How Many Blog Search Engines Do We Need? 1
I see that several more blog search engines have launched over the last few days, so I just did a quick survey of people at the coffee shop and over IM asking, "have you ever used a blog search engine to search for something?"
The answer I got from every single person? "No."
I'm not exactly in a little coffee house in the middle of nowhere either. This place should be filled with people right at the core of who should be using blog search engines.
I think that the real problem is that no one ever says "I really want to search for something, but I only want results about it from blogs." It's just not a compelling vertical.
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I was thinking the same thing about photo and video start-ups. According to business 2.0, there are many. Most people don't think, "I really want to search for something, but I only want results about it from blogs.", but many do prefer the blog format for news and info.