After a long dry spell, news and blog-related search engines have popped up all over the Internet. Here are my top four:
- Rocketinfo (http://www.rocketnews.com)
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Does not use the most extensive sources in the world, but lesser-known press release outlets (such as PETA) and very technical outlets (e.g., OncoLink, BioSpace, Insurance News Net) can be found here. Rocketinfo's main drawback is its limited search and sort options.
- Yahoo! Daily News (http://news.yahoo.com)
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Unlike Google News, Yahoo! relies on human editors to assemble its news portal. A 30-day index means that you can sometimes find things that have slipped off the other engines. Yahoo! Daily News provides free news alerts for registered Yahoo! users.
- Technorati (http://www.technorati.com)
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Technorati can help you zero in on conversations within the blogosphere. Many blog authors tag their posts with keywords to help Technorati determine how its posts should be categorized, and you can search for posts by tag.
- BlogPulse (http://www.blogpulse.com/)
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BlogPulse is geared toward tracking trends across blogs. You can use its Trend Search tool to graph the frequency of mentions of words or phrases across blogs.
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