A milestone -- we're No. 1,125,742!

I just registered Hogfiddle with Technorati, the search engine that specializes in blogs, and received the following rank: 1,125,742 (0 links from 0 sites). Described sometimes as the Google of the blog world, Technorati tracks the number of blogs that link to each other and, more importantly, the number of people that visit each registered blog page. Hence the pecking order. Technorati explains:

In the world of blogs, hyperlinks are ... significant, since bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, which creates the sense of timeliness and connectedness one would have in a conversation. So Technorati tracks the number of links, and the perceived relevance of blogs, as well as the real-time nature of blogging. Because Technorati automatically receives notification from weblogs as soon as they are updated, it can track the thousands of updates per hour that occur in the blogosphere, and monitor the communities (who's linking to whom) underlying these conversations.

So ... it's a start. More important, the Technorati home page is a good place to start surfing the blogosphere.