November 01, 2008

Google Blog Search uses backwards links

Google Blog Search Now Reads Links on Web Pages at digital inspiration (Oct 31)

Google Blog Search uses link: (the backwards search as I call it) to pick up web articles that link to a web address you search on.

"If your search query resembles a web address (URL), Google Blog Search automatically uses the link: operator and shows list of blogs that have earlier linked to the web address mentioned in your query. ... This means that if another blog (abc.com) has linked to your own blog (my.com) from his sidebar, Google will now show abc.com in the results as well when you query for link:my.com."

Also of interest from Nov 2006 - Blog Search vs Web Search: How are they Different ? -- points out good reasons for using a Blog search engine to get information on recent events.

Posted by Gwen at November 1, 2008 12:34 PM