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Technorati's Dead Too
 Crap ad
seen at Technorati.com on Dec 6, 2007 (click to enlarge) |
As long as I’m commenting on things that are dead, allow me to add Technorati to the list. They have descended into the dark depths of crap advertising “You’ve been chosen to get a free laptop computer. Click to accept!” Sheesh. If things are that bad, just shut off the servers, turn off the lights, lock the door, and go home.
As long as I’m on my soap box, do you imagine that the intersection of the kinds of people who use Technorati and the morons who’d actually click on this ad is very large? Given that almost no one I know ever clicks on online ads, I’d guess it’s very small.
It’s sad that Technorati couldn’t make it. They do blog search better than anyone else—when they’re working. I miss them already and they’re not even gone yet.
Posted by windley on December 6, 2007 4:31 PM
Comment from Craig Overend at December 6, 2007 6:38 PM
Interesting your comment that no one you know clicks online ads. The only time I've ever clicked ads was when the ads were more relevant for the search terms I was using. I was searching for FPGA dev kits. :)
Comment from Boris at December 8, 2007 9:44 PM
I wouldn't be too hard on Technorati, Phil. They're working hard to figure out exactly where they fit in with their users (and who their users are). And they're doing it while facing just about the toughest competitor a company can have: Google.
If you want to use Technorati and avoid their popups, perhaps you'll be interested in the blog search functionality at Zuula (www.zuula.com), which gives you access to results from all the major blog search engines, in one place.
Cheers!
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