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Do Blog Search Engines Have Value?

I saw today a post on GigaOm about the value of blog based search engines and here is comment:

Few major differences:

1) Content found in search engines does not have an exact publication time and permanent link - which means it is only a momentarily snapshot of what the SE crawler found at a specific time. As a user you don't really know whether the page has changed or when it was last updated.

2) Most of the content in blogs comes from real people (except for splogs and shadow pages) unlike search engine "blindness" to different content publisher types.

3) Calculating inbound linking (page ranking) inside the blogosphere create a much accurate picture on the target site relevance vs. link ranking calculation based on the whole web linking structure.

4) Blogs and posts are structured (you can reach a blog home page from every blog post) while web pages and home pages can be associated only by text based comparison of the url and the host address - weak mechanism.

5) Results in a blog search engine has much more meaning being sorted based on publication time vs. page ranking only algorithms. Users look at blog search results looking for freshness (mentioned many times in previous comments).

6) Crawling and spidering mechanisms being developed on the search engine side can be many times optimized vs. regular search engine tools thanks to the structured manner updates are retrieved (RSS index file)

And many other differences as well...

Dudu

Full disclosure

Many times when I write about Strategic Board I use the word "we" instead of "I". It is an old habit of always being part of a larger group.

Anyway, for anyone interested, I am the only person behind Strategic Board (and few other surprises in the near future) doing everything starting at development, desig, system administration and of course washing the dishes:)

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Strategic Board passes the 200,000 blogs and news sources mark

Today we've' passed the 200,000 blogs and news mark heading directly to one million.

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Bloggers with money

Yesterday I read about VC invetments in two bloggers - VCs see opportunity in blogosphere and It makes me wonder - if a blogger becomes big and rich (especially in a corporate style as VCs like) would he still blog? Maybe.

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Web 2.0 Visibility Shift

I've read Robert Scobble analysis on MSN Spaces - MSN Spaces Numbers - and I grasped another major difference between web 2.0 companies and other software/technology companies. There are today numerous tools and ways to easily evaluate the success of a web 2.0 venture. This visibility affects tremendously relationship with VCs, consumer confidence and buzz.

The stealth concept of startups invented in the late 90's does not work here anymore and all cards are on the table.

Dudu

P.S. I am contemplating on whether a full disclosure to everyone from a web 2.0 developer would be a good thing or not

Open Bookmarking in Strategic Board

Hi all,

I am working on a model and system that will allow bookmarking service developers to add their bookmark service to Strategic Board where it will be enabled in every post.

Currently we support del.icio.us, Furl and Spurl and Digg.

If you have a bookmarking service please send me the details to webmaster@strategicboard.com and I'll add it. Soon you'll also be able to edit the bookmarking service in case of a change in the api.

Dudu

Two interesting posts

See
Search Engine Numbers
INTERVIEW COMMON 50 Q&A

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Microsoft WELCOMES Firefox on Vista

Yesterday I encountered a very interesting post - Microsoft Invites Mozilla Devs Over - where Microsoft the "non-compatible" giant invites Mozilla developers to help makes sure Firefox runs smoothly on Vista!

It took me a few hours to try and understand what does it mean without getting into too much conspiracy theories (which, I have to admit, blossom when I hear a news like this:). Also I don't want to dive into pink dreambad made by Microsoft - I'm hurt and I had too many disappointments in the past.

Instead, I'll write down what this move can mean (without no feelings at all):

1) Microsoft finally acknowledges Firefox is here to stay - realizing that Internet Explorer is not going to be the dominant browser for the second time (Last round was when they had Netscape on the floor).

2) Microsoft finally found out a way to kill Firefox - Let's hardwire it into propietary Vista and then give IE internal system level advantages. Once both browsers will have to play by the same playground rules IE will win.

3) Microsoft is changing towards and open source model and they found out a way to create enough money to replace their revenue stream coming from proprietary software sells (Does someone knows how?).

4) Microsoft wants to recruit these open source developers and maybe reduce the R&D capacity behind Firefox (Not an ever lasting strategy against open source developers - the people).

5) Microsoft decided to stick to their two face strategy - on one hand they are a proprietary giant and on the other hand they are open source friendly. It works both for CIOs as well as for developers who find a glimpse of hope in Microsoft's statements about open source.

It probably has other interpretations or none at all:)

Anyway, I leave it for you to judge.

Dudu

UPDATE:
On the other hand you have something like this Microsoft's Web vNext: architectural implications of Web 2.0

Interesting Links

Daily Links:


Web 2.0 Journal Newsflash: Wikipedia Nixes
"Enterprise 2.0"


I'm convinced that the reform that's needed is a
root-and-branch reform of the very concept of the patent

Dell CTO Kettler on virtualization

10 Stupid Things that Smart IT Pros Still Do

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Most comprehensive web 2.0 directory I ’ ve seen

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