Comments on: Technorati Loses Key Developer to Google http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:37:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Vahid http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-945769 Vahid Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:16:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-945769 Bad for Google! Now I think Google blog search engine will start sucking like the Technoarti that was used to suck. Bad for Google!

Now I think Google blog search engine will start sucking like the Technoarti that was used to suck.

]]> By: max http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-945295 max Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:38:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-945295 rampant speculation and criticism, rare fact. typical. rampant speculation and criticism, rare fact. typical.

]]> By: sujamthe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-945145 sujamthe Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:56:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-945145 I have no affiliation with Technorati. I agree Sphere has created a formidable competition for them with their widgets. But, I think Technorati is currently focusing on building a real business focusing on revenues, which is a healthy growth stage for any startup. Its normal for a hardcore technologist to leave at this stage as the core product is not the center of the company and his work may change to integration work with customers. I have no affiliation with Technorati. I agree Sphere has created a formidable competition for them with their widgets.

But, I think Technorati is currently focusing on building a real business focusing on revenues, which is a healthy growth stage for any startup.

Its normal for a hardcore technologist to leave at this stage as the core product is not the center of the company and his work may change to integration work with customers.

]]> By: PohEe.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-944987 PohEe.com Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:20:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-944987 We will envy him man. Work in Google is much better than Technorati rite? What is the main source of income for Technorati? We will envy him man. Work in Google is much better than Technorati rite? What is the main source of income for Technorati?

]]> By: victor http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-944481 victor Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:25:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-944481 Seth, that the more reason I think they should raise more money, buy mediarati .com and build it into the number one UGC site or social media Seth, that the more reason I think they should raise more money, buy mediarati .com and build it into the number one UGC site or social media

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-944354 Seth Finkelstein Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:44:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-944354 The problem may be this: Technorati has raised how much VC money? Around $25 million? Yahoo doesn't seem to want them. Google already has a blog search. How *much* can a reasonable acquisition price be, if a buyer can even be found? That doesn't leave a lot of money left over for anyone else after the VC's. It was a good try, but not every ticket wins the lottery. The problem may be this:

Technorati has raised how much VC money? Around $25 million?

Yahoo doesn’t seem to want them.

Google already has a blog search.

How *much* can a reasonable acquisition price be, if a buyer can even be found? That doesn’t leave a lot of money left over for anyone else after the VC’s.

It was a good try, but not every ticket wins the lottery.

]]> By: Catus http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-944205 Catus Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:58:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-944205 Technorati is always a so-so product. IceRocket and Google BlogSearch seem more promising. I really wish Google improve their blog search product. Technorati is always a so-so product. IceRocket and Google BlogSearch seem more promising. I really wish Google improve their blog search product.

]]> By: Dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-943503 Dave Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:22:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-943503 Mike Arrington writes about "Google" being misspelled, but spells Technorati "Technorait" in his own article. Too funny! Mike Arrington writes about “Google” being misspelled, but spells Technorati “Technorait” in his own article. Too funny!

]]> By: victor http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-943433 victor Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:57:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-943433 Wish we could attract him to help out at mediarati.com Wish we could attract him to help out at mediarati.com

]]> By: Josh Guttman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-943282 Josh Guttman Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:17:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-943282 I think Technorati is indeed in trouble, partially because Sphere has come along and built a better mousetrap. I suspect that Sphere will soon be pushing Technorati out of their way as they become the premier blog search engine. Their widget for publishers is already becoming standard issue. I think Technorati is indeed in trouble, partially because Sphere has come along and built a better mousetrap. I suspect that Sphere will soon be pushing Technorati out of their way as they become the premier blog search engine. Their widget for publishers is already becoming standard issue.

]]> By: Anon Insider http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-943173 Anon Insider Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:51:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-943173 Dude, they didn't "Lose" him. Sifry fired his ass because he never came to work and his spider was always broken. That's what you get when you write key components in Python. The downside is they gave the spider code to Ian who is the worst developer on the planet and is responsible for their 99% downtime guarantee. Dude, they didn’t “Lose” him. Sifry fired his ass because he never came to work and his spider was always broken. That’s what you get when you write key components in Python. The downside is they gave the spider code to Ian who is the worst developer on the planet and is responsible for their 99% downtime guarantee.

