The Google Blog announced the launch of Google Blog Search today. In my opinion, this is the best thing to happen to blogging in a long time.
I already believe that blogs are essential for any business that wishes to have an online presence, but this seals it. Having a public blog allows your customers to easily include your site feed on personalized home pages like Google Personalized and MyYahoo. This puts your business in the eyes and minds of customers on a daily basis. Blogs also create an atmosphere that encourages repeat visits and a sense of community.
The other blog search engines out there have not impressed me at all. I am hopeful that Google's Blog Search will get it right. I had some problems searching for sites that should have been listed under various search terms, but I am hopeful that this will improve, since this is a new feature in beta.
The Blogger service seemed to be spotty this morning. I wonder if this is related to the announcement about Blog Search, and the changes to the Blogger NavBar?
I finally received an invitation to join the Yahoo Publisher Network Beta. I decided to test it out on the Parents Cafe site. I will track the status and see how it goes.
So far, I like the interface, the ad layout and custimazation options.
I am very pleased with the Google Adsense program, so it will be interesting to see how this program compares.
I would love to hear comments from other people who are testing this program.
|
