Wow. Just read this Technorati ranking for Entertainment/book blogs which I gacked from Joe Sherry over at Adventures in Reading (a fine blog, go read it):
1. Jacket Copy
2. Whatever
3. Becky’s Book Reviews
4. Chasing Ray
5. Jen Robinson’s Book Page
6. The Book Smugglers
7. Romancing the Blog
8. if: book
9. Maw Books
10. Angieville
13. Fantasy Book Critic
15. Temple Library Reviews
16. Fantasy Café (tie)
19. SciFiGuy.ca
24. SF Signal
49. Grasping for the Wind
69. Fantasy & SciFi Lovin’ News and Reviews
72. Torque Control
148. Adventures in Reading
214. Ask Nicola (<—- a head-scratching surprise)
215. Neil Gaiman’s Journal
218. Ecstatic Days
283. Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist (tie)
283. Mary Robinette Kowal (tie)
323. Fantasy Book News & Reviews
396. Galley Cat
Wow. And WTF? This makes no sense to me. I have a fine sense of my own worth, absolutely, but I don’t know why my blog is ranked higher than Galley Cat, Neil Gaiman, or Ecstatic Days. I’ve seen my stats. I can’t make this add up.
Does anybody out there know how this works (or doesn’t work)?
Addendum: I’m now at 199. (And now 88.) Oh, god, a new obsession is born…
Nicola Griffith 
My blog has come in at 84 on the top 100 with the new ranking system. But I didn't realize I was above Neil Gaiman. That doesn't make any sense.
The ranking system seems wildly volatile. I was #2 in books yesterday; today I am #51. That's pretty wacky.
Some info here:
http://technorati.com/what-is-technorati-authority/
I believe the rankings are driven from this “authority score”.
The authority score for my own (admittedly tiny) motorcycle blog dropped down to a big fat 0. I'm going to rejoice in my awesomeness! It's taken a lot of effort to score a 0. :)
That is completely crazy – my blog, The Book Smugglers is #5 today. There is NO WAY this is right. OR Technorati has officially moved to Bizarro World.
pussreboots, wild, isn't it? And nice to meet you.
john, @JorgeBarriosEtc (Technorati employee extraordinaire), tells me “The books category is quite new and will be shaping up over the next few weeks. And we'll be looking for blogs that _should_ be in.” So this might get interesting. Thanks for dropping by.
stacy, many thanks for that. (For those too lazy to click on the link, here's a snippet:
Authority is calculated based on a site’s linking behavior, categorization and other associated data over a short, finite period of time. A site’s authority may rapidly rise and fall depending on what the blogosphere is discussing at the moment, and how often a site produces content being referenced by other sites.
See Scalzi's comment above. Guess they weren't kidding about 'rapidly'.
ana, wonder what it will look like tomorrow… BTW, hello, pleased to meet you.
So…we're not more popular than Neil Gaiman?
By the time I got home from work yesterday the rankings had already shifted a bit. I think it's very much a work in progress.
Besides that, I looked for a couple of other blogs I read on a regular basis and they didn't show up at all. Both are hosted on blogger and should have waaaaay more popularity than I do.
Shrug.
But thanks for the boost in my ranking!
My pleasure.
I see much time-suck ahead…
I agree that Technorati's new system is confusing. I have no idea how they've figured out my ranking or authority!
Lynn, welcome.
Confusing, and a time suck, but, hey, kind of fun…
Well, my ranking is dropping, but I see that Galley Cat is finally in the ballpark of where it should be.
I wonder if the ranking itself will have an effect, as getting on NYT bestseller lists does. I'm guessing not, but it'll be interesting to watch.