[citation needed] In August 2008, the blog search engine, Technorati, acquired Blogcritics for an undisclosed amount of money.

[2] One of the first collaborative ventures of the two entities was for Blogcritics writers to begin writing descriptions of Technorati tags.

[3] In April 2009, Blogcritics underwent a complete site redesign[4] and switched content management systems.

In his official email newsletter, sent during the week of 12 Sep 2010, publisher Eric Olsen stated that he was leaving Blogcritics and Technorati: After eight wondrous years of blood, sweat, and cheers, I (Eric Olsen) am leaving my position as publisher of Blogcritics and Technorati and heading out into the cruel world as of Sept 15.

[5] In March 2014, Blogcritics was acquired by executive editors Barbara Barnett and Jon Sobel under their new company Critical Lens Media, Inc.[6] Blogcritics has won several blog awards, including a Bloggie and recognition as a Forbes.com Best Media Blog.