Subject Guides » Blogs

Searching blogs

Although any search engine can be used to find blog content, the following tools are optimized for blog searching.

• Google Blog Search
  http://www.google.com/blogsearch
  Google Blog Search provides fresh, relevant search results from millions of feed-enabled blogs.
  
  
• Bloglines
  http://www.bloglines.com/
  Bloglines is a free online service for searching, subscribing, creating and sharing news feeds, blogs and rich web content.
  
  
• Technorati
  http://technorati.com/
  A blog search engine and directory. Technorati also publishes their own content and highlights content from across the web.

Reading blogs

If you read lots of blogs you may find the following tools helpful.

• Bloglines
  http://www.bloglines.com/
  Bloglines is a free online service for searching, subscribing, creating and sharing news feeds, blogs and rich web content.
  
  
• Google Reader
  http://www.google.com/reader
  A free and easy to use reader for following blogs and other online syndicated content. Google reader includes tools for sharing content and is integrated with other Google products such as GMail and Google+.

Creating blogs

• Bloglines
  http://www.bloglines.com/
  Bloglines is a free online service for searching, subscribing, creating and sharing news feeds, blogs and rich web content.
  
  
• Blogger
  http://www.blogger.com
  Create your own blog in three easy steps. Run by Google.
  
  
• LiveJournal
  http://www.livejournal.com
  A free open source communication tool that can be used to create a blog or a personal journal online.
  
  
• MySpace
  http://www.myspace.com
  Members of this online community can use the site to create and follow blogs.
  
  
• Tumblr
  https://www.tumblr.com/
  A hosted blogging platform designed to make sharing content from the web easy. Tumblr lets you post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, or email.
  
  
• Twitter
  http://twitter.com/
  Tell the world what you are doing in 140 characters or less. Micro-blog.
  
  
• Wordpress
  http://wordpress.com/
  Start your own free Wordpress blog with this hosted service.
  
  
• Wordpress.org
  http://wordpress.org
  Learn about the popular open source blogging software, Wordpress.