Technorati Blog Claim
How & Why To Claim Your Blog On Technorati
If you haven’t claimed your blog on Technorati yet, then let me explain why you should.
Claiming your blog with Technorati gives you the benefit of being able to link your profile to your blog, this gives you more online promotion & helps with branding. Claiming your blog also allows you to add tags (keywords) and a short description to your blog, this obviously helps by making it easier for people to find your blog in directory searches.
How To Claim Your Blog
Claiming your blog on Technorati is a fairly straight forward process, simply register for a free account with Technorati, or if you already have an account then login.
Clicking on your username will now take you to your profile page, simply fill in the relevant details and as you reach the bottom of the page, you will notice the button to claim your blog. Remember to update the info for your profile before attempting to click this button or your likely to lose what you have just typed in.
After updating your profile, check that all the information is correct & then scroll down the page to the ” Claim Blog ” button. Clicking this button will now access a page in which you enter your blog details, descrption & tags, when entering tags please bear in mind that these should be made up of 1 or 2 words & not phrases as you may do with keywords. Also try to use the most relevant words for your blog, this means that when someone finds your blog it is more likely to be exactly what they are searching for. Using high search terms that are not really relevant, is only going to push your bounce rate up.
Note: When entering your blogs RSS feed details, I would suggest that you use your blogs default feed address www.your-domain.com/feed/ & not a feedburner address. This simply makes the verification process a little quicker as it can take feedburner several hours to update your feed.
Claim Verification Process
Having completed the details for your blog simply click the button “Claim Blog” you will then be given a verification number similar to this one “ SACCKM928VF5 “
This number now needs to be added to a new post, the post then automatically gets added to your RSS feed & this is where Technorati now checks for the verification code. I am aware that there are several articles on the Internet that say you can add this verification code to your sidebar? This may well have been the case in the past, but Technorati has recently undergone a major update of it’s site & it appears this method has now been scrapped, the only method now available is via your RSS feed.
Once your verification code or the article you have added it to, appears in your RSS feed, simply log back into Technorati, click on your username again & at the bottom of the page click on ” Check Claim “. If all goes well you should get a message stating that verification was successful & that your blog is now awaiting review.
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Posted by Steve (Admin)
on Jan 13 2010. Filed under Blog Promotion.
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Hi Christi,
I’m sorry to say that Technorati seem to be experiencing some problems lately! My own attempted claim which was started on the 13th January had still not completed by the 18th of March.
Due to these problems I have cancelled my claim & plan to try again at a later date.
.-= admin´s last blog ..Website Monetization =-.
Thanks for the tips! I’m just now joining Technorati and going through the process. Do you know how long it typically takes for them to verify? I’m ready to take the code out of my post.
.-= Christi´s last blog ..Date Night In =-.
Hey Vance,
No worries, your comment has been edited !
With regard to verification, the number must be placed in a “Post” according to Technorati. Once you have the post live with the number included, simply go to your profile in Technorati, scroll to the bottom of the page & click “Verify Claim”. It only takes a couple of minutes. Once you get the message verification successful, you may then remove the number & the post from your blog.
The only thing left then is to wait for Technorati to review your blog ! This can take a while depending on how busy Technorati is at the time..?
Hi Steve,
I find your post helpful because I once tried to claim my blog on Technorati and after several weeks of no changes-the process wasn’t taking place I took the verification number off.
Perhaps it was the place where I put it ?
Back to the Technorati verification number. What is the best place to put it and how long does it take for the verification process?
Vance
Hi, it’s not simply a case of how much traffic you get from Technocrati, their directory is used by other search engines also, including Google. Therefore the more times your web site crops in different places, the better. Website Grader is one site that takes into account your Technocrati ranking when grading your site, and therefore even to have a Technocrati ranking in the thousands is going to be better than no ranking at all.
I had an account with Technorati long ago… but have stopped using it or updating with it. I didn’t really find it useful. Your experience might be different…
How much traffic does technorati send you every day?