In the vast majority of blogs I read Technorati is always mentioned when it comes to blog searching and tagging. There is another tool out there, Feedster, but I rarely see it mentioned. I almost never visit Feedster anymore, when I do it's usualy during a presentation to show people that there are a few options available for blog searches.
Recently Robert Scoble listed some of the terms he watches via RSS. In that post he says:
I did a bit of very unscientific research on this topic. I used each service to search the blogosphere for mentions of their respective names. Here are the results: (All data is as of 5:30pm EST today)
Technorati
24,253 posts found on Technorati
44,788 posts found on Feedster
Feedster
5,316 posts found on Technorati
3,069 posts found on Feedster
If you total it up, it's almost an 8 to 1 margin.
Now I know this is not the best indicator, but it definitely shows who people are talking about more. Why though?
Technorati has always seemed more proactive within the blogging community. David Sifry recently posted his 'State of The Blogosphere', and is always quick to comment on other blogs regarding customer service issues with Technorati: recent case, Neville Hobson's problems with the Technorati searchlet.
What is Feedster's future? Will they always be a distant second to Technorati? Are they looking to be acquired by an existing search site?
Visitor Comments
We try to be pretty responsive too, but we don't manage to hit everything. Dave is just amazing in that regard, no point in denying it :-) We've been looking at RSS overall (blogs, job listings, traditional news sources, etc) and don't have ourselves tied into the blogging ecosystem as deeply as the Technorati folks have. Although I have a biased viewpoint for sure, people like our keyword search:
http://www.ellementk.com/archives/2005/01/28/279
Researchers in particular.
Posted by: Mike Rowehl | March 14, 2005 8:17 PM
If you want to have an in-depth discussion on what your stats mean, I'm happy to. Another unscientific version of the answer is Alexa. Apparently, over time and this week, the sites serve about the same number of web pages. RSS not being covered by Alexa and being a majority of at least Feedster's traffic.
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=2y&size=large&compare_sites=technorati.com&y=p&url=feedster.com
Posted by: Scott Rafer | March 15, 2005 6:08 PM
If you want to have an in-depth discussion on what your stats mean, I'm happy to. Another unscientific version of the answer is Alexa. Apparently, over time and this week, the sites serve about the same number of web pages. RSS not being covered by Alexa and being a majority of at least Feedster's traffic. Tags did fabulously for Technorati, which they will find a way to continue.
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=2y&size=large&compare_sites=technorati.com&y=p&url=feedster.com
Posted by: Scott Rafer | March 15, 2005 6:08 PM