When it comes to finding the hottest pages on the web, the number one spot you should check is Technorati. The interface is as simple as any social-bookmarking site, and the premise is much like all the others as well - the more people that favorite the same link? The more popular it is.

Technorati, much like the other social-bookmarking sites, has a “favorite this page” option, adding it to a list of personalized awesomeness you find neat. But unlike digg, delicious and magnolia, there’s an attachment to your blog, allowing you to keep track of your “Authority” - whenever someone adds you as a favorite as well - increasing your Authority and thus helping you score new exposure and more traffic, sweet!

But before you get too excited, if you’re running your own blog, and hoping that you can use Technorati to bootstrap your traffic via you adding posts of yours to favorites and getting linked from other sites - chances are you’ll continue to rank below the 4,000,000 marker and pretty much get lost in the vast nothingness, unless you have a way to turn water into wine.

Before the soapboxes get pulled out, it is no mystery that it takes more than one site’s benefits to gain exposure - and it never hurts to be a part of a site like Technorati, in fact, I like the interface for the social-bookmarking better than digg, or reddit, etc; but if you’re looking to boost traffic to your newly spawned baby, Technorati is not your site, from my experience, reddit, digg, propeller and the coveted stumble upon are the most responsive.

But before you go running off to any of those sites, make sure you write something worth reading - really worth reading - otherwise you’re just helping making all these awesome utilities completely worthless with your lame rubbish.