Making Money with Technorati in 9 Steps

Remember when we thought of famous writers names, figures like Hemingway, Faulkner, or Joyce always came to mind? But now, in the 21st century, even your neighbor Shecky can now consider himself a writer with his thought provoking lawn maintenance blog.  Don’t worry, though, because filtering through the garbage is possible with Technorati, and making money with Technorati is easier than you think.

Making Money with Technorati | What is it?

Specifically, Technorati is like Google but strictly for blogs.  Its at the top of its class as far as blog search engines go too, with an index to over 75 million international weblogs.  The blogging community respects Technorati too, because they have given them a voice, competition, and a purpose for what they do.  Over the years they have gained a cult following and every marketer wants to know: Is making money with Technorati possible?  YES.

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Making money with Technorati is very similar to making money with Google.  Draw traffic to your site using SEO tactics, implement Google AdSense, and create interesting content.  Easy enough said, I know.

So browse these techniques on how people are making money with Technorati that have been so graciously provided by kuanhoong.com:

1.Boosting Your Blogs. The first step that every blogger should do it Claim your blog, write a brief description, add some topical Tags, and a photo. Once this is completed. Your blog will then be added to the ranks of Technorati, popping up whenever someone searches for the terms of your Tags. You should tag your blog with unique tags in order to make it stands out from millions of blogs out there.  Tags are easy to use and essential in making money with Technorati.

2. Tag your post. The Post Tag is used to describe the topics covered in individual items and is associated to the item either via Tag Code or Category Code. With post tag, it is much easier for search for your postings in Technorati. If you are a WordPress user, check out the list of plugins available for post tag.  This blog was made with WordPress as are most blogs making money with Technorati.

3. Ping Technorati. Once you published a new posting, you want to disseminate your blog post electronically to the whole world. The quicker you spread the news, the better. There are many publishing tools ping Technorati directly or allow for custom pings. You can also use public ping services like pingoat or ping-o-matic.

4. Submit blog to WTF. Technorati added a new feature called WTF (short for “What the F**k,” though Technorati claims it means “Where’s the Fire”). Basically, Where’s the Fire appears to be a Digg clone. It allows users to share what’s hot. Then visitors can come a long and vote for the most interesting items.  Get people to share your blog through WTF and begin making money with Technorati.

5. Always aim for the sky!. Daily million of users search weblogs using Technorati. Similar to Google Trend, Technorati lists out Top 15 keywords / tags searches for the day. This present a good opportunity to ride the wave. Pick up a topic related to the Top 15 keywords / tags and write something related to it. Tag your posting with the top tags of the day. And if you have the time, write a new related post every hour. For sure your posting will be listed among the Top 15 keywords / tags searches.  As with many things creating keyword based blogs are a great way to start making money with Technorati.

6. Power in Linking. Technorati have made some new changes to their website inserting a new ‘Authority’ rank which now determines a blog’s position within its Most Linked-to ranking system. According to Dorion Carroll from Technorati, the Technorati Authority is the number of blogs (not number of links) linking to a website in the last 6 months. The higher the number, the more Technorati Authority the blog has. Check out Technorati’s blog on how Technorati Authority and Rank works.

7. Add Technorati Favorite button onto your blog. Technorati has long had a “favorite blog” feature where users can mark their favorite blogs and be able to browse recent entries from their favorites. They also have a Technorati Top 100 Most Favorited Blogs which gets a lot less attention then the Technorati Rank. No doubt, by getting in the Top 100 provides social proof of your blog’s popularity. This will expand your blog readership and increase the attractiveness of your site in the eyes of advertisers.  Not only will you be in the running for a top blog spot, but your site will be linked with Technorati which draws tons of traffic and in turn helps you with making money with Technorati.

8. Be the Top Commentator. If you’re a top commentator on a WordPress blog, you are getting one Technorati Authority for your blog for free. As we know, Technorati Authority is the number of blogs linking to a website in the last six months. The higher the number, the more Technorati Authority the blog has. This is a great way to build up more Technorati Authority for your blog while meeting more new bloggers out there. I have no idea whether this works for other blogs, but please give it a try, and tell me the result, ya.

9. Content is KING.Ultimately, readers are attracted to your blog because you are providing good content. If they like your blog, naturally there will be a rise for your Technorati Authority and Rank.

All of these techniques may not work for you, but I’m sure that if you handpick a few you will be making money with Technorati in no time.