What is Technorati?
Technorati is a search engine focused on tracking blogs. It was launched in 2002 and was founded by Dave Sifry. By June 2008, Technorati indexes over 112.8 million blogs. Searches on Technorati often result in more up-to-date information and find the most relevant results on all media including blogs, photos, videos and audio files.

In May 2007, Technorati completely re-designed their home page to respond to their more mainstream users. They now have a single search box instead of using search types like keyword search, tag search and blog directory search. Results are returned in categories like videos, blogs and music.

What are Technorati Tags?
Tags are one-word descriptors which are used to categorize something. You can tag your blog postings, images, links, etc. with keyword. When other people search for something within Technorati, for example - cake, all the posts, images, links, etc. that have been tagged with the word "cake" will show up.

How Technorati work?
Technorati is similar to normal search engines but instead of crawling websites and ranking them using complex algorithms, Technorati allows bloggers to tag their posts with relevant keywords, so that the content appears in the results pages when those keywords are searched. You don't have to wait for Technorati to find and index your blog, as each tag will automatically get your post listed for that keyword. Your content will get categorized, all posts with the same tag will be grouped together and ranked with the most recent at the top. One of the reason, behind its popularity is that it is easy to use and can immediately get more exposure and attract more people to your blog.

Key Findings -

• Technorati tracked blogs in 81 languages in June 2008.
• Bloggers responded to its survey from 66 countries across six continents.
• Blogging is a truly global phenomeon.
• Bloggers have been at it an average of three years and are collectively creating close to one million posts every day.

Quick look at Global Snapshot of Bloggers

• Ensure that HTML code for your blog is valid
  A valid markup ensures that the Technorati spiders pick up your site code efficiently. Make sure that your web pages are in correct format as per W3C Recommendation and other standards.
• Validate your feed
  Technorati indexes your feed to retrieve additional information and discern document structure. Feedvalidator is a validator for syndicated feeds which works with RSS 0.90 - 2.0 and Atom feeds. To use it, simply enter the address of your feed and click Validate. If the validator finds any problems in your feed, it will give you messages for each type of problem and highlight where the problem first occurs in your feed. If you are unsure what a message means, click the "help" link next to the message for a fuller explanation.
• Claim your blog
  According to Technorati, "Claiming your blog allows you to add your name, photo and description, list it in up to 20 categories in Blog Finder, and get cool tools for your blog." The Blog Finder is Technorati's own blog directory. Setting your account and claiming your blog not only get you listed in Blog Finder but will also qualifies you for potential inclusion on the front page under Featured Bloggers as well as increase your exposure.
• Publish full posts, not summaries, in your RSS feed
  It is generally believed that Technorati's search engine "prefers" full post feeds. By publishing full posts in your RSS feed, you have a much better chance of your posts being properly indexed.
• Ping Technorati
  Pinging a blog service lets them know you have created / updated a post and invites them to come visiting to check your post for tags and content. Several blog softwares are configured to ping Technorati automatically. You can also ping Technorati manually, from its Ping Form.
• If you're having trouble logging into Technorati, delete your cookies
  At times, you may have difficulty logging into your Technorati account. If so, use the tools provided with your web browser to delete your cookies. That should resolve the issue.

• Technorati Badge
  Put Technorati badge on your blog. It will make it easier for people to "Fav" your blog. You can even ask people in your network to "Fav" your blog on Technorati.
• Claim other Blogs
  If you have other blogs, claim those under your account and link to your main blog.
• Optimize for Search Engines
  Optimize for search engines. Put the name of your blog (even if it's just your own name, for exapmple' kanika) in the main URL and the title tag of your site. On Technorati, identify your blog with search topics, like "politics" etc.
• Unique and Compelling Content
  One of the best to increase your Technorati's rank is to write unique and compelling content. Great content will generate links by itself.
• "Fav" other Technorati Users Post
  This will bring your blog to the attention of other Technorati users. In turn, many will visit your blog and link back.
• Run a Contest
  Run a contest and make your readers to link back to you. You might even give them extra "entries" into the contest for writing a post on their blog about your contest. This can increase your rank tremendously in a short time period.