The Andru Edwards Weblog

Okay guys, this one is big. Google has (finally) put up a Blog Search tool. Don’t be fooled by the term “Beta”, as Google News is a widely used resource that has been in Beta since its inception. That being said, there are a few things that Google needs to work out in its blog search. One example I found is that when I search for Gear Live, the link at the top looks like it will lead to gearlive.com - however, you end up at playfeed.com when you click it. Huh??? Nonetheless, is it game over for all other blog search services?

I just did a search within Google Blog Search for the term “google blog search” and found over 190,000 results. That means two things - a) Google Blog Search is quickly indexing blog content, and b) many, many people are excited about this. Just take a look:

http://chris.pirillo.com/blog/_archives/2005/9/14/1227376.html
http://google.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000250058768/
http://calacanis.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000313058793/
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050914-071913
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/09/14/google-blog-search-first-look-review/
http://www.geeknewscentral.com/archives/004880.html
http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/09/14/google-blog-search-of-what/
http://www.paidcontent.org/pc/arch/2005_09_14.shtml#015830
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=2795
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/09/14.html#a11152

Why shouldn’t they be? This thing is tons faster than Technorati, and they even allow you to subscribe to queries by way of RSS. Smart, smart move.