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As a Technorati power user, I've been fascinated by just how much I can find out using Technorati <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20071012111112/http://technorati.com/search">Search</a>. If you're like me and you know how to construct just the right search, you can winnow the results to just what you are looking for. </p> <p> That being said, I've read a lot of great feedback on Technorati, how we should organize the vastness of the blogosphere and help people find the good stuff and help great bloggers be found. In particular, I read a lot of blog posts asking us to build what bloggers want. Well, today we are releasing a major overhaul of the Technorati <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20071012111112/http://technorati.com/">Home page</a> and a completely new area of the site that emphasizes blogs, Technorati <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20071012111112/http://technorati.com/topics">Topics</a>. 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