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Author:   Matt Deatherage  
Posted: 5/23/06; 7:26:20 PM
Topic: Asked and answered
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Asked and answered

Dave Winer, May 15:

Speaking of the obvious, when is Guy Kawasaki going to list the ten biggest lies… of Guy Kawasaki?

Guy Kawasaki, May 23:

The Top Ten Lies of Guy Kawasaki

Bonus: “I don’t care about my Technorati ranking.”

I care a lot about my Technorati ranking, and it’s important for you to know why I care. I believe that the number of links is a proxy for the quality of a blog: the more links, the higher the quality. (Clearly, this isn’t true for all blogs, but this is how I look at my kind of blog.) Therefore, caring about my ranking parses to caring about the number of links parses to caring about the quality of my blog. And I take great pride in the quality of my blog.

While I’m at it, there’s another reason that I care so much about my ranking. I want to show the closed “club” of A Listers that that someone can come out of the blue, not play their petty, hypocritical games, and rise to the top because of good content. Even more important, I want to encourage the 45 million other bloggers out there to do the same--or better. Hence, I have a particular fondness for organizations like BlogHer.

There ya go.

Update: You're welcome, Dave. It's interesting to note when people are paying attention to each other without realizing it.

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