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.