(UPDATE SEPT. 28: Technorati is back online – whew!)
I’ve already admitted to being a Furl Junkie, although so far I seem to have escaped becoming a Blogaholic. Well, over the weekend I just realized I have fallen victim to another online addiction popular among bloggers: I’m definitely a Technorati junkie, too.
Technorati is a key tool for ego surfing. (Yes, I have an ego – imagine that!) Basically, it’s an easy way for bloggers to find out which other blogs are linking to them or talking about them.
When it works, it’s great. Technorati has had its functional bugs here and there, but the service is so useful I haven’t minded them much. Then, last Friday, disaster struck…
The physical world intervened unforgiveably on the blogosphere – Technorati’s main colocation center was felled by an electrical fire. Yesterday, Technorati founder David Sifry explained what happened. They’re working to recover from this situation.
In the meantime, I find myself still compulsively checking my Technorati watchlist for CONTENTIOUS a few times daily – even though I know it’s unlikely the service will be back up any sooner than the next few days. The withdrawal symptoms are intense.
Like many bloggers I feel an intense perpetual craving to know who’s linking to my blog, and Technorati casts a wider net than direct trackbacks. I hadn’t realized how integral Technorati had become to my “blogging sonar” until it was out for awhile. I feel so isolated! This is truly embarrassing….
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