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Google Blog Search Is No Good!
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For those of you not aware of it, Yes, Google does offer a Blog Search product. Is it any good ? depends on your definition of what a good Blog Search Engine is supposed to be.
For me, when I use a Blog Search Engine as oppose to a general web search engine, I want to hear what bloggers are saying about a particular topic, I want it to be relatively recent and most importantly, I want it to be highly relevant !




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no responses - Posted 05.16.08
One of the primary differentiation point of Gmail is its “Archive all and Search later” approach to email management. I must admit I was a skeptic when I first started using it after many years of masterful hierarchical folder management using Microsoft outlook. Now I am a total convert, as long as you know [...]
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(0 votes, average: 0 out of 5, rated)no responses - Posted 04.07.08
I am a fan and heavy user of Google Desktop Search but have always been curios about Windows Desktop Search and wanted to do a comparison between the two. Well, the guys at Download Squad have beaten me to it and done a good job in comparing the latest offerings from Microsoft and Google. [...]
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(0 votes, average: 0 out of 5, rated)1 response - Posted 03.15.08
Have you seen the new Google Search within Search feature ? Google has updated its Web Search so that when you search for certain sites (Wikipedia, Nytimes and a number of others) a search box is presented along with the standard results to allow you to search within the site right there and then [...]
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(0 votes, average: 0 out of 5, rated)no responses - Posted 02.09.08
When it comes to basic dictionary definition lookup for words, Web users are spoilt for choices. Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, heck Google even provides a definition link after you do a web search and do the word lookup for you without you telling it! I guess it’s there just in case you don’t know what you [...]
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(0 votes, average: 0 out of 5, rated)2 responses - Posted 02.02.08
It’s been a while since Google came up with any innovation around their main search offerings (in fact, I can’t remember what has ever changed since I started using Google search other than some re-arrangement of the results page). On one hand it is a testament to how good Google Search is, on the [...]
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(0 votes, average: 0 out of 5, rated)6 responses - Posted 01.13.08
Chances are, you already know these Google tricks, in which case, it is always good to be reminded what they are and how they work. If you don’t know these tricks, as the title suggests, you HAVE TO know about them by now as they will improve the effectiveness of your searches on Google (and [...]
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