Technorati Intros Smarter Blog Search Feeds

Technorati has opened up RSS feeds for keyword and URL searches to all users. You no longer need to register for an account and set up watch lists. (Technorati is an Edelman partner.) You couldn't do this prior to now. However, you could always subscribe to feeds for tags.

The feeds for URL searches are formated as follows: http://feeds.technorati.com/search/www.micropersuasion.com. Keyword searches also follow the same convention: http://feeds.technorati.com/search/yankees. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Where it really gets interesting is what you can do with these feeds. Starting today you can now set up sophisticated keyword feeds that are limited to blogs with a certain level of authority. This essentially strips out most spam blogs. All you need to do is set up the right search on Technorati and then click on the RSS icon to the right of the search (see screen grab below). For example, using this technique you can set up a search for Yankees only within blogs that have a lot of authority and get an RSS feed that delivers these results.

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