Whuffie Web
Les Orchard: A-List bloggers have the big Whuffie. Most everyone else has much less Whuffie, thus their query powers are much less. I somehow doubt that the Whuffie Web, if it were to take off in a big way, would work to equal benefit for everyone.
It is nice to see Rob Relyea responding to my Avalon question. And to see Mike Deem back in the blogosphere and responding respectfully to Joe Gregorio's rant. And John Lam categorizing the Ant community reaction to MSBuild.
What I believe we are seeing is domain experts seeking each other out. Crossing organizational and philosophical boundaries.
It's not so much a matter of Technorati rankings as it is relevant domain expertise.