Technorati Authority and Top Tags Widgets.

Technorati has introduced a new index for blogs : Authority. Previously Technorati ranking was based on the number of incoming links from other blogs. The interface of the home page at Technorati has also been changed. Probably due to the immensely popular 'You fave me I fave you' meme going round in the blogosphere now the 'Favorited by' link is no longer prominently displayed on the home page..........

TECHNORATI AUTHORITY INDEX

The Technorati Authority Index now appears first under the blog name. To check your ranking and authority you need to first claim your blog at Technorati. Then when you click onyour bloglink at Technorati OR type this inyour addressbar :

http://technorati.com/search/BLOG_URL

Replace BLOG_URL by the link to your blog minus 'http://'. My BLOG_URL would be :

betabloggerfordummies.blogspot.com

You will get your authority in the green bar (See Picture below) :



At first glance Authority appears to replace the old 'Number of Blogs linking to your blog' index but further clarification is still awaited. The bigger the number the better is your 'Authority' since it means that more blogs are linking to your blog. Your Rank is the other way around : The lesser the number means better rank since it means that many blogs are ahead of your blog in the number of other blogs linking to them.

ADD TECHNORATI AUTHORITY WIDGET

You can add the Technorati Authority widget to your blog's sidebar. Login to Dashboard and click on Layout. Click 'Add Page Element' link in the sidebar section. Choose Html/Javascript option and paste the following code there and save :

<a href="http://technorati.com/blogs/BLOG_URL?sub=tr_authority_t_ns"
class="tr_authority_t_js" style="color:#4261DF">
View blog authority
</a>

Replace BLOG_URL in the same manner as before. It will take some time before it appears. See Picture below :

LABEL CLOUD FOR YOUR BLOG

Here is an easy way to add a Label Cloud for your blog. This is by using the Technorati Top Tags Cloud. In the New Blogger all labels already have the rel='tag' attribute in their links which makes them act as Technorati tags. You can use this to set up a label cloud simply by adding the following code in a Html/Javascript Page Element :

<script src="http://widgets.technorati.com/t.js" type="text/javascript"> </script>
<a class="tr_tagcloud_t_js" style="color:#4261DF"
href="http://technorati.com/blogs/BLOG_URL?sub=tr_tagcloud_t_ns">
View blog top tags</a>

Replace BLOG_URL in the same manner. See the Technorati Top Tag Cloud at the end of this post. See picture below :