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The Top 6 Blog Search Engines - The Ones You Need

Technorati: Billed as the worlds largest, Technorati rates your

blog based on a number of criteria, and gives you an authority

ranking – on a scale of 1-1000. Post useful, well read and

commented blog posts and you'll grow. Can be a challenge to

get listed, but it's worth it.

Klout: Specifically for Twitter, Klout measures a huge range of

criteria, and creates a Klout Score to measure your influence via

your witter account. Worth listing, as it takes just a few minutes

and helps create credibility of your microblog.

IceRocket: IceRocket began as a blog search engine and now also

searches other social networks such as Twitter, MySpace and the

Web. This is one to keep an eye on.

BlogCatalog: BlogCatalog is a combination social community

and blog search engine. With your free account, you can interact

with other bloggers, find blogs and promote your own. Simple to

use, and fast turnaround for blog listings.

BlogPulse: BlogPulse offers an impressive array of features,

including an automated trending tool for blogs. Definitely worth

checking out.

Alltop: This popular tool (by internet celebrity Guy Kawasaki) is

easy to submit to, however getting listed can be a little tougher.

The one page submission form allows you to request which section

to be listed on, and both your URL and RSS feed. Within a week,

they'll advise of acceptance or refusal. If accepted, your blog is

opened to a huge audience. Alltop is a combination blog search

engine and blog/headline aggregator. Its popular and works better

than you might think.

The Worst 3 Blog Search Engines - The Ones You Need to Avoid

Blogarama: Blogarama is a basic search engine for blogs.

It doesn’t include the quality ranking of Technorati or

Blogcatalog.

Bloggernity: A combination directory and search engine

for blogs, Bloggernity is a relative newcomer in the field,

and it shows.

Bloggapedia: Bloggapedia is a basic blog search engine,

that seems to have elements for a social network, but is

dysfunctional and unused. Seems moderately popular

as a search engine.