Technorati experiencing technical difficulties

I've been seeing signifcant delay on Technorati lately. It's starting to get pretty bad. I just got a screen with this message:

Sorry

We couldn't complete your search because we're experiencing a high volume of requests right now. Please try again in a minute or two. We're working hard to make our search results better. Thanks for your patience.

The good news is that maybe this means Technorati's popularity is picking up.

-- Jack Krupansky