Getting More Views and Traffic To Your Blog Using Technorati

Technorati Swag (Photo credit: Nikita Kashner)

Technorati is a search engine for searching blogs. Adding your blog through Technorati allows you to use Technorati services to increase your blog’s visibility means more traffic to your blog.

First you need to go to Technorati.com and sign up for an account.

After activating and confirming your account, go to the My Profile page on Technorati scroll down to the My claimed blogs section.

Then type in the URL of your blog and click the Claim button.

On the next screen fill in the details of your blog and click the 

Proceed to the next step button at the bottom of the page.

A screen will load with some additional information.

Goowy Technorati widget (Photo credit: niallkennedy)

Then go back to the My Profile page. Once there scroll down to your My claimed blogs list and click the Check Claim button.

Here you will find your claim token. Create a new blog post (or edit a recent blog post) to include this claim token. Once your claim token has been added to your blog press the Verify Claim Token button.

Once claimed your blog, the claim screen should show a notice.

Note: Technorati will still need to validate your site, and the claim will not be immediate.