Chapter 24: Introducing Blogs

In This Chapter

• Learning what blogs are and why reading them is fun and interesting

• Using Blog Search to find blogs that interest you

• Using Advanced Search features to better focus your blog search

• Getting your blog listed in the Google Blog Search index

Google has created a special search page just for finding blogs. Because Google’s goal is to give access to all the world’s digital information, the folks at Google would have been remiss in leaving out blogs. A great deal of information, more editorial and creative than fact-based, resides in blogs around the world. This chapter introduces blogs and helps you use Google technology to find the blog that has information you want to read. Chapter 25 goes into greater depth in helping you create your own blog using the Google-owned Blogger Web site.