Danielle Bevacqua

Technorati uses a system (the Technorati Authority System) in which the amount of times a blog is linked too, users' interest in the blog, as well as " other associated data over a short period of time." These ratings change more frequently than their last system, which changed every six months. This shorter evaluation period is better to keep up with changing interests.

Digg.com's rating system is user driven. The amount of "digg's" a post gets, the more attention and higher up on their list it becomes. This system is not computer-based, making it all about the users of Digg to have their opinions at the forefront.

After viewing the first three sites on Digg.com, I chose the Lifestyle category, and the top three stories were (in order), "The Decline in Pop Culture in Two Photos," "Astonishing Illusion of Cave in Middle of London," "Breaking: GM to shut down Hummer; sale of brand canceled."

I also chose the Lifestyle category on Technorati, and the top three stories were: "Meditation Helps You Grow Inside and Out," "Students Protest AT&T Coverage," and "Hannah Teter's Charity Set up for Long-term Good."

Out of both sets of Top 3, I liked Digg's more. I also personally like the system Digg has- it is more user-interaction. Although I think Technorati's system is rather intersting, and I would be interested in learning the coding for it, I find that I like Digg's system more, simply due to the fact that it is more user involved.