I still think it’s more a case of sour grapes and envy, or as you eloquently put it, small children whinging that their bigger siblings get to stay up later.

Mike: thanks for the translation. I use technorati for my ego searches, but I’m still at a loss of what to make of it as a business model; I think you may be right and they are waiting/praying for someone to come along and snap them up a la YouTube. It’s probably the same hope for Linden Lab with Second Life… now THERE’S a service that desperately needs an injection of major capital!

I still think it’s more a case of sour grapes and envy, or as you eloquently put it, small children whinging that their bigger siblings get to stay up later.

Mike: thanks for the translation. I use technorati for my ego searches, but I’m still at a loss of what to make of it as a business model; I think you may be right and they are waiting/praying for someone to come along and snap them up a la YouTube. It’s probably the same hope for Linden Lab with Second Life… now THERE’S a service that desperately needs an injection of major capital!

Edelman PR und Technorati end their – at least in the German blogsphere – intensely debated partnership. Wolfgang Luenenbuerger-Reidenbach, the head of online conversations at Edelman Germany (and a blogger himself), confirmed my information that both companies won’t renew their partnership which is about to run out at year end anyway.

What he couldn’t confirm are informations I got about a meeting in which Richard Edelman got very angry about technical problems at Technorati.

In the German blogosphere the “Most Influentiel Blogs”-list, published bei Technorati and Edelman was furiously dismissed because of obvious and stupid faults. Strangely enough this pr-desaster could have been avoided, at least in Germany. Local blogger Popkulturjunkie did a similar and more accurate list based on Technorati, the German Blogcharts.

As a German blogger I wonder what exactly they’re doing over at Technorati. The number of faults und blackouts is growing day by day. Many people wonder: Are they just holding out to wait for someone to buy the whole thing?

Edelman PR und Technorati end their – at least in the German blogsphere – intensely debated partnership. Wolfgang Luenenbuerger-Reidenbach, the head of online conversations at Edelman Germany (and a blogger himself), confirmed my information that both companies won’t renew their partnership which is about to run out at year end anyway.

What he couldn’t confirm are informations I got about a meeting in which Richard Edelman got very angry about technical problems at Technorati.

In the German blogosphere the “Most Influentiel Blogs”-list, published bei Technorati and Edelman was furiously dismissed because of obvious and stupid faults. Strangely enough this pr-desaster could have been avoided, at least in Germany. Local blogger Popkulturjunkie did a similar and more accurate list based on Technorati, the German Blogcharts.

As a German blogger I wonder what exactly they’re doing over at Technorati. The number of faults und blackouts is growing day by day. Many people wonder: Are they just holding out to wait for someone to buy the whole thing?

As for whether it’s a bribe, or a legitimate way to get their product in front of influential writers, it seems like a hybrid to me. A lot of people don’t have computers that can handle Vista well, so equipping reviewers with the right machine avoids some of the “I tried it and it was awful on my computer” comments. I think the whole thing would have gone under the radar if they’d asked people to return the PCs, or give them as prizes or to charities/non-profits.

As for whether it’s a bribe, or a legitimate way to get their product in front of influential writers, it seems like a hybrid to me. A lot of people don’t have computers that can handle Vista well, so equipping reviewers with the right machine avoids some of the “I tried it and it was awful on my computer” comments. I think the whole thing would have gone under the radar if they’d asked people to return the PCs, or give them as prizes or to charities/non-profits.

Translation, Mike! What are they saying??

Translation, Mike! What are they saying??