The New Technorati

The popular weblog tracking website, Technorati, launched a myriad of changes today that were six months in the making. The first thing you’ll notice is the user interface redesign. Based on user feedback, the design is intended to be cleaner and more intuitive. On the homepage, the current & hot keyword search terms scroll, ticker-style, across the top of the page. (I guess "hot trends" is the trend right now!) Also like Google, Technorati has gone the way of universal search. No longer do you need to specify whether you’re doing a keyword search, directory search, or tag search - you just search, using the prominently displayed search box at the top of the window, and Technorati will display the most relevant results. Additionally, a blogsearch-only homepage is available at search.technorati.com (or s.technorati.com for the truly speedy). There are tons of other changes under the hood that you’ll find as you poke around. So far, I’ve only found one I don’t like: when doing an ego-search by checking out who has been linking to your site, the incoming link that used to be in bold is no longer bold. Now you have to read the snippet of text to find your link. That’s not a big deal because I don’t do ego searches that often…really…