Blog Search Engine - a great addition to SPM
Posted on Sep 27, 2007
Splashpress is thrilled to have added Blog Search Engine to its roster of blog-related sites. The deal was concluded privately with Loren Baker of Search Engine Journal, after Loren was unable to find a buyer via his auction at Sitepoint. The acquisition was recently covered at the Blog Herald and 901am.
The site is obviously an attractive acquisition as an individual property, with its mass of quality backlinks, but for us the important thing was that it complimented our current portfolio, rather than conflicted with it. This especially in regards to Eaton Web.
So with the help of Thord Hedengren once more, we are planning a major overhaul of the site. While keeping the “seach engine” feature, as powered by IceRocket, we will be setting up a “Blog Catalog” style directory that is geared towards reviews and relevant inquiries, rather than metrics and short description. So in addition to being able to find any blog in particular category, users will be able to submit their own reviews and rate the blogs accordingly within the “catalog”. This unlike the MySQL base of EW.
Blog Search Engine will also be linked to Eaton Web via API and feature the fastest risers according to EW’s momentum metrics, and will also be featuring recent reviews by the team at Bloggy Award.
So watch this space….
6 Responses
Bunnie
09|Nov|2007You have ruined the Blog Search Engine. It used to link to specific blog entries when you searched for specific topics, and now all it is is a Google search for basic websites. It has lost all usefulness.
Mark
09|Nov|2007Please give us some time. We only yesterday put up the new design and Google search- which hasn’t been customized yet. So it’s a “work in progress” for the next few days. Also, IceRocket changed their API so we had no choice but to go with another search option.
Bunnie
09|Nov|2007Okay, sorry for getting on your case. It occurred to me after I posted this that maybe it just hadn’t been refined, yet. I was just cranky because I’ve been missing it! It’s the best tool for searching blogs that I’ve found out there. Good luck getting it up and running!
Mark
10|Nov|2007Thanks for your understanding!!
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