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Social Search is a Google-based application that combines the search engine's basic functionality with your social circle. When you are logged in to your Google, Gmail, Blogger or other Google-powered account, you can select "Social" from the list of search options on your Google homepage; this will generate search results specific to you and your social networks, including blogs you may follow. Blog tags -- sometimes called labels -- affect your Google Social Search results in different ways.
Google, like many search engines, gives you the ability to submit a "ping" when you update your blog. Pinging Google notifies the search engine's Web crawling robots that your website has been updated and that you would like the new content to be added to Google's database as quickly as possible. When you add new content to your blog you may be able to get the content listed faster by utilizing Google's blog ping service.
Conducting advance searches on the Internet can refine your search when you are looking for an exact match. For example, if you are searching a term that is contained on government website, you can refine your search by including the term "Site:.gov." This search will only return sites that contain your search on sites ending in .gov. Searching for blogs can be assisted by editing the search terms or searching for the blog provider.
You can search for Blogs on any subject using Google Alert. When you create a Google Alert a listing of Blogs will be sent to your email for you to consider. This is a good way of studying Blogs in your field with a specialized Blog search tool. You can create several Alerts in different categories to become informed on subjects of your choice. Create a free account at Google to begin creating yours Alerts.
An internet search can return multiple articles, books and advertisements about a given topic. But, if you're simply looking for what bloggers have to say on a certain subject, it can be frustrating to sort through all that information. Google Blog Search and Pinging Service not only allows you to search through blog results, but to add your own blog posts to the mix. It's free and easy to use, and can be easily customized.
Most blogs come with a search form preinstalled. If you want to check your search form to be sure it's accessible to all of your visitors--here's how to do it.
For many people, blogs have become the media of choice for political discussion, celebrity gossip and commentary. Within the Xanga blog community, you can easily find blogs covering any topic under the sun.
