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Niall Kennedy reports on the Technorati blog that on June 20 they changed the appearance of the ‘javascript embeds’ included on the web sites of Technorati members. This was part of the upgraded Technorati web site launched this week. Technorati got a bit of flack for changing the appearance of their links without warning. And so they changed back until further notice.

I did notice a couple of days ago that the Technorati links had changed in appearance. I think it looked more sophisticated but took up too much room. So good on them for changing back. But I’m looking forward to being able to choose which Technorati features I can place on my blogs. There’s the promise of being able to include a search box, profile photo, and other options.

Just in case you’re wondering who Technorati is, here’s the official blurb…

“Technorati is a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the blogosphere - the world of weblogs. A few years ago, Web search was revolutionized by a simple but profound idea - that the relevance of a site can be determined by the number of other sites that link to it, and thus consider it ‘important.’ In the world of blogs, hyperlinks are even more significant, since bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, which creates the sense of timeliness and connectedness one would have in a conversation.
So Technorati tracks the number of links, and the perceived relevance of blogs, as well as the real-time nature of blogging. Because Technorati automatically receives notification from weblogs as soon as they are updated, it can track the thousands of updates per hour that occur in the blogosphere, and monitor the communities (who’s linking to whom) underlying these conversations.”

Technorati June 21