Comments on: Technorati Loses Two Three More

By: WebTuga

WebTuga — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:45:36 +0000

Technorati e Blogger perdem funcionários…

A equipa Technorati perdeu a semana passada três membros na equipa.
Foram eles Tantek Celik, responsável pela tecnologia do Technorati, que trabalhou no projecto durante 3 anos, após ter saído da Microsoft onde trabalhou durante 7 anos, Liz…

By: العاب

العاب — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:20:38 +0000

i am a big faaaaaaaan

By: Crenk » Technorati has staff dropping like flies!

Crenk » Technorati has staff dropping like flies! — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:12:14 +0000

[...] seems to be losing staff members quite quickly now! Techcrunch comments on how they have lost another 2 of there development team. Tantek Celik has left after [...]

By: beyondwww

beyondwww — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:58:53 +0000

Well I really dont know How much contribution every on had in making Technorati but, as a whole the site is the largest aggregation of blogs in the world so any kind of a loss from the group who started this is a big news. Beyondwww

By: Concrete Stain

Concrete Stain — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:29:51 +0000

I read the post without looking for grammatical errors; hence I’m not an ass.

– also I got a lot more out of it; you guys should try it sometime. – RB

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Web Dev Digest » Blog Archive » Web Dev Digest Episode 6 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:39:38 +0000

[...] Technorati loses one more (via) [...]

By: Olly S

Olly S — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:16:23 +0000

I used to be a big fan of Technorati but ever since it was blocked in China (where I live) I have been forced to look for alternatives. For a brief time I used sphere.com for blog search but have now resorted to Googles Blog search which while not perfect is conveniently accessibly when doing normal Google Searches. I fear this does not bode well for Technorati…. start preparing the dead pool. I predict that their assets will be snapped up by a competitor within the year. Sad that this may be – I really like(d) their service.

By: Clement

Clement — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:13:55 +0000

In life, there is a time for everything. Time for coming and time for going.These people were not supposed to be at Technorati forever.Although they have left at the same time, I think Technorati will go on!

Wishing them all the best in their next career endeavours.

By: qikki

qikki — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:27:06 +0000

@Nic “The main reasons why developers used Technorati is because they had a great group of developers there who would always be on IRC or available online to help people out.”

Sorry, this is just plain wrong. Technorati’s “support” is unequivocally awful and has been for a long time.

By: Rajeev

Rajeev — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:28:14 +0000

Some times people are stifled under the tight constraints of organisation they work for and venture out to make it on their own,

http://www.tekn...ld.blogspot.com

By: Emre Sokullu

Emre Sokullu — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:36:41 +0000

That’s sad news for Technorati really. Tantek, Kevin Marks… Who’s next?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:58:02 +0000

I can only see Technorati falling away into insignificant over the next few years, what they actually offer as a service is pretty week.

These guys leaving know this, there is nothing new coming out of Technorati. WTF never really took off.

Chris @ http://www.frostfirebuzz.com

By: Jon Tokor

Jon Tokor — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:38:08 +0000

Nik:

1/ It’s pursue. Not pursuit.

2/ >>> Liz had been at Technorati for 18 months and was responsible for the new site they launched.

By: Gopinath M

Gopinath M — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:31:41 +0000

Loosing 3 big heads!!! It’s not a good sign for the company.

By: Nik Cubrilovic

Nik Cubrilovic — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:54:10 +0000

confused: The group of developers that Technorati hired did have a good level of credibility as most of them were known, or well-known for their previous work. They may not have done a good job with performance but on other fronts (tagging, Microformats, their API) they deserve a lot of the credit as they were early pioneers

max: I don’t think the post was that negative – I have a lot of respect for the people at Technorati, especially for the group of people who have now left. They bought a lot to blogging, especially in the early days as it was becoming more popular. I questioned if Technorati would lose some of its standing with developers since the people that have left were the main interface that most developers had to the company. I
wasn’t the only person who had the same thoughts when hearing the news.

Akorus: You may be right after all, although Wordpress won’t update the post now

By: MarkB

MarkB — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:53:15 +0000

If Liz Dunn is responsible for the latest version of the website, then it’s no sad loss — it’s damn awful.

Technorati had promise two or so years ago, but now they’re a lame duck. Which is a shame, cos I dug them in the beginning.

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:47:57 +0000

I think the problem here for Technorati is losing two key people at the same time.

By: max

max — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:42:40 +0000

typically negative slant. slipshod writing.

By: lawrence

lawrence — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:35:57 +0000

lol – you guys are so anal for rather petty issues; as long as you reach your destination…who cares if you encounter a couple bumps in the road

By: Akoryus

Akoryus — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:30:54 +0000

Nik, according to http://en.allex...sue-pursuit.htm

‘pursuit’ is a noun. So did you mean to say that they left the company to chase other opportunities? If you did then using ‘pursue’ is grammatically correct.

By: confused

confused — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:26:53 +0000

The CTO and VP Eng were unable to overcome performance and quality issues that plagued its service for years.

What technical credibility are you talking about?

By: Nik Cubrilovic

Nik Cubrilovic — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:20:31 +0000

Colin: I actually meant ‘bought’, as in, he bribed them into joining

Thanks for that. The first version that went live was shocking, I saved it as a future reminder not to hit publish until I re-read what I wrote

By: Niraj

Niraj — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:17:49 +0000

I’d agree with Akroyus, and Google would too:

“pursuit other opportunities” – 8 results
http://www.goog...es%22&hl=en

“pursue other opportunities” – 200,000 results
http://www.goog...pportunities%22

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:16:01 +0000

No, pursue is the verb, pursuit the noun–most of the world gets the grammar right. No need to be rude to readers who are simply trying to help out with copy editing. Uncool.

http://dictiona.../browse/pursuit
v.
http://dictiona...m/browse/pursue

By: Colin C.

Colin C. — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:15:51 +0000

“Tantek bought a lot of technical credibility to Technorati” and “along with others (such as Kevin Marks – who left for Google earlier this year) bought to the company.”

I think you mean “brought”.