March 5, 2008 by Kevin

Ask.com Blog Search better than Google Blog Search? Perhaps

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Never gave it a minute of thought that Google's Blog Search could be beat when it comes to subscribing to searches of keywords and key phrases. Google. Internet. Who else ever wins?

But when I blogged about the ways to find top law blogs in your niche I mentioned that Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb found Ask.com Blog Search, powered by Bloglines, which Ask.com acquired, to have the best blog search on the net.

And when I noticed that an RSS feed from Google Blog Search on 'ABA TechShow' was not pulling in all the blog posts referencing 'ABA TechShow,' I gave Ask.com Blog Search a try. Ask.com picked up more blogs posts referencing 'ABA TechShow' than Google Blog Search.

Give Ask.com Blog Search a try. You can subscribe to a search at either the Bloglines site or the Ask.com site (click Blogs, as opposed to Web). Same search engine is powering both.

Let me know what you find. Does Ask.com Blog Search provide better results for you than Google Blog Search?

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August 31, 2007 by Kevin

Bloglines vs Google Reader : Which is used most?

RSS/newsreader use has taken off over the last year. It's going to become as widely used as email and the web in time.

Web based newsreader, Bloglines, made RSS easy to use for those interested, but Google Reader, also a web based newsreader, is going to bring the use of RSS susbcriptions to the masses. When I asked my ILTA (Internal Legal Tech Assoc.) session audience last week which newsreader they used, Google Reader won in a land slide.

Though Bloglines still maintains an edge, Richard MacManus of Read/WriteWeb reports on the significant Google Reader gains on Bloglines.

Here's a chart from Hitwise from January, 2007 when talk of Google Reader just began.

Google Reader vs Bloglines

And here's the same charting from this month.

Bloglines vs Google Reader

Bloglines GM Eric Engleman told Read/WriteWeb that with Bloglines recent re-design 'it's a two-horse race [and] the race is on!'

I'm not sure I buy it. My guess is that Bloglines recent surge is more of a general surge in RSS use, as opposed to an increase in Bloglines popularity.

Technorati was ahead of Google Blogsearch but now has to feel itself being lapped, with a real risk of becoming irrelevant. The only thing different for longtime Bloglines employees is that they had they had their pay day with Bloglines acquistion by Ask.

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