# Technorati Now An OpenID Authentication Provider Plus Another Beneficial Update

<http://www.centernetworks.com/technorati-openid-authentication-provider/>

- Host: [centernetworks.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/centernetworks.com/)
- Saved: December 14, 2007 (2007-12-14T22:46:19Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f23f77318eff/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f23f77318eff.json

## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Technorati has announced that the account you setup on Technorati can now be used as an OpenID provider. Ian demonstrates how to use your Technorati profile to authenticate a blog on Google's Blogger service.



I am pretty sure I would never use my Technorati profile to authenticate as an OpenID provider, but it's a good marketing bit. It's a good way to show that your profile could be used in this manner -- something many might not know about (I didn't). Technorati also began supporting OpenID for profile creation in October 2007.







Another update they have made over the past day which I do find beneficial is the addition of a URL link on the authority pages. In the past, some of the headlines linked directly to a site, but the majority of the time, the story linked to the site's Technorati profile. This was a huge frustration factor for me as I want to see what the site says about me or a client, not the site's profile page. Now (as shown below) they have the link to the profile and directly below it the full URL linked to the actual site. Bravo!

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Same host

- [Interview with traineo CEO Alasdair McLean-Foreman](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c70796a5d98f/) (centernetworks.com, February 15, 2007)

## Saved the same week

- [Updated: @ DJ Shareholder Meeting: Shareholders Approve Sale Of Dow Jones; 60.27 Percent Support](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/458dc0633bb1/) (gigaom.com, December 13, 2007)
- [Amazon Web Services launches SimpleDB Beta](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/00a1009018e7/) (gigaom.com, December 14, 2007)
- [Welcome, Mr. Murdoch: Here's Your Page Views](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/aa951746ae53/) (businessinsider.com, December 14, 2007)
- [Hey, We Won!](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d27a1b4824b8/) (blog.twitter.com, December 14, 2007)
- [Dow Jones CMO Ann Marks Leaves As Well](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9b9d8b8d85c7/) (gigaom.com, December 14, 2007)

## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.centernetworks.com/technorati-openid-authentication-provider/