Technorati - SEO Benefit?

[RG_SEO]

Would listing my content / blogs on Technorati have an SEO benefit?

A few months ago, I did a piece of analysis on our competitiors' link profiles and then ranked the linking root domains to get the highest scores. Technorati was one of the domains with a high domain authority and is also relevant to our business. On the other hand, I've seen on whiteboard Friday's that directories are losing their importance.

My gut feeling is that this is something that is worth doing because it is easy to implement but that we shouldn't expect amazing returns in terms of traffic / page authority scores.

Your opinions would be much appreciated

[RG_SEO]

Thanks for your responses everyone. It sounds like this is something to look into but not something to spend too much time implementing!

[SEOAndy]

it was once worth more than it is today for SEO means - to be blunt.

It's worth listing on there but there are probably other sites more related to your niche which would be worth more time and effort. Yes get listed and update Technorati but unless you are at a loose end don't spend hours trying to please them.

[BrettCollins]

Ditto, always thought it would make an excellent SEO tool, but generally find it pretty hard to use.

[ClaireH-184886]

sorry to but in,I have heard a lot of good things about Technorati but i have never understand how to use it. do people write original articles or do you share your articles or do you just list your site.

I do know when i have researched some of the big sites, they are all getting links from this site so it must be worth doing.

[KarlBantleman]

Hi John,

In my opinion, Technorati isn't like other directories and the authority it has makes it quite unique. If you have a niche blog then it might be worth it because you won't be lost in the long list blogs that some categories have. I think they also nofollow the links to the website as well.