Best Bets for
Blogs
The following guide was designed to help researchers learn more about blogs, find blog content and access subject-specific blogs in advertising/public relations, journalism and visual communication. To learn blogging basics, visit About Blogs. Use this guide to find:
Blog search engines and directories
Advertising/P.R. blogs
Journalism blogs
Visual communication blogs
Blog search engines and directories
About Web Search: Searching for Blogs
Lists blog search sources.
BlogPulse
Check out its extra tools, including
the trend search and conversation tracker.
Blog Directories and Search Engines
From the Internet Public Library, this list highlights search engines for blogs and other sites to visit to find the best blogs.
The Bloggies
Find award-winning blogs. The Bloggies, publicly selected awards for web logs, have been presented each year since 2001.
Daypop
Search for content specifically found on blogs. Daypop also ranks the top blog posts and top weblogs.
Feedster
Boasts spam control and advanced Feedster features (find those under "more.") Search for blogs, news, feeds and podcasts.
Google Blog Search
A new service currently in beta testing from Google.
Search Scanner
One-stop searching for finding blog posts. Use blog search engines such as Bloglines, Daypop , LSBlogs and more at Search Scanner.
Technorati
One of the most established blog search engines, Technorati offers lots of added features including the ability to search by subject keywords.
Yahoo! Blog Search
This engine searches both Yahoo! News and blogs. Blog results appear in the right column.
Advertising/P.R. blogs
Adverblog
The blogs listed here cover advertising, marketing, branding and more.
Fast Company's Best Business Blogs: Advertising
MarketingSherpa's 10 Best Blogs for 2005
Highlights blogs on advertising, marketing and public relations.|
Journalism blogs
Behind the News
A list of journalism and research blogs from a veteran news researcher.
Cyberjournalist's List of J-blogs
A comprehensive list of hundreds of blogs created by journalists. Included are blogs covering spot news as well as those from news sites and personal Web pages.
Forbes Best Media Blogs
The business magazine Forbes highlights what it deems to be the best eight journalism blogs.
Great Weblog Journalism
Provides examples of using blogs in journalism.
Journalism and Mass Media Blogs
A list of blogs provided by The Internet Public Library.
Visual communication blogs
Designfeast.com's blogs
Lists blogs on design–Web design, graphic design and more.
Photolinks' photography blogs
Find photoblogs here.
