If you’re looking for a blog search engine, there’s Technorati, IceRocket, BlogPulse, Feedster, and many more. So what does Blogged.com bring to the table that these other sites don’t? It’s easy to use, welcomes user rankings, and just might help you get more traffic. Keep reading to find out more.
Blogged.com first went live in late February with more than 200,000 blogs in its database; that’s a very respectable number. It divides these blogs up into more than 100 different categories, which should help any eager blog reader find their favorite subject. To guide readers in choosing the right blog, rather than just listing everything in a particular category with relatively little information, it rates blogs on a scale of one to 10 and provides an overview of each blog.
Blog writers will be interested to hear that this quality rating is not based on the blog’s traffic. The company has 10 full-time editors which rate blogs based on frequency, design, writing style, and relevance to the particular topic. In fact, it’s the importance of relevance that sets Blogged.com apart from other blog search engines. For example, if you searched for “Clay Aiken” in Google’s blog search engine, you’d find blog entries that reference the former American Idol icon. If you performed the same search with Blogged.com, you’d find entire blogs whose main focus is on the singer (scary as that might sound).
But it’s not just Blogged.com’s employees who rank the blogs. Visitors can rank them as well. In fact, the site features some interesting social network aspects. Rather than simply searching the site, you can create a “profile dashboard” where you can share information about yourself, put up your reviews for all to see, keep track of your friends and your favorite blogs, and communicate with other members of the community through your own mailbox.
“Blogged.com allows people to discover new blogs and provide feedback on the blogs they care about,” said Kenneth Yeh, co-founder of Blogged.com. “As the number of blogs increases on the Internet, it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish and identify the best blogs. We are excited to offer users a fast, easy way to discover high quality content in the ever evolving blogosphere without spending a lot of effort.” So let’s take a look at Blogged.com in action.
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