Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs, competing with Google, Yahoo, PubSub and IceRocket. As of August 2006, Technorati indexes over 55 million weblogs. The name Technorati is a portmanteau, pointing to the technological version of literati or intellectuals.
Technorati was founded by Dave Sifry and its headquarters are in San Francisco, California, USA. Tantek Çelik is the site's Chief Technologist.
Technorati uses and contributes to open source software. Technorati has an active software developer community, many of them from open-source culture. Sifry is a major open-source advocate, and was a founder of LinuxCare and later of Wi-Fi access point software developer Sputnik. Technorati includes a public developer's wiki, where developers and contributors collaborate, as well as various open APIs.
The site won the SXSW 2006 awards for Best Technical Achievement and also Best of Show. It has also been nominated for a 2006 Webby award for Best Practices.
Technorati is blocked in China. China has, as a consequence, been widely criticized for its censorship.
Technorati was founded by Dave Sifry and its headquarters are in San Francisco, California, USA. Tantek Çelik is the site's Chief Technologist.
Technorati uses and contributes to open source software. Technorati has an active software developer community, many of them from open-source culture. Sifry is a major open-source advocate, and was a founder of LinuxCare and later of Wi-Fi access point software developer Sputnik. Technorati includes a public developer's wiki, where developers and contributors collaborate, as well as various open APIs.
The site won the SXSW 2006 awards for Best Technical Achievement and also Best of Show. It has also been nominated for a 2006 Webby award for Best Practices.
Technorati is blocked in China. China has, as a consequence, been widely criticized for its censorship.
A: I've tried everything I could to track her blog down.
B: Any luck?
A: Hell yea! Thank god there's technorati, her previous blog said she've had better than me.
B: Ouch!
B: Any luck?
A: Hell yea! Thank god there's technorati, her previous blog said she've had better than me.
B: Ouch!
by fl!ps!de December 08, 2006
A: I was technorating under my nickname and I just found out that Susie Lou had a crush on me during last year prom night.
B: Susie who?
A: The nympho that always shows her cleavage to Prof. Little.
B: You could've got laid bro.
A: And your girl wants to deepthroat me.
B: Susie who?
A: The nympho that always shows her cleavage to Prof. Little.
B: You could've got laid bro.
A: And your girl wants to deepthroat me.
by fl!ps!de December 08, 2006
Linda: I can't believe it, John knew I had a crush on him all this while.
Cyndi: Did you blog him all the time?
Linda: OWH great.. i've been technoratized!
Cyndi: Did you blog him all the time?
Linda: OWH great.. i've been technoratized!
by fl!ps!de December 12, 2006