Oct 05
Technorati Frustrations
I’m getting frustrated trying to claim my blog on Technorati. This blog used to be located at blog.davisvillage.com (it still is for archive purposes). I couldn’t ever claim that blog location on Technorati. Every time I try I kept getting this error:
There was a problem claiming your blog. Please try again in a few minutes. You can also go to Technorati Help >> for help claiming your blog.
I’ve tried everything in that help section, but nothing works. So I claimed this blog just as soon as I got it set up, then I moved my blog over completely. It still does some funky things on occasion though.
I’m now having the same problem with my LDS blog. I get the same error when I try to claim it. I’ve tried a few things:
- I deleted all my posts from the database, then tried to claim it. I wasn’t sure if there were some funny characters or something that the technorati bots were getting hung up on.
- I tried disabling ALL my plugins. That didn’t work.
- I tried changing my template to the default and the classic. Neither worked.
- I’ve searched the internet and have yet to find anything useful…
One think I tried did provide some interesting results. I deleted all the files and reinstalled a fresh copy of WordPress. Then I was able to claim my blog! After claiming it, I move my old files back over and reconnected to my original database. CRASH! I still have the claim to LatterdayBlog.com, but after another ping, it doesn’t seem to exist to Technorati.
When I look at the details for this blog on Technorati, all I see is:
Huh?
There are blogs, and then there’s whatever you just typed in. If it’s a blog, we don’t know about it. Maybe you made a typo. Or maybe it’s a blog that doesn’t exist. Maybe you don’t exist. (In which case, please ignore this.)
Anyone else experienced the same frustrations? Anyone found a solution to the problem?
Technorati Tags: Technorati, claim, claim your blog
October 5th, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Yes…
I am getting similar results when favoriting/claiming some of my blogs on Technorati. This problem only occurs on two of my blogs. Currently, I have 30 blogs/2 Webhosts (all with WordPress) that i am claming with Technorati.
Error Message: http://www.technorati.com/blogs/http://www.the-credit-pro.com
- Todd
October 6th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
Curious… I had to remove your comment from the spam box. I wonder if Akismet has anything to do with it. Did we get flagged as spam somehow?
October 19th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
I have had the same problem with the message “There was a problem claiming your blog.” for over 4 months with several of my WP blogs. I was able to claim 2, but the other 3 just won’t budge.
The message to send an email to technorati support is laughable. For the past 4 months, I have sent them an email every single week. That is roughly 16 emails detailing my problem.
They have NEVER contacted me … not once.
I called their support line and left messages. They have never called me back … not even once.