By Thilak ⋅ January 31, 2007

Technorati Has a Digg Clone, WTF?

Steve Rubel points out that Technorati is secretly working on a Digg like site called Technorati WTF (WTF stands for Where’s the Fire). The site was live when Steve spotted it, but as the news broke out, Technorati pulled the plugs. Anyway, Steve was kind enough to capture a screenshot from WTF:

From the screenshots, it looks like a Digg based model to bring out the hottest stories. But why a digg clone? Why not index sites like Del.icio.us, Reddit or Digg to bring out the hottest stories?

TechCrunch also reports that Technorati has abandoned their TechMeMe like site called Technorati Explorer which was launched in early 2006; without any official announcements regarding it.

As of now, whole Technorati is down for scheduled maintenance. With all these stories breaking out, I don’t think this might just be a coincidence; something is going on behind the curtains.

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Discussion

Comments for “Technorati Has a Digg Clone, WTF?”

  • Lovedeep: Thanks, I made a clarification here
  • Paul J: No, I did it purposefully, I wanted to express "Why they worked on a Digg Clone instead of indexing sites like Reddit, Digg, Netscape to generate the hot list?"
  • The service is live now and its no digg clone.

    Check it out. :D
  • Technorati very badly needs some magic. they are low on cash (just got funded, maybe the last chance they have)

    but i doubt if a digg clone will be that magic.
    they need something else.
  • "But why a digg clone? Why not index sites like Del.icio.us, Reddit or Digg to bring out the hottest stories? "

    Thilak, I think you made a mistake there by stating digg twice. The second sentence should not have digg in it.
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