I am already subscribed to two or three blogs, and I am not really looking to subscribe to anymore. I have a very busy schedule, so during my free time, I like to just relax with my boyfriend or catch up on my tv shows, not participate in an activity that feels like schoolwork. I admit that some of the blogs I do read for enjoyment, but at this point in my life, I cannot commit to reading hundreds of posts or news articles a week. However, for this post, I will pretend that I am searching for blogs and feeds about education:
I used the Google Blog Search, which was okay, but I felt like it was just like a regular Google search. For instance, I typed in the word education, and about 2 million blogs popped up. Even if they said the word education one time seven years ago, their blog came up. So there was no way for me to tell which blogs were actually about education and which ones merely mentioned it.
I then tried the Topix searcher. It led me straight to the Clarksville page, which I thought was neat, but I clicked on something and somehow ended up on the personal ads of Clarksville. It was random and had nothing to do with anything I was trying to find.
Syndic8 was a very confusing site to navigate. I couldn't figure out where to type in search items and the layout of the site was very offputting. I just really didn't like it. I did somehow come across a website about hair trends in the USA. It was pretty interesting, but definitely not something I would want to subscribe to.
I really liked Technorati. The website was well organized, and it was very easy to find feeds dealing with whatever topic you were interested in. This was definitely my favorite one out of all of the searchers.
As I said before, I am not really looking for more feeds to follow. However, if I happened to come across something that really interested me, or someone recommended a feed, I would not be against subscribing. I think that will be my preferred method of finding new feeds. Not actively seeking them out, but accepting them when I come across them.
KBearden:]
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