My first reaction on looking at the newly designed technorati was not quite sure, the colours were not quite right, the information was not where it was. It was strange and different. But then I started to click around and I like it.
Discover section: automated popularity instead of voted. Find out who is linking to things in multiple categories, not requiring anyone to take more action than providing a link on their own blogs. A little thrown by the Sports section, I think it is biased towards American sports but if you look at the total list, these are the ones most linked to. The Myfavourites allows you to build your own list of blogs to track, by categories. I don’t think I’ll switch from bloglines, but it is a good tool. The Most Popular is another way to look at popular sites, searches, tags, videos, posts, news and books.
All of these sections drive you to discover new information in different ways, although tied into what is already popular. It’s good to see the search and the watchlists still as strong, to allow you to find the stuff in your favourite subjects that may not be of popular interest.
I’m glad to say my first reaction has been updated..and I now like it. tag: technoratifeedback
Glad you like it Rachel.
A few things to note about favorites for power users like yourself – you can import your OPML file so you can get your current subscriptions in quickly, then you can tag them to check subsets for updates. Also, you can restrict searches to your favorites, which can be very handy to find where you read something.