#14 Technorati

So, the main difference I see in searching different ways on Technorati is that if you just search for posts with 'learning 2.0', you get all posts that mention it at all, which leads to a lot more results of the type where the blogger mentions it in passing, then goes on to talk about other things. Searching for the phrase within tags is more likely to bring up results where the post is almost entirely focusing on 'learning 2.0'. And then, obviously, searching in blog directory brings up entire blogs about the subject!

I guess having different ways to search is good, if you don't know just how talked about the subject you are looking for is. If it is a very common subject, it might be good to do a blog search or tag search. But if one is really having trouble finding anything, it might be time to just do a post search and sift through all the results.

As for the most popular blogs, searches, and tags...no, I can't say I find anything that interesting or surprising. Except for the fact that I'm surprised there isn't something startling and interesting among the popular searches. Something I didn't know before. I'm very used to seeing very new and different things on the Internet, so learning that most people on technorati like searching for blogs about gadgets and making money, and blog posts about myspace, Ron Paul, and Paris Hilton is sort of anticlimactic. I already knew people were wanting to read about those things.
LPLS