And That's Why It's Called "a Beta"
A few sharp eagle eyes noticed that in today's earlier post on the Technorati-Edelman lists of the 100 most-linked to French, German and Italian blogs there was a bonus. The lists actually went up to 250. Problem is, the list from 101 - 250 hasn't been fully scrubbed yet. So, please take it with a grain of salt. These localized sites are still in beta and we're working on it. Putting these out there before we checked them all was my bad.
Also, thanks to everyone from Europe who provided feedback in comments or on your blogs. Yes, Palo, we listen to every word of criticism and praise and take it very seriously.
Last but not least, I want to reiterate that the purpose of the list is that it's going to be used as a sample - kind of like a political poll. We believe that every niche has its own Long Tail and our teams work with them accordingly, not just the folks with the most links.
"Beta" is a needed stick for "Web 2.0" websites. And all web 2.0 sites have strange comportaments!
Posted by: Rafael Slonik | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at 07:18 PM
Technorati should start to apply a few rules to its own bots, for example respecting robots.txt which it doesn't do at all for now. This is bad, very bad. And it is not rocket science. Most major search engines do respect it.
Technorati should also publish its methods and surveys. Any conclusions or assumptions would be just meaningless without access to the survey or the method. It is part of the scientific method which will give the company credibility and trust.
Posted by: karl | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at 05:27 AM
Beta is just a shield...It used to be an important part of the QA process... but now there is so much buggy crap out there that uses the BETA label as an excuse for shoddy design that Beta has completely lost its meaning.
Gimme a break...
Posted by: James Hathaway | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at 09:35 AM