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Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/google-gets-serious-about-blog-search.html

rklau — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:58:05 -0000

Shows what I know. :)

Thanks for the specifics - I'll check back with the search team and report back.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/google-gets-serious-about-blog-search.html

israel_lheureux — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:28:43 -0000

Rick, sorry--please excuse my typo.

I meant to say, yes, you did actually link to twitter.com/louisgray/status/ but that the gadget doesn't seem to be picking up text in the URLs.

Check it out:
This post, http://tins.rklau.com/2009/03/eight-lessons-lea...
has a 4 separate links to pages with louisgray in the URL
- http://twitter.com/louisgray/statuses/1330196523
- http://twitter.com/louisgray/statuses/1325740834
- http://twitter.com/louisgray/statuses/1330196523
- http://twitter.com/louisgray/statuses/1344547411

I would have thought the search gadget find those examples of "louisgray", but it only seems to find text when it's part of the domain (i.e. when you link to louisgray.com).

No biggie. I still like the display-in-div part very much :)

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/google-gets-serious-about-blog-search.html

rklau — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:42:02 -0000

Israel - You have the links in reverse. The way the custom search gadget works is to look at sites linked *from* my blog - so if I haven't linked to twitter.com/louisgray (I haven't), then searches on "louisgray" will fail. The search widget doesn't take into account links from other sites *to* my blog - a neat idea, but outside the scope of the gadget.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/06/google-gets-serious-about-blog-search.html

israel_lheureux — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:07:59 -0000

Hmm, when I was just at Rick's blog, searching for "louis" returned several results, but "louisgray" or "@louisgray" came up with nothing, either in the This Blog, or Linked From Here tabs. Despite the fact, of couse, that your twitter URL contains louisgray and you definitely link to his blog.

Unfortunately, the comments you leave with your blogger profile aren't credited to louisgray.com but http://www.blogger.com/profile/0067564266533941... (good luck remembering to search for that) so that part is a bit of a bugaboo.

Still, I really like the display-in-div that the blogger team is doing. I think that was a bold move for them to integrate results inline, and that should be rewarded. And FWIW, blogger seems faster to me in the admin tasks than wordpress.com or hosted wordpress. But most of all, I'm glad to see that the blogger team is developing their app further.

And Lijit has to take credit for leading the right direction, too. It must be flattering to be followed. I'm eager to see their next version and where they take it. Bottom line is that when tools are improved, bloggers win!

Re: Is the Music Industry Digging Its Own Online Grave?

israel_lheureux — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:55:50 -0000

Isn't this Pandora's fault for not trying?

I'd pay 42 cents per month for pandora (i.e. what the licensing costs), and plenty of others would too. $5 of "license fees" gets you over 10,000 songs. Not exactly highway robbery.

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