Twingly Debuts BlogRank, Guess Who Leads The Top 100
TechCrunch Dec 16 08Twingly, the social blog search engine that prides itself in being completely spam-free, has launched BlogRank as a way to identify the 100 most important blogs in 12 different languages based on a proprietary ranking system. It's very similar to what Technorati has been trying to achieve with their authority ranking, i.e. creating a Google PageRank for blogs. The biggest difference is that Twingly breaks down the most popular blogs by language, which they claim is worth much more for local blogs than competing with others at an international level. To demonstrate the technology, Twingly is debuting its Top 100 today, taking another page from Technorati in that regard. Full story...
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