Comments on: Google Blogsearch good for hyperlocal blogging? http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/01/google-blogsearch-good-for-hyperlocal-blogging/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Mon, 20 May 2013 21:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/01/google-blogsearch-good-for-hyperlocal-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-268423 Mike Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:48:31 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=985#comment-268423 @Martijn

That it is! the whole thing is pretty far away from the main search page. Maps at least has a button on the page. The Blog info doesn’t, not even a dropdown…

Also its interface and the top level is totally different than the interface after a search with no way to move back to or integrate the top level view once a search has been done.

If the new interface engages enough people, then the search function provides the blog listings to fulfill “longer tail” result if a viewer isn’t satisfied with the depth or range of the main categories.

I would love to look at the stats.

Mike

]]> By: martijn http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/01/google-blogsearch-good-for-hyperlocal-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-268387 martijn Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:25:50 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=985#comment-268387 I’m wondering how many people will actually find the blog search because it’s so well hidden :p

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/01/google-blogsearch-good-for-hyperlocal-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-268193 Mike Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:41:41 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=985#comment-268193 It certainly has potential. Whether it delivers traffic is another story.

It seems that the formal Blog title caries a lot of weight in creating relevance in being listed.

Keep me posted.

Mike

]]> By: Earlpearl http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/10/01/google-blogsearch-good-for-hyperlocal-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-268188 Earlpearl Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:32:52 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=985#comment-268188 Mike: I’ve been using that with regard to a local oriented blog.

It can work if people want to look that way. Maybe it’ll work, maybe not. The interest has to be there by potential visitors. I’ll be working it and testing and continuously posting on a local oriented blog. I hope to report on more of this over time.

Dave

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