Thing #11

Google Blog Search was the easiest search engine to use. It gave me numerous hits on simple keywords and also helped me narrow my search. I added one new blog spot from my search to my RSS. I had heard that the White House has a blog spot, so I added it to my RSS. Feedster was down for some reason, so I could not use it. A search on the web revealed that it may no longer be available. I found Topix.net a little complicated at first. It is helpful in that you can narrow your search to local news, but it's graphics and layout make it difficult to find your search results at first. Once I got the hang of it, I played around for some time looking for news information about education closest to me. It also showed me news feed from as far away as Adilabad where 40 teachers are in trouble for attending a conference that contradicted the accepted Model Code of Conduct. Technorati is categorized on its home page so I found it to be very user friendly in searching for blogs. You can begin your search on this site based upon broad intersts or use the search engine for a narrower category.