Google Blog Search Redirects Going Away
Blogger Buzz posts that the redirects I didn’t like in Google Blog Search are going away. In fact, they were never supposed to be there. The redirects were there to keep Blog Search a secret during testing.
Sadly, this wasn’t part of an overly clever click-harvesting scheme. We had the redirects in place during testing to prevent referrer-leaking and simply didn’t remove them prior to launch. But they should be gone in the next 24 hours … which will have the advantage of improving click-through time.
Roundup Of Google Blog Search Commentary
Below, a roundup of bloggers and others talking about the new Google Blog Search service that’s been launched. For more background on the service, see our Google Launches Industrial Strength Blog Search and Thoughts On & Poking At Google Blog Sear…
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