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A friend of mine in my mastermind group asked what Technorati was. And so I thought I’d share that with you in case your had the same question.

So for all you blogging mamas, here’s what Technorati is:

Technorati is a blog directory and blog reader that helps you search for and organize blogs you read most.

You can use it as an RSS reader to keep up with your favorite blogs.

Or, you can use it as a tool to find blogs in a certain niche to comment on.
It allows you to search by technorati tags or by blogs that are the most linked to.

By claiming your blog you will be added to the technorati ranks.
(You can claim your blog at Technorati here.)
The smaller your technorati ranking, the more popular your blog is.
You can improve your ranking by getting more sites to link to your blog
and getting more people to favorite your blog in technorati.

A technorati rank is basically a measurement of the popularity of your blog based on how many sites are linking to it and how many links each blog linking to you is giving you. They call that a measure of “authority”.

By adding Technorati tags to your blog posts you tell technorati what your blog is about. It’s much like you would use keywords to say what your webpage is about to the search engines. SimpleTags is an easy Word Press plug in that allows you to add tags to your blog posts.

You can choose to show a technorati cloud on your blog that shows your most frequently blogged about technorati tags.

Being in technorati is a great way to pick up new blog readers. It’s by far the most popular blog directory. And the technorati ranking gives you a simple guage to compare how your blog promotion strategies are working. The lower your ranking goes, the more popular your blog.

So if you haven’t already, be sure to claim your blog in Technorati and start adding Technorati tags to your posts.

Do you used Technorati tags on your blog now? Have you found any cool ways to use Technorati? Do you track your favorite blogs in Technorati? Share your Technorati stories here.