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Blog Search Help

  1. What is Blog Search?
  2. How do I use Blog Search?
  3. What are the sections on the left side of Google Blog Search?
  4. Which blogs are included in Blog Search?
  5. How do you choose blog posts for the homepage?
  6. How do I get my blog listed?
  7. Why aren't my oldest posts indexed?
  8. What if I don't want to be listed?
  9. How does Blog Search work?
  10. Can I subscribe to search results?
  11. Can I search for entire blogs or individual posts?
  12. What search operators are supported?
  13. Can I find blogs in specific languages?
  14. Does Blog Search support SafeSearch filtering?
  15. How can I report spam in the Blog Search index?
  16. How do I report copyright infringement?
  17. I have additional questions.
  1. What is Blog Search?

    Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and we hope Blog Search will help our users to explore the blogging universe more effectively, and perhaps inspire many to join the revolution themselves. Whether you're looking for Harry Potter reviews, political commentary, summer salad recipes or anything else, Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your choice.

    Your results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger; our blog index is continually updated, so you'll always get the most accurate and up-to-date results; and you can search not just for blogs written in English, but in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Swedish, Malay, Polish, Thai, Indonesian, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese and other languages as well.

  2. How do I use Blog Search?

    Just type the word(s) you want to search for in the text box and click "Search." That's all there is to it!

    If you want more control over your search, click the "Advanced Search" link to the right of the search button. There you'll find options to specify titles, authors, languages and more. Once you get your search results, there will be an additional link that allows you to switch between displaying the results with either the most relevant or recent results at the top.

  3. What are the sections on the left side of Google Blog Search?

    The links on the left allow you to browse Google Blog Search results by topic. For example, clicking the Technology link will show you top stories in the tech world.

  4. Which blogs are included in Blog Search?

    The goal of Blog Search is to include every blog that publishes a site feed (either RSS or Atom). It is not restricted to Blogger blogs, or blogs from any other service.

  5. How do you choose blog posts for the homepage?

    Blog Search uses a set of algorithms to try to determine the most popular stories in the blogosphere. We consider factors such as a blog's title and content, as well as its popularity throughout the rest of the blogging community. (Learn more about Google's search technology.) Then we display groups of posts that are closely related. Because the process is entirely automated, we're unable to make manual adjustments to the homepage.

  6. How do I get my blog listed?

    If your blog publishes a site feed in any format and automatically pings an updating service (such as Google Blog Search Pinging Service), we should be able to find and list it. While we recommend you set up automatic pinging for your blog, you can also manually submit your blog for inclusion. We periodically crawl and refresh manually-added blogs, but resubmitting ensures that we index the latest posts.

    Learn about all opportunities to share your content for free across Google including gadgets, product search, local business center and video.

  7. Why aren't my oldest posts listed?

    Since Blog Search indexes blogs by their site feeds, it will only include items that have been posted since it started indexing a given blog. For most blogs, that will be around June 2005, or the time at which you submitted your blog for inclusion. We are working on ways to include older posts as well.

  8. What if I don't want to be listed?

    If you do not publish a site feed for your blog, it will not be included in Blog Search. However, if you previously published a site feed that was included, the old posts will remain in the index, even though new ones are not added.

    Blog Search will also respect robots.txt files and NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW meta tags, as described here.

  9. How does Blog Search work?

    Blog Search indexes blogs by their site feeds, which will be checked frequently for new content. This means that Blog Search results for a given blog will update with new content much faster than standard web searches. Also, because of the structured data within site feeds, it is possible to find precise posts and date ranges with much greater accuracy.

  10. Can I search for entire blogs or individual posts?

    You can use Blog Search to find either specific posts or entire blogs. The main search results always return links to posts. However, when there are entire blogs that seem to be a good match for your query, these will appear in a short list just above the main search results.

  11. Can I subscribe to search results?

    Yes. At the bottom of each page of search results you can find several links, offering the top 10 or 100 results as either Atom or RSS feeds. Just grab the links from here and subscribe to them in the news aggregator of your choice and you'll get updates whenever new posts are made that match your query.

    (If you've never subscribed to feeds before, check out Blogger Help and AtomEnabled for more information, along with links to various programs you can use to subscribe.)

  12. What search operators are supported?

    All of the standard Google Search operators are supported in Blog Search. These include:

    • link:
    • site:
    • intitle:

    Additionally, Blog Search supports the following new operators of its own:

    • inblogtitle:
    • inposttitle:
    • inpostauthor:
    • blogurl:

    For example, a search such as [ mandolin inpostauthor:Graham ] will show you posts about mandolins written by people named Graham. Note that you can also use the Advanced Search option to achieve the same effect.

  13. Can I find blogs in specific languages?

    Yes, you can restrict results to any of 35 specific languages by using the Advanced Search options. Just check the boxes next to the languages you want to include. By default, results include blogs written in all languages.

  14. Does Blog Search support SafeSearch filtering?

    Yes, SafeSearch can be used to filter out adult sites, just like in Google Web Search.

  15. How can I report spam in the Blog Search index?

    We're constantly working to improve the quality of our search results. If you've found a particular blog that you think may be spamming our index, we'd like to hear about it.

    The best way to tell us about a blog that's spamming our index is by submitting a Spam Report at http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html. Spam Reports are submitted directly to our engineers and are used to devise scalable solutions to fight spam. We appreciate your assistance in maintaining the quality of our search results.

  16. How do I report copyright infringement?

    If you are a copyright owner and wish to report a blog that's using your content without permission, please submit a copyright infringement notice.

  17. I have additional questions.

    Please contact us.