By on April 3, 2007

Technorati Looking to Sell?

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UPDATE: David Sifry left us the following comment – “I can assure you that Technorati is not for sale. We’re having too much fun and seeing significant growth, and there’s a bunch more stuff coming soon as well.”

I have to agree with Mark Evans’ observation on David Sifry’s “State of Technorati” post, it sure feels like he’s plumping his plumage, in hopes of finding a suitor. Hey, I’d boast too, with this kind of growth…

We’ve seen huge growth in the number of unique visitors to our site. In March, we exceeded 9 million unique visitors, which is a 141% increase in monthly visitors in a single quarter. Moreover, our quarter-over-quarter growth in page views was about 150% at the close of March (23% Growth in January, 24% Growth in February, 53% Growth in March).

It seems every few months, a new blog search engine launches, and claims are made that Technorati is doomed. Yet, it’s still the most consistent blog search tool out there and the one I rely on the most, as do others, it appears…


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9 comments on “Technorati Looking to Sell?”

  1. Owen Says:

    April 3rd, 2007 at 12:09 pm

    I wish they were a bit more receptive to the developer community though. Their developer blog has a sum total of 4 posts last year and none this year, and I’ve been waiting for ages for a support question to get answered.

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    April 3rd, 2007 at 12:25 pm

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  3. Tuesday’s Wrap Week 5 » @ YugaTech | Philippine Technology News & Reviews Says:

    April 3rd, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    [...] Is Technorati ready to sell? Andy Beal says Mark Evans noticed David Sifry’s apparent built-up of the blog search engine. Will Yahoo be the likely buyer? [...]

  4. David Sifry Says:

    April 3rd, 2007 at 3:36 pm

    Thanks for the kind words. I can assure you that Technorati is not for sale. We’re having too much fun and seeing significant growth, and there’s a bunch more stuff coming soon as well.

    Keep up the great work on your blog, it’s a regular read of mine, Andy!

    Dave

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    April 3rd, 2007 at 4:22 pm

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  6. Andy Beal Says:

    April 3rd, 2007 at 10:36 pm

    Hi David, thanks for stopping by to clarify.

  7. kelvin newman Says:

    April 4th, 2007 at 5:35 am

    While they may be denying they are for sale I would love to see some of their functionality in some of the other engines. It seems yet another area Yahoo and MSN are lacking behind google.

  8. Paul Steinbrueck Says:

    April 4th, 2007 at 10:18 am

    Yea, and if asked, I’d say my house is not for sale either… but if someone stopped by and offered me $500 million for it you’d probably find me looking up moving companies in the yellow pages.

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