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November 01, 2006
Search Tool Blog #2
Google is actually better than I thought it was!
I feel that I have spoke too soon. In a prior blog, a recently stated that Grokker far surpassed Google as a search engine. Well, I may have to stick my foot in my mouth. They are both equally good, but for different reasons. Grokker is good because it takes all of the relevant information and places it into an outline format, which is easy to read and use. Google is great because you can search from Google News or Google Blog Search.
Google News is an excellent feature that I never knew Google had. If you click on the News link above the search box, Google then compiles all of today's top headlines from different newspapers and places them on the screen. You can also choose subcategories for your News such as Sports, Business, or, everybody's favorite, Science and Technology. After choosing a subset, Google then compiles the most recent headlines in that area, and places them on the screen. Another great thing about this is the fact that Google also lists different websites that wrote that articles regarding that same company. For example, if I wanted to find recent headlines about Apple, I would type that into the search bar. Then, Google lists the results. On this particular day, the top headline is "Apple iTunes Store Starts Latin Section." Listed under this headline, there are also three websites that have articles about this particular topic. You can then not only read the main article but what other sites wrote as well.
Another great tool that Google offers is its Blog search. From this site, you can search Blogs about particular topics or companies. For example, if I wanted to find all of the blogs written about Apple, all I have to do is type that into the search bar and await the results. As you can see from that page, you can see all of the options you have, such as looking at blogs that were published weeks ago, or even adding an RSS feed. You can even subscribe to these Blogs by setting an alert that will update the Blogs to your specific choosing.
Overall, I like the ease of use that Grokker offers, but Google's resources and the amount of options you have are also very nice. Our group has used and will use both of these search engines extensively in order to focus more on our specific topic.
Posted by cheek at November 1, 2006 03:47 PM