This should go without saying, but David Sifry, the chief executive at Technorati understands blogging. The more amazing story is his participation in the conversation be it large or small. I recently discussed earning money with blogs at the Blogger For Hire blog. In the post I talk about a Washington Post article that quotes Sifry’s thoughts on the numbers of blogs being used by owners as tools for earning money.
I published the piece and went about cooking dinner for the family. A few hours passed and I looked to see if I had any comments to moderate in any of my blogs. There in the queue sat a comment from Technorati’s leader. He was the first and only comment, but he wanted to set the record straight on the portion of the Washington Post article that had misquoted a figure he had been attributed to giving to the author.
Here is a classic example of understanding how to stay on top of what is being said about you, your company, or for that matter any topic you want to track. Dave (if I may be so bold as to refer to him as such) wanted to drop by and make sure that he could clear up any confusion. This is a perfect example of how to stop what could be a problem down the road just by listening to what is being said and correcting any statements that were incorrect. He has alleviated any further poor information from being disseminated and stopped what could have been a problem from ever getting off the ground. This is an instance where I am glad to be corrected. Thanks Dave and feel free to drop by anytime to chat!
I also wanted to point out that the Washington Post uses Technorati to track the number of links and other information. Perhaps the MSM is beginning to finally get on the blogging bandwagon. The real test will be if Sara Goo is listening and tracking what is being said about her own article, and whether she too will want to make a statement in my comments. How about it Sara?
Tags: David Sifry, Technorati, Bloggers For Hire, Washington Post, CEO Bloggers, Sara Goo, Blogging PR, MSM
