Google Blog Search Results…Still Searching?

by John Greer on 11/10/2009 at 4:40 pm in Observations, Opinion Editorial, Within Range

“Quick! I need to find a blog about shoes!” How many times have you said that? Dozens of times? Maybe not, but finding an authoritative blog about any number of topics is a common task by searchers today.

A blog would be a logical place to find information on new styles, trends, and up to date information on shoes. Perhaps you are doing research, looking for a contact, or simply trying to add some reading material to your blog reader.

So how does Google blog search stack up in finding authoritative blogs? Not so good. Apparently, it doesn’t quite know how to define a blog, as the example below shoes shows. Journeys, Converse, and all of the others simply aren’t blogs. 

Google Blog Search Results for Shoes

This is a particularly bad example, but I’ve tried a variety of searches in the past and often gotten poor results. For now, Technorati may still be the best blog search.

With the push for real-time search integration, it will be interesting to see how well search engines do with identifying real-time sources, like Twitter. Considering the length of time blogs have been around, it may be a while before we see great results.