Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory

Google now has a blog search engine in beta here, but it is surprisingly inept. Unlike Technorati, Google does not appear to use recency as a key element in its sort, so the results are all over the place. Try it here on “genetic algorithms” and see what I’m talking about. Compare it to Technorati on the same search here. I don’t know about you, but when I do a blog search, I want to know first what’s happening now, not what happened in March

Search on a URL isn’t much better. Consider the Google blogsearch for IlliGAL Blogging here and compare it to the comparable Technorati search (here). It surprising that Google wouldn’t even back mine Blogger, the blog publication site it owns.

Don’t count Google out, but for now don’t change away from your favorite blog search engines. Google’s offering isn’t what bloggers or blogreaders want or need.