Katy Townsley

Digg's rating system is short and sweet. You either like it or you don't. You cannot really elaborate on the details of an article like you can with Technorati. Digg is also anonymous. On Technorati, you can add content to an article. Technorati is a system used to search other blogs and sorts everything accordingly. Digg is just information brought from other websites and is presented according to popularity.

The top three sites in the sports Olympic section of Technorati are:

"Shocker: People Would Rather Watch the Olympics Than Do Laundry"

"DIY Rings"

"Far Coast Furniture Raises Awareness of the Pine Industry at the Olympics"

The top three most visited sites in the Entertainment section of Digg are:
"Stephen Colbert Takes on the Russians in Bubble Hockey"
"Batman and Superman Battle for Highest Price Comic"
"Students Teach Target Stores to Improve Energy Efficiency"

Technorati authority chose their top stories based on a 0-1000 scale. Digg chose their top stories by the number of "diggs" or positive ratings. Since Technorati has a computer based system to chose their stories, I think they are more accurate. Public opinion is not the best way to decide which stories to display on the front page.