog (maybe Flickr's API could let this work for people I designate as a friend and family member, which seems to be the closest form of relationship there).

Ideally, I'd like an easy way to say that 4 or 5 people I trust could make edits. And I suppose the edits should be checked before and after, with a certain byte count limit, lest you allow your friends to completely rewrite your post. An email telling me what took place would be nice, but I'd like my friends to go ahead and save their changes, with a way for me to rescue the earlier pre-edit entry just in case.

Actually, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to allow anyone to suggest an edit on the post, sending me an email, with a one-click way to approve or disapprove it. Maybe after a random stranger has properly corrected me half a dozen times, I could elevate their status to having republish rights on the edits so I wouldn't have to approve them anymore.

A plugin like this would basically wiki-ize the weblog world, allowing readers to participate and correct small mistakes. I often write in margins of books and email authors all the little typos I found while reading their novel, but this would put that kind of power right into anyone's hands. In the world of programming they say "given a million eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" and maybe in this case, given a million editors, all typos will be fixed.

It can't be impossible to make this happen, right?

One Million Distinct Tags, 14 Million
Tagged Posts

One Million Distinct Tags, 14 Million
Tagged Posts 06/05/2005 11:41 PM
This weekend, Technorati reached another milestone, our millionth indexed tag. It amazes me that since we launched our service to track tags on blog posts on January 17th of this year, there has been an explosion in the use...

Geac Computer's Q2 profit slips to $10.7
million US from $11.6 million US

Geac Computer's Q2 profit slips to $10.7
million US from $11.6 million US 12/06/2003 09:45 AM
Canadian Press Dec 6 2003 9:11AM ET

Labopharm Inc.'s Q1 loss eases to $7.6
million from last year's $7.8 million

Labopharm Inc.'s Q1 loss eases to $7.6
million from last year's $7.8 million 05/10/2004 11:39 AM
National Post May 10 2004 3:31PM GMT

UK tracks US in online shopping

UK tracks US in online shopping 12/19/2004 02:53 PM
The UK is matching US trends in internet use, with the number of online shoppers set to double, a survey says.

Google tracks packages

Google tracks packages 12/12/2003 11:39 AM
Google will now search for UPS, FedEx and other numbers:

UPS tracking numbers example search: "1Z9999W999999999"
FedEx tracking numbers example search: "fedex 999999999999"
Patent numbers example search: "patent 5123123"
FAA airplane registration numbers example search: "n199ua"
FCC equipment IDs example search: "fcc B4Z-34009-PIR"

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Legoland Tracks Kids by Wi-FI

Legoland Tracks Kids by Wi-FI 04/26/2004 02:28 PM
The Billund, Denmark, Legoland uses KidSpotter to track children in the park, if parents want: For a rental fee, parents can Wi-Fi enable their children preventing their unintentional loss. The press release says that the park is the largest Wi-Fi installation in the world, but it's only 10 hectares (about 25 acres)--could that be larger than Disney World's Wi-Fi network? Or Novell or Microsoft's sprawling campus? And what about Los Cerritos (9 square miles of Aiirmesh coverage) or Santa Clara (25 square miles of MetroFi coming online)?...
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