Thing 3. Blog Search Tools

After reviewing the features of two blog search engines: Technorati and Google Blog Search, I have come to the conclusion that there are advantages to Technorati over Google. I conducted a search of "Green Buildings" in both blog search engines. In Technorati I was able to narrow the search pretty quickly from 38,811 to 63 results utilizing the following limiting features: 1) Narrowing the search from all/any language to "English" only. 2) Limiting the authority from any authority to "some authority." 3) Limiting the search from "any Post" to "Blogs." However, in the Google Blog Search Engine, on the same search, it was more difficult to narrow the number of results. My first search result, in advanced mode, with the date limited from 2000 to 2009 resulted in 47,760 results. I limited the next search by narrowing the dates to a two-year period which resulted in 31,402 results. My third attempt further narrowed the search to "English" only blogs which resulted in 30,479. My fourth and fifth attempts narrowed the search results by date--past 6 months--result 15,429 and past month to 3,160. It seems to take more time in Google Blog to weed one's results down to a managable result. I can now understand why Technorati is the first choice among bloggers!