tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post4002250215107197835..comments2023-11-05T01:05:41.190-07:00Comments on International Noir Fiction: Birthdays, statistics, and dithering on a slow afternoonGlenn Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-44755459567531419892010-09-15T06:19:56.235-07:002010-09-15T06:19:56.235-07:00Bernadette: Thanks for the expert explanation! The...Bernadette: Thanks for the expert explanation! The "Authority" sounds a bit mis-named...Glenn Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-53690206008094392422010-09-15T02:49:57.098-07:002010-09-15T02:49:57.098-07:00Happy birthday Glenn. I feel like such a baby comp...Happy birthday Glenn. I feel like such a baby compared to you and Norman. I'm not quite two yet.<br /><br />If you really want to know Technorati Authority is a kind of real time assessment of your blog's "worth" in what I'll call the link economy for want of a better term. What their algorithm does is look at all the registered blogs in a given category (books) and looks for things like links to/from each blog and ranks each blog accordingly. There's a whole heck of other maths in there too (that they won't share) (and that they keep changing to stay a step ahead of the people who sell their ability to game their system and get blogs artificially ranked high). If I had to guess I'd also say that it looks at things like length of blog's life, posting schedule, unique visitors per post and a whole bunch of other stuff besides. These days Authority is calculated often (weekly maybe) and can change wildly in a relatively short period while rank tends to be a bit more stable (it uses an equally complex but different algorithm).<br /><br />I know this is more than you wanted to know, but I happen to need to know this stuff for my day job so I thought I'd share :)Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-88459222119889892692010-09-14T14:25:08.401-07:002010-09-14T14:25:08.401-07:00Happy blog birthday Glenn. More important than the...Happy blog birthday Glenn. More important than the stats is that you continue to find blogging interesting to doKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-30106400978738514572010-09-14T14:00:16.718-07:002010-09-14T14:00:16.718-07:00Happy birthday. It is always a pleasure to read to...Happy birthday. It is always a pleasure to read to your posts and an excellent source of new and interesting books. Well done.Jose Ignacio Escribanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296527986083953692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-24924941226394027812010-09-14T13:46:01.874-07:002010-09-14T13:46:01.874-07:00Happy Birthday to International Noir. I really enj...Happy Birthday to International Noir. I really enjoy your reviews and those extra special books you find. All the best for many more years.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-55275797860842259052010-09-14T13:39:58.968-07:002010-09-14T13:39:58.968-07:00Thanks for the kind thoughts, Maxine. I'm a bi...Thanks for the kind thoughts, Maxine. I'm a big fan of Petrona, though I don't leave many comments (I should make a resolution to do that more...Glenn Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-66264675878043046002010-09-14T13:31:24.185-07:002010-09-14T13:31:24.185-07:00Happy birthday to you, too! I so much enjoy your b...Happy birthday to you, too! I so much enjoy your blog, it is one of my enduring favourites, so please keep it going for another 5, and more ;-)<br /><br />I know not much about stats, but it's the quality that counts, not the quantity, of course.<br /><br />Thanks for all the great reviews. I've read many a fascinating novel, thanks to your posts.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com