Steve Rubel believes blog search engines are in a “pitiful state” – a view that I believe it 100% accurate.
The question is why given blogs are such a vibrant, dynamic and growing part of the Web. You would figure that Google would do for blogs what it has done for general search but anyone who has used Google Blog Search knows better.
Maybe the blogosphere is simply too difficult to track given it changes so quickly and there’s so much to spider. Or maybe Google believes there are bigger opportunities elsewhere.
All I know is the blog search market is ripe with opportunity given no one is doing it particularly well right now.
Perhaps some of the startups such as Cuil and Powerset gunning for Google should focus their efforts on blogs where Google is vulnerable.
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Why Are Blog Search Engines So Bad?
Steve Rubel believes blog search engines are in a “pitiful state” – a view that I believe it 100% accurate.
The question is why given blogs are such a vibrant, dynamic and growing part of the Web. You would figure that Google would do for blogs what it has done for general search but anyone who has used Google Blog Search knows better.
Maybe the blogosphere is simply too difficult to track given it changes so quickly and there’s so much to spider. Or maybe Google believes there are bigger opportunities elsewhere.
All I know is the blog search market is ripe with opportunity given no one is doing it particularly well right now.
Perhaps some of the startups such as Cuil and Powerset gunning for Google should focus their efforts on blogs where Google is vulnerable.
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