Google de-emphasizes blogsearch

For a while now I’ve been used to clicking the little “more” tab at the top of my google homepage to select blogsearch. It has been at the top of the list - first thing you go for.

Looks like people aren’t searching blogs as much as they used to. Now the top hit is Video:

In fact, now the list goes:

• Video
• Groups
• Books
• Scholar
• Finance
• Blogs

Eh? I refuse to believe that people use Google Scholar (what is that anyway?) more than they use Blogsearch. Although to be fair - it’s probably easier to click a link right next to the bottom divider than something in the middle.

Still, Google’s making a conscious choice to throw blogging farther down the list. I never understood why it was hidden in the “more” menu in the first place. Over the past year I think Google has been consistently the best blog search tool for me.

I wonder what people are using. Or if they’re not, why aren’t they searching blogs?