There was once a time when Technorati.com meant something to online publishers. It was their professional reputation, and featuring on it was the goal of many. Technorati hosts its own ranking system to determine the influence of websites, based on their subject matter and a range of factors, including in- and outgoing links, which establish authority and credibility. It is the place where you want your site to rank high, and we at The Next Web were among the many who once used it as an indicator. It’s notable, then, that Technorati actually quietly removed its ranking system — which was perhaps the best-known and most…
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