Technorati responds to criticism: Too many blogs!
Technorati, as we’ve mentioned before, is a venture-backed San Francisco company that lets you search things written by blogs, and is a favorite among bloggers because it also lets them check who has linked to them. Recently, there has been some harsh criticism (see Kottke) of its performance. Here’s the response from Technorati’s chief executive, Dave Sifry. It’s a reminder of how quickly the blogosphere is growing. Still 100,000 new blogs being created every day.
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