Bring back the golden days of Technorati authority ranking

What is happening with Technorati? Is it losing its authority with the blogging community? Is it having growing pains? Or is it going mainstream? I don’t know.

Not so long ago, Technorati was the best way to see how much influence you had in the blogosphere. Blogger’s lived and breathed Technorati’s authority rankings. Many bloggers built their reputations on the back of it.

What’s more, it helped start a crazy for blogging lists. Not hundreds, but thousands of blogging lists. Lists that made you, an A-Lister, B-Lister or just a very lonely person with a point of view.

But now it’s gone quiet. I don’t hear blogger’s discussing their authority or bragging anymore. Lists are now more sophisticated drawing information from multiple sources, so reducing the reliance on Technorati.

Furthermore, it seems that Technorati has been experiencing some major technical issues lately. Problems that have stopped me registering this very site.

Also, Technorati looks like its moving its attention towards more mainstream media sites with the launch of its Attention Index. Measuring which mainstream media sites wield the most influence.

Doesn’t Technorati think ordinary blogger’s are important anymore? Has it lost its focus? Or is it just business as usual?