Rachel Dennett In-class writing assignment comm 366

Technorati and Digg both have very different layouts. Technorati makes use of a program called Technorati Authority which, according to www.technorati.com is "Authority is calculated based on a site’s linking behavior, categorization and other associated data over a short, finite period of time. A site’s authority may rapidly rise and fall depending on what the blogosphere is discussing at the moment, and how often a site produces content being referenced by other sites."

The main difference between the rating systems on the site are that technorati uses a computerized rating system, in comparison with Digg, which makes use of a interaction between the consumers and the site for an also very effective rating system. Technorati uses the topical authority system to allow for quick, fast ratings of the posts. It is very effective, but less interactive in my opinion. I would much rather see a post that is ranked by another person, in comparison is a computerized post.


The topic I chose on Technorati is gaming. The top three posts on gaming are:
- Kotaku
- Joystiq
- Xbox Live's Major Nelson

The topic I chose on Digg is also gaming. The top three posts on gaming are:
- Modern Warfare 2 -Top 10 luckiest kills
- MoProUSA shows off fully integrated Wiimote pistols, tempts investors (video)
- What to do if your accelerator pedal sticks??


All of these blogs are extremely interesting and the main difference that I notice are that the rating systems are extremely different, but both very effective.
I prefer Digg.com's rating system because it is humans rating the posts. I like to see the comments to see what people have to say about the posts. Both of these websites are great and informational.