Gabe Rivera Has Nothing to Worry About
Google has finally updated its blog search service.
Question: what took it so long?
This is so supposed to the be the world’s leading search player, and its blog service has been sitting there relatively unloved while the blog search market has been floundering. For all the startups (e.g. SearchMe, Powerset, Culio) focused on the Big search market, they would have much better off going after the blog segment.
While ReadWriteWeb may contend Google’s new and improved blog search service in a Techmeme-kiler, the two are still different animals. If Google is an anything killer, it’s probably going after players such as Blogrunner and Daylife.
The Google blog search update is one of the quirky elements of the Google landscape. As much as Google is seen as a dynamic, innovative and aggressive company, it has a funny habit of letting some of its assets gather dust.
Look at how long Blogger sat around by itself after it was purchased without getting much attention. The same goes for Orkut, Froogle and Picasa, which just got another makeover.
For more check out Mathew Ingram, who doesn’t think Google blog search is a Techmeme-killer, and Google Operating System, which contends that: “The new Blog Search homepage is a decent alternative to the technology-focused Techmeme and to Technorati’s front page. Hopefully, Google will filter the low-quality posts and it will integrate the service with Google News.”
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October 4th, 2008 at 1:33 am
The distressing thing here is that the search part of Blogsearch does not do a very good job. It includes the nonsense Blogspot made-for-Adsense blogs that have posts that include random collections of words. It’s even more neglected than you imply here. The only thing going for it is that it’s fast, but to what purpose.
October 5th, 2008 at 1:30 am
Hehe, that’s interesting. I actually used Google blog search today, not realizing that it was updated at first but then noticed that the results were so incredibly useful and related.
October 6th, 2008 at 4:22 am
I still check Techmeme, only takes a minute to scan the headlines, it’s part of my routine. I’ll give Google’s blog search a chance, but not to replace Techmeme.