Another quick update, this time on the blog ranks front: I’ve ordered the server mounting rails today, so they should be with me by the end of the week. With luck I’ll be able to arrange some time next week to get the new server installed (up at Sovereign House), so that should mean I can get the blog ranking service back up and running within a few weeks of that. Yay!
For those of you that aren’t aware of the situation, I had to disable everything to do with the blog ranking system (technoranki) a few months ago (time flies!). The load that technoranki was creating on our existing server was too much, and it kept killing our web server (the one that runs BritBlog).
So, once this new box goes in I can move all the technoranki stuff on to that, as well as a few other little bits to do with BritBlog. This means that the ranking process can begin again, and BritBlog can start syncing with technoranki once more. It will also give us a better environment for building the new version of BritBlog — at last!
So things are finally moving in the right direction again, and I for one am getting quite excited about some of the new services we can bring online. All of a sudden it doesn’t seem so far away 
Anyway, sorry about the problems we’ve had with technoranki. I’ve had loads of emails asking what is going on with this stuff, so I hope that answers your questions. I will, of course, let you all know when technoranki is back up and running fully again.
[tags]britblog,technoranki,blog ranks,blog ranking[/tags]
June 21, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Good to hear things are being sorted out Mark, that answers my query.
Cheers
June 22, 2006 at 3:03 pm
when can we (our own blog site) have access to the service ?
June 22, 2006 at 3:15 pm
Via the API? When it’s written! Not sure on timescales yet, but it’s something I’m very keen to do… Will keep you posted.