Technorati is the leading blog search & blog content network. It is as important as alexa ranking, the only differance is you don’t get a technorati rank easily. You must have more of backlinks. I’m talking about inbound links and outbound links. They just give you a authority to your blog, more authority you have more value to your blog.They have two ratings to your blog one is authority and other one is ranking, you must have a Technorati account in order to know your authority and ranking.Now let me tell about the widget available from technorati.

Ticker Widget-This slick widget displays a real-time feed of what users are searching for on Technorati, right now.

News Widget- This widget displays the popular news from the top 5 mainstream media sites. This will allow your user to keep in touch with the popular news.

Your Top Tags Widget- Displays the top tags which you have used in your blog post.

Top Searches Widget-These widgets show the most popular topics on the Web. The Top Searches Widget shows the ten most popular search terms from our visitors, the Top Tags Widget the most popular tags from our publishers

Technorati Link Count Widget- Just display the number of links to your site in real time-Updated live for all your visitors.

Technorati Chart-Enter any term to see a chart of how many blogs have used the term in the past week to the past year.

Technorati Rank WordPress Plugin- The wordpress plugin to display your Technorati rank.

Technorati Favorite Plugin-Pull your technorati favorites as your blogroll.

Technorati Post Cosmos Links-Allow your readers to easily see what others are saying about the topics you care about.