I have a challenge. It’s directed primarily to Technorati, but it’s an open challenge. I want a personalized Watch List - personalized feeds that filter out information I don’t want.

I write on 16 blogs, but subscribe to simply dozens of things to get my news and my tracking information. Most of my tracking has its home with Technorati, although I back that up with other feeds. Now, here’s the thing. It’s simply getting overwhelming to read my tracking information - to scan for phrases to gather news or watch for mentions of my name. More blogs equals more feeds. I write around 40 things a day, and tag most of them, so you see the problem.

So, here’s what I want…

I want Technorati to build my Watch List information with an option to parse out those items that I have tagged, or that are written by me. They have all that information. The blogs are in my account - they know who I am and what I write for.

If I could really be demanding here, I would have advanced filtering options such as an ability to block sites or domains from entering my feed, like blocking “livejournal” for my celebrity blogs, so I don’t get all the obsessive teen chit chat.

The resulting feed would be clear of anything I’ve written. If they can build me this feed, I would never get things with “author” arieanna or from blogs in My Account. I would only get the information I want.

Make sense? Technorati - possible?

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