Sunday, 17 February 2008

2005_11_01_archive



BlogSearch Google Service

BlogSearch is a new service from Google (beta yet). As the name

suggests it searches through blogs. It's the same simple Google

interface (almost) but with a Find blogs on your favorite topics

slogan (I really think they could have picked a better one).

Blog Search Google

On their frequently asked questions section there are some interesting

details, like how you can submit your blog to Google BlogSearch if it

just had been lauched. Read this selection or the whole Google Blog

Search Help if you want:

What is Blog Search?

Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is

a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by

blogging, and we hope Blog Search will help our users to explore

the blogging universe more effectively, and perhaps inspire many to

join the revolution themselves. Whether you're looking for Harry

Potter reviews, political commentary, summer salad recipes or

anything else, Blog Search enables you to find out what people are

saying on any subject of your choice.

Your results include all blogs, not just those published through

Blogger; our blog index is continually updated, so you'll always

get the most accurate and up-to-date results; and you can search

not just for blogs written in English, but in French, Italian,

German, Spanish, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and other languages

as well.

How do I find Blog Search?

There are a few different ways you can get to Blog Search:

blogsearch.google.com (Google-style interface)

search.blogger.com (Blogger-style interface)

The Blogger Dashboard

The Navbar on any Blog*Spot blog

It's the same search in each place, no matter how you get to it.

The Navbar, however, provides two buttons: one to search the blog

you are currently viewing, and one to search all blogs.

Which blogs are included in Blog Search?

The goal of Blog Search is to include every blog that publishes a

site feed (either RSS or Atom). It is not restricted to Blogger

blogs, or blogs from any other service.

How do I get my blog listed?

If your blog publishes a site feed in any format and automatically

pings an updating service (such as Weblogs.com), we should be able

to find and list it. Also, we will soon be providing a form that

you can use to manually add your blog to our index, in case we

haven't picked it up automatically. Stay tuned for more information

on this.

What search operators are supported?

All of the standard Google Search operators are supported in Blog

Search. These include:

link:

site:

intitle:

Additionally, Blog Search supports the following new operators of

its own:

inblogtitle:

inposttitle:

inpostauthor:

blogurl:

For example, a search such as [mandolin inpostauthor:Graham] will

show you posts about mandolins written by people named Graham. Note

that you can also use the Advanced Search option to achieve the

same effect.

Related links:

Google Blog Search


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