technorati linking

October 26, 2009 1:36 PM

The sidebar link to Technoratic is broken (they apparently did a site redesign). Um, and why does Metafilter's front page link to this "full service media company" these days?
posted by bystander to bugs at 1:36 PM (33 comments total)

That's weird because I just get

CONGRATULATION

YOU ARE THE 1TH VISITOR TO TECHNORATI

THANK YOU WE HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG
posted by Optimus Chyme at 1:48 PM on October 26 [9 favorites]

I got a rock.
posted by jessamyn at 1:49 PM on October 26 [4 favorites]

Correct link?
posted by smackfu at 1:57 PM on October 26

Dude, NOT COOL. I clicked on that link and my monitor sprayed me with a jet of seltzer water.
posted by The Straightener at 1:57 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]

you people are why rude.boy is confused.
posted by cjorgensen at 1:58 PM on October 26

Dude, NOT COOL. I clicked on that link and my monitor sprayed me with a jet of seltzer water.

The worst is the hand buzzer. No one sees it coming.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:06 PM on October 26

NO ONE EXPECTS THE HANDISH INBUZZITION
posted by cortex at 2:21 PM on October 26 [4 favorites]

Technorati drank my milkshake, killed my dog, and called me a communist.
posted by blue_beetle at 2:27 PM on October 26

Technorati stole my truck and my girl, and then wrote a hit country song about it before I could.
posted by carsonb at 2:56 PM on October 26

Apropos of very little, I miss tenyearsofmylife.com.
posted by Kattullus at 2:57 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]

"Technoratic"? Isn't that a Daft Punk song?
posted by evilmidnightbomberwhatbombsatmidnight at 3:55 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]

I gotta rock. Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
posted by katillathehun at 4:29 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]

I miss stories.about.ticketstubs.org.
posted by ALongDecember at 4:37 PM on October 26

Speaking of sidebars, is the "Cortex Sees America" graphic still necessary?
posted by netbros at 4:57 PM on October 26

what
posted by DU at 5:12 PM on October 26

NO ONE EXPECTS THE HANDISH INBUZZITION
Where is the "groan" flag?
posted by josher71 at 5:20 PM on October 26

Speaking of sidebars, is the "Cortex Sees America" graphic still necessary?

Wait, cortex is back?!
posted by jessamyn at 5:22 PM on October 26 [2 favorites]

When I've told you I was "busy now, traveling" I meant between the couch and the kitchen. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
posted by cortex at 5:30 PM on October 26 [2 favorites]

Technorati wasn't relevant even when it was relevant.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:47 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]

Technorati wasn't even relevant when being relevant was relevant.
posted by Kattullus at 6:02 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]

I regularly consult Technorati for various important purposes. At least that's what I tell people on OPPOSITE DAY.
posted by brain_drain at 6:08 PM on October 26 [3 favorites]

I gotta rock.

(by lore)
posted by maqsarian at 6:48 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]

maqsarian: I gotta rock.

It was funny when Kid Koala did it in "Tricks N Treats" off of his seminal self-produced mixtape Scratchcratchratchatch from 1996. Ever since then, it's just the same joke told over and over again.
posted by koeselitz at 12:06 AM on October 27

Can someone explain this thread to me? I'm confused. This was nearly the first time I've read of an error on the site that wasn't fixed by the time I'd read about said error. I get the point that the link is broken, and the question as to why it's linked at...

Ah, nevermind.

Sometimes it's best not to take the mystery out of everything.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:28 AM on October 27

Yeah, it's kinda weird that there's a broken link on the sidebar.
posted by Kattullus at 8:15 AM on October 27

I figure it's in the actual HTML template and neither cortex nor jessamyn has the power to fix it.
posted by smackfu at 9:40 AM on October 27

I have the power, but mathowie wanted to do a little ceremony for it, so I'm respecting his wishes.
posted by jessamyn at 9:47 AM on October 27 [2 favorites]

jessamyn: I have the power, but mathowie wanted to do a little ceremony for it, so I'm respecting his wishes.

Another ceremony?! Will he not be satisfied until he's feasted on the heart of every last spotted owl?
posted by Kattullus at 10:09 AM on October 27 [2 favorites]

It was funny when Kid Koala did it...

Fine then. It wasn't a rock.
posted by Johnny Assay at 10:34 AM on October 27 [1 favorite]

So we just killed it.

Here's the story. At one time long ago, Technorati was the only blog search engine out there and they also did a ranking thing that required you to identify yourself and your blog by putting a string of text on the page. So in order to "claim" metafilter.com in their hot 100 list of blogs, I had to set up a profile and toss the link to my profile code into the site somewhere, and so I dropped it at the end of the sidebar, down where an old "Powered by Blogger" link used to be (which is gone because we ended up using our own home-grown blog system for it).

And now it's gone.
posted by mathowie at 11:00 AM on October 27

Darn. I was waiting on the edge of my seat for the juicy details of a conspiracy involving the CIA, FBI, KGB, Teamsters, Illuminati, and Freemasons.
posted by lukemeister at 12:21 PM on October 27

That's it for the little ceremony? Color me disappointed.
posted by cjorgensen at 4:35 AM on October 28

I was waiting on the edge of my seat for the juicy details of a conspiracy involving the . . . Freemasons

Oh, don't worry. We're here. And we're watching.
posted by mrbill at 9:38 AM on October 28