Google BlogSearch and BlogSphere
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:48 PM
Google has today revealed a new search service aimed directly at blogs. It uses a blogs RSS or ATOM feed to gather details from entries for indexing. To get into the blog index you just need to ping the WebLogs interface every time you publish a new story.
From the 'About Google BlogSearch' page :
If your blog publishes a site feed in any format and automatically pings an updating service (such as Weblogs.com), we should be able to find and list it.
If your using Blogsphere for your blog then there is a built in feature that will ping the Weblogs.com list for you. In the main blog configuration on the Story Setup page you should see the option for the Weblogs Ping. Set this to 'Always' or 'Ask' and then when you create a new blog entry Blogsphere will automatically inform the Weblogs.com list that your site has been updated.