Week 6 Thing 14

Technorati and Learning to Tag...

The number of bloggers and blogging entries captured by Technorati is staggering… I’m not sure I want to “get your blog listed as part of the blogosphere…” as Week 6 Thing 14 states… I am happy telling friends and colleagues about my blog—rather than blatantly publishing… but of course, as the Classroom Learning 2.0 blog continued and stated, … “your blog is probably already being captured by Technorati…”

In fact, Technorati is just too big.. way too much information…I had fun—as stated in Week 4 Thing 8 using Google’s Blog search as well.. I got lost again—spending way to much time just exploring.. sometimes not finding anything significant at all… Then I searched for Classroom Learning 2.0 on both Technorati and Google Blog Search…and actually, I had the same results with both… 1854 blogs listed with Tech… 1860 blogs.. with Google Blog search. How in the world does one get through all that??? My iGoogle homepage now has a box with just Classroom Learning 2.0 blog search data… which I can choose to look at—when time permits.. or ignore if I so choose—but it is there waiting for me… kind of nice…

I like being able to search for blogs on a specific topic—those blogs that have registered and tagged. I can definitely see the use of this as I get more proficient. Refining my blog posts to just a few key words is something I really need to practice. I’m sure as I ‘bite the bullet’ and start tagging routinely, my ability to tag appropriately will come easier… as with most things…

As I continued completing my requirement with this week's activities... #5 states "You may also want to consider claiming your blog and creating a watchlist." However, when I clicked the link to claiming I had to laugh... click and see why... I still don't know how to claim my blog... The watchlist seems to be the same idea as what I have set up with Google Blog search on my iGoogle home page...