Technorati used to rely on Alexa to produce the thumbnails used when indexing websites and Blogs, but I discovered that they are now using Snapshots from Snap.com, which explains why my Alexa thumbnail was current, but the thumbnail shown on Technorati was about 8 months old and showed my old blog design.

Never heard of Snapshots? You know when you go to a site and roll over a link and that giant picture bubble pops up with a thumbnail and description (and usually an ad too)? Yeah, That’s them. I think they’re kind of annoying, but some people find them handy. To each his own, I guess.

Getting Snap.com to update their thumbnail of your site is easy. Follow this link, and click on #14 - How do I update a preview image for a page. They are usually updated within 24 hours of submitting the request.

Et voila!