Robert Scoble points to a new feature in Technorati, called the “authority slider” that improves the blog search results it returns.
The authority slider definitely narrows down the search results. That’s for sure.
I doubt, though, that this feature is going to pull me back to using Technorati more often.
Problem is, search isn’t everything. In fact, with the right tools I think I can find “more” without searching.
Here’s what I’ve noticed about how I “search” less to find more.
Google’s news.google.com is a case in point. I check news.google.com all the time for an overview of what’s going on in the news. Yes, I launch many searches from news.google.com when I’m looking for specific breaking news on Tablet PCs, for instance. However, most of the time I simply pop over to the news page to see what’s going on. I’d rather not search if I don’t have to.
I use Memeorandum in a similar fashion.
In fact, at least for me Memeorandum has the most useful presentation of blog content around. What I really appreciate is that it gives me a single page view of the “top” tech conversations going on in the blogosphere.
Now Memeorandum isn’t perfect. I’d really like to see summary pages for content other than Politics or Tech. I want a Tablet PC summary page and one for Robots, for instance. Launching a specific blog search, similar to Google’s search on news.google.com would be nice too.
I’ve got my fingers crossed that someone from GYM will realize how well Memeorandum would fit into their blog “search” infrastructure. It would be an ideal companion.