Technorati

This is one thing i do not understand but here is what i got out of it. Technorati is a Blog "Mainframe" that stores all registered blogs. In the mainframe Technorati monitors new posts and links on your blog. Authority is a ranking system us by Technorati. Your rank is determined by the number of Blog links you have inside you posts. That is my understanding. but getting into Technorati is a long process and can be really annoying.