Comments on: Why Are Blog Search Engines So Bad? http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/12/18/why-are-blog-search-engines-so-bad/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:13:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Martin http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/12/18/why-are-blog-search-engines-so-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-159567 Martin Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:16:28 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4364#comment-159567 Hi Mark, I have to agree with both your post and the comment about Technorati. They seem to be doing a half decent job, but somehow the site just doesn't have the feel of a true market leader.. Don't know how to explain it. Do you have an idea about what is missing or should be available to blog search? I would assume that the classic indexing approach to blog search somehow fails because it doesn't filter the actual post topics well enough.. Any ideas? Cheers, Martin Hi Mark,

I have to agree with both your post and the comment about Technorati. They seem to be doing a half decent job, but somehow the site just doesn’t have the feel of a true market leader.. Don’t know how to explain it.

Do you have an idea about what is missing or should be available to blog search? I would assume that the classic indexing approach to blog search somehow fails because it doesn’t filter the actual post topics well enough.. Any ideas?

Cheers,
Martin

]]> By: Beau http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/12/18/why-are-blog-search-engines-so-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-156272 Beau Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:54:27 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4364#comment-156272 I agree that there is significant room for improvement when it comes to blog search tools. I've been involved in an effort to create a blog search capability focusing on sports blogs (<a href="http://buzztap.com" rel="nofollow">buzztap.com</a>). Ultimately, I think specialized blog search engines will be able to better fill the need in areas where generalized search engines are failing. I agree that there is significant room for improvement when it comes to blog search tools. I’ve been involved in an effort to create a blog search capability focusing on sports blogs (buzztap.com). Ultimately, I think specialized blog search engines will be able to better fill the need in areas where generalized search engines are failing.

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/12/18/why-are-blog-search-engines-so-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-152124 Mark Evans Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:28:19 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4364#comment-152124 Ian, Thanks for the comment. To be honest, Technorati's biggest challenge is convincing people that it's a service that works well to do blog searches. At one point it was the go-to service but that reputation has waned in recent years. Mark Ian,

Thanks for the comment. To be honest, Technorati’s biggest challenge is convincing people that it’s a service that works well to do blog searches. At one point it was the go-to service but that reputation has waned in recent years.

Mark

]]> By: Ian Kallen http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/12/18/why-are-blog-search-engines-so-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-151814 Ian Kallen Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:44:07 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4364#comment-151814 Hi Mark, FWIW, Technorati had your post indexed within a few minutes of the ping. The spam is vastly reduced in our index and we're doing a lot of retooling that we think will help serve bloggers and their readers better. -Ian Technorati Hi Mark,
FWIW, Technorati had your post indexed within a few minutes of the ping. The spam is vastly reduced in our index and we’re doing a lot of retooling that we think will help serve bloggers and their readers better.
-Ian
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