03.29.06
Best Blog Guides
The Web 2.0 Awards have named Technorati, Blogniscient, and Bloglines as their top blog guides.
“It’s easy to get lost in Technorati; with over 30.8 million blogs and 2.1 billion links indexed by this massive blog guide, there’s no end of sites and content to browse. Behemoth though it may be, Technorati’s advanced search function, tag categorization, and authority ranking make it simple to navigate. With the added bonus of participation, Technorati easily takes the cake as the Web’s best blog guide.
Blogniscient also brings the latest information to your fingertips, provided by a specific set of high-quality filtered blogs. Article categories (US Politics, Sci/Tech, Sports, Entertainment, and Business) are as good as any newspaper, if a bit limited. Blogniscient is easy to navigate and pleasant to look at, but its main drawbacks are a lack of social aspects and contribution.
Finally, if you’re looking to start reading blog feeds or thinking of creating one of your own, take a look at Bloglines. Though its interface leaves something to be desired, Bloglines is feature-rich, whichever you prefer to use and comprehensive, sure to please those looking for everything in one place.”
The Internet marketing company behind the Web 2.0 Awards is SEOmoz and they run an excellent blog centered around search engine optimization for websites.