]]> By: David Sifry http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-943084 David Sifry Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:30:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-943084 We wish the best for Kevin, and continuing success throughout his career. As fro Technorati's prospects, we are having a fantastic 2007 - We've been growing at a significant clip (sometimes causing us some new scaling issues of late) and our traffic, pageviews, visitors, and advertising impressions are all running at all-time records. Even with all that, we still have lots to do, lots of new opportunities, and we have to keep making our core services (including search) better. There's a lot to do there, and by no means do we have it 100% right. With regards to publicity, I personally prefer to focus on making Technorati better and focus on customer and partner wins (e.g. our recent PR Newswire deal, our recent Ogilvy partnership) and on our focus on innovation (like our new WTF feature, which I suggest you go have a look at, we're constantly improving it) that are really relevant to the business, because in the end, it's all about creating a great service for our users. Dave We wish the best for Kevin, and continuing success throughout his career.

As fro Technorati’s prospects, we are having a fantastic 2007 - We’ve been growing at a significant clip (sometimes causing us some new scaling issues of late) and our traffic, pageviews, visitors, and advertising impressions are all running at all-time records.

Even with all that, we still have lots to do, lots of new opportunities, and we have to keep making our core services (including search) better. There’s a lot to do there, and by no means do we have it 100% right. With regards to publicity, I personally prefer to focus on making Technorati better and focus on customer and partner wins (e.g. our recent PR Newswire deal, our recent Ogilvy partnership) and on our focus on innovation (like our new WTF feature, which I suggest you go have a look at, we’re constantly improving it) that are really relevant to the business, because in the end, it’s all about creating a great service for our users.

Dave

]]> By: Automatt http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-942415 Automatt Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:41:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-942415 I have never typed "technorati" into my address bar. All of their traffic must come from Boing Boing's lack of comments. How's that for a business model? I have never typed “technorati” into my address bar. All of their traffic must come from Boing Boing’s lack of comments. How’s that for a business model?

]]> By: l http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-942072 l Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:54:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-942072 Technorati must have sent him to google so that google's blogsearch will also suck. Technorati is bad at what it does. They are the pioneers but never took advantage of it. Technorati must have sent him to google so that google’s blogsearch will also suck. Technorati is bad at what it does. They are the pioneers but never took advantage of it.

]]> By: Seth Morrison http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-941912 Seth Morrison Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:58:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-941912 Technorati still has hope, in a quick sale to a media company that wants to be a deep influencer to the blogophere, but its gotta happen soon! Their CEO Hirshberg is a character and can pull something out of his bag of tricks if he focuses on it. Technorati still has hope, in a quick sale to a media company that wants to be a deep influencer to the blogophere, but its gotta happen soon! Their CEO Hirshberg is a character and can pull something out of his bag of tricks if he focuses on it.

]]> By: Aftermath http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-941705 Aftermath Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:53:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-941705 What is he taking to Google? Technorati's disfunctional search algorithms, a query parser that defaults to ORs instead of ANDs? What is he taking to Google? Technorati’s disfunctional search algorithms, a query parser that defaults to ORs instead of ANDs?

]]> By: RBA http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-941618 RBA Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:26:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-941618 Well, since as you say, they disclose so little, it's really hard to say... What I think is that instead of focusing in adding buzz features like WTF and so on they need to work harder on their core product: search. But again, only they know what people do when they go to Technorati, and therefore, they know where their focus should be. I'm just an outsider looking from very far away (well, not so far, I'm in Cupertino :-) Well, since as you say, they disclose so little, it’s really hard to say… What I think is that instead of focusing in adding buzz features like WTF and so on they need to work harder on their core product: search. But again, only they know what people do when they go to Technorati, and therefore, they know where their focus should be. I’m just an outsider looking from very far away (well, not so far, I’m in Cupertino :-)

]]> By: Protrox http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-941563 Protrox Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:11:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/14/technorati-loses-key-developer-to-google/#comment-941563 Uh oh, who's going to do the seo now ;) joke :) It's sad though... I'm sure that he helped you guys a lot. Uh oh, who’s going to do the seo now ;) joke :) It’s sad though… I’m sure that he helped you guys a lot.

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