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Technorati has been a bit of an enigma to me. I've half heartedly tried to push my blog up the rankings a few times, but I am probably guilty of not fully 'understanding Technorati' which is where I should start.

Personally, I don't use Technorati in any other form than just a social bookmarking or promotional tool to push my various websites up the link love rankings.

When I logged in today, I noticed my Technorati Authority has climbed a little - not bad considering I haven't really worked on.

So I thought heck, I am going to do two things. I am going to visit Technorati daily and try and get a greater overall understanding of the service. Forcing myself to visit, will give me a better picture of how it all works and hopefully this will rub off on promoting my sites.

Secondly (as much as I hate competitions) I thought by offering some incentives, I could get some fellow bloggers to add me to their Technorati favourites and boost my standings a little bit.
I want to keep it simple, so here we go:

Add this blog to your Technorati favourites; leave a comment on this post letting me know and possibly send me an email to: asutcliffe@gmail.com - the first 5 people to do so will get 200 EntreCard Credits Each, a return fav in technorati of their blog and also a personal review post of their site.... Sound ok?

Anyone after the first 5 still gets a Technorati fav back and a review / link - just can't provide the EC's ... ;)

Start here by clicking this link to Fav this Blog in Technorati:

http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://www.aimsgraz.org

Lets do this!