In the article New Tools for Searching Blogs, reporter Jessica Vascellaro discusses how current blog search engines such as Technorati and Feedster are adjusting their algorithms to find more relevant blog entries, while new players like Sphere and blogsearch.ask.com are joining the fray.
Interestingly, Vascellaro says these players are trying to “make the process more closely resemble a standard Web search” and reinforces a relevancy claim we make in our book:
In general, the results from blog searches can be unpredictable. An initial search for “American Idol” on Technorati.com and Feedster.com yesterday included some individuals’ blogs with only stray mentions of the show. On Google Blog Search, the top result was a fan Web site of news and information relating to the show.
In Publish and Prosper, we made the case that for highly relevant results (versus just timely ones,) Google blog search is a great choice.
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