Google Blog Search RSS [Narcissism Delivered to YOU!]
I’ve been meaning to post about this since the post listing the uses of my Creative Commons -licensed photos across the web. Google Blog Search allows you to perform normal search engine functions, but limits the search results to the ever-growing blogosphere.
The best part was when the added support for feeds of any search (Old news now, I know).
Originally, I found post that had used my photos by checking stats on Flickr.com and this blog for referrers. After that, I Googled (using both traditional web and blog searches) the pseudonym I had been using on Flickr.
But now, thanks to Google Blog Search RSS feeds, I simply add feeds to my reader that include my full name and pseudonym and I’m alerted whenever someone in the blogosphere uses a photo (with credit, of course) or refers to me (for good or bad!). Using the feeds, I’ve been able to keep my previous listing up-to-date as most new results are fed to my reader within hours of the new post.
On a similar note, I find it funny that I also get results whenever I post on this blog since my author name is attached to the feed. Also, since the blog automatically pings Google blog search whenever I post, the update usually occurs within an hour. Today, this resulted in Google Blog Search alerting me to the new post here on 365D before the feed that comes directly from 365D! In my blog’s defense, I run feeds through Feedburner, and those of you who subscribe get your feed from Feedburner, so, there’s a little delay.
Go blog search yourself today! Who knows what you might find!
I Must Give Credit Where It’s Due [Hat Tip]
I’d like to tell you that idea for the domain name and title of this blog was entirely the result of my own creativity and brain power, but, as I’m sure you’ve assumed from the title of this post, it was not.
Actually, to confess, I’m not very creative. This isn’t to say that I steal all my ideas, but I do often need to observe the work of others in order to “spring” off of into my own ideas.
The “spring” for this blog came from a combination of my own desire to give back to the Internet community and most notably from French blogger Jean-François and his blog 365Questions.org.
I first discovered 365Questions.org October 17th, 2006 (The comment I posted on that day; the only way I knew the date). I’m not sure what I was searching for, all I know is that I ended up on 365Question’s popular compilation of creative 404 pages. I read some of his other entries and decided I liked what I saw. This is also about the same time I discovered the magic of RSS, so I added his blog to my reader.
I don’t know where Jean-François got the idea for his domain name, but I liked the name, and since I already had some “philosophy” for this blog regarding discovery before I had constructed it i thought a “365-site” would work well with the philosophy.
So, consider giving 365Questions.org a read if you’re interested in discovering oddities from different corners of the Interwebs from a different perspective!
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