Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Week 6 - #14 - Technorati

The distinction between searching blogs and posts is interesting. The results for blog searches pulled up fewer hits, but the results were more on topic; whereas, the results for post searches was much less topic specific, so if you are searching blogs that focus on a particular topic, then blog searching is definitely the way to go because post searching will pull up way too many bad hits (i.e. posts that simply mention the search term without the post actually being about it).

As for the popular feature, who knew Arriana Huffington was so popular? Looking at how the rating system works was interesting as well: the "authority" marker relying on number of links to one's blog seems like a good way to tap into the zeitgeist of the blogging community.

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