Comments on: technorati’s misuse of authority http://e-huned.com/2006/08/15/technoratis-authority-metric/ huned botee Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:02:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: matt http://e-huned.com/2006/08/15/technoratis-authority-metric/#comment-20 matt Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:33:32 +0000 http://e-huned.com/wordpress/2006/08/15/technoratis-authority-metric/#comment-20 The next step is to have pagerank / authority done on a per-keyword basis. So, say I'm a site about pugs, and other sites link to me that are also about pugs, then, for that keyword, I should have a high authority. I think the way it works now is more like, "get an overall authority, then apply textual filters, giving title and h1 tags priority" however, there are probably problems with this model, and I'm not being paid to think about this problem. The next step is to have pagerank / authority done on a per-keyword basis.

So, say I’m a site about pugs, and other sites link to me that are also about pugs, then, for that keyword, I should have a high authority.

I think the way it works now is more like, “get an overall authority, then apply textual filters, giving title and h1 tags priority”

however, there are probably problems with this model, and I’m not being paid to think about this problem.

]]> By: Killjoy http://e-huned.com/2006/08/15/technoratis-authority-metric/#comment-11 Killjoy Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:59:11 +0000 http://e-huned.com/wordpress/2006/08/15/technoratis-authority-metric/#comment-11 Use of langauge is still a huge problem on the web. Technorati seems to be using "authority" as search algorithm jargon instead of the colloquial meaning. You see this all the time when companies only poll their internal people for input on the site and don't think from the user's perspective. It's how CEO photos get plastered on corporate home pages. Use of langauge is still a huge problem on the web. Technorati seems to be using “authority” as search algorithm jargon instead of the colloquial meaning. You see this all the time when companies only poll their internal people for input on the site and don’t think from the user’s perspective. It’s how CEO photos get plastered on corporate home pages.

]]> By: Killjoy http://e-huned.com/2006/08/15/technoratis-authority-metric/#comment-10 Killjoy Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:49:20 +0000 http://e-huned.com/wordpress/2006/08/15/technoratis-authority-metric/#comment-10 If they are following the <a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~georgem/hilltop/" rel="nofollow">Hilltop</a> model, then host affiliation is a bad thing. If they are following the Hilltop model, then host affiliation is a bad thing.

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