27th
February
2008
Back in August I told you about the creation of the Beer Blog Search Engine. Using Google’s Custom Search product, I collected every beer-focused blog I could find and added them. I mostly did it for my own use, because I often want to see what the “beerblogosphere” is saying about a topic. I figured that other people might find it useful too.
I continually add blogs to it. Some I found by following a long chain of links. Others are blogs that have come online just recently.
Here are some new additions (in no particular order):
If you know of any others that would be good additions, don’t hesitate to drop us a line.
Beer Blog Search
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written by Al | posted in Beer, Resources | tagged beer blogs, blogosphere, search |
9th
December
2007
A couple of months ago I announced the creation of the Beer Blog Search Engine. Using Google’s Custom Search product, I collected every beer-focused blog I could find and added them. Mostly I did it for myself, because I very often want to see what the “beerblogosphere” is saying about a topic. I figured that other people might find it useful too, which is why I mentioned it.
I’ve continued to add blogs to it as well. Some are ones that I found by following a long chain of links. Others are blogs that have just come online very recently. The search engine is now indexing the contents of about 150 beer-focused weblogs.
Here are some recent additions:
If you know of any others that would be good additions, don’t hesitate to drop us a line.
Beer Blog Search
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written by Al | posted in Beer, Resources | tagged beer blogs, blogosphere, search |
1st
August
2007
Blogging about beer is becoming rather popular. Witness the large number of beer blogs that have come online in the last few months.
I love it. Beer is, as we know, a social thing. The more people talking about it, especially good beer, the better.
Unfortunately, very often finding what beer enthusiasts are talking about is nigh impossible. Search for “beer” or similar on Google and the vast majority of what you get is drunken college-age kids discussing beer pong, their latest beer binge, or how much better one industrial-brewed American light lager is than another. And forget trying to search for information on beer luminary Michael Jackson. It’s not unlike the volume produced by any one of America’s big brewers compared to the entire volume of all craft brewers. (My local convenience store has at any one time a dozen or more cases of Bud Light, Coors Light, Miller Genuine Draft, etc. The depth of their foray into craft beer is a case or two of Yuengling.)
But all is not lost. What if there was a way to get Google to limit its searches to a list of good, non-spammy blogs and other resource-rich beer sites? Well, there is. Take a peek:
Beer Blog Search
Currently a little over 100 hundred beer blogs are included in the index, and I try to add more as I find them.
Of course, that’s a much bigger job than one person can reasonably do. If you know of a blog that you think should be included or, even better, if you’d like to help out managing the listed of indexed blogs, drop me a line. I can be reached at al (at) hop-talk (dot) com or by using our Contact Us page.
So what? Well, try searching for “michael jackson” versus the same search on regular Google.
One of my favorite things to do is to search on a particular beer to see what other bloggers say about it. Such as Dogfish Head’s 90 Minute IPA. More useful than the regular Google search, I think.
I hope you find it useful.
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written by Al | posted in Beer, Resources | tagged beer blogs, search |
19th
March
2007
Beer blogs are kinda like beer itself. There’s a wider variety to choose from than most people think until they start to research the topic. Some are deep and rich, others light and refreshing, while some are…well, I’m sure they’re enjoyed by their fans. There are some that I like to visit only occasionally, some I’ve tried once and never want to go back to, and others that I simply go to again and again.
Some of the blogs we read, and enjoy, are over there in our sidebar (helpfully labeled “Beerroll”). However, like beer, I know there are more out there than I am aware of, and some of those may be some of my favorites, if only I could find them. Oh, sure, there’s a decent sized listing over at the Open Directory Project, but that’s still akin to going into a beer retailer and blindly trying to find a new beer to try. Then there’s things like Technorati’s tag and description searches, but that’s like trying to find a good beer in a pile of bottles with all the labels removed. One needs more information than that.
And so we turn to you, dear reader. We harbor no illusions that your relationship to Hop Talk is a monogamous one. We know you’re visiting other beer blogs on the side. Or maybe visiting us on the side. It’s okay.
Tell us, though, what are your favorite blogs? Why? How do you find beer blogs to read? Do you have a beer blog of your own? Tell us! Tell the world! Help me find a new favorite blog to read. (If we really like it, we’ll add it to our “Beerroll”.) As I’ve mentioned before, a personal recommendation is one of the best ways to find a new beer to try. Finding a new beer blog should be no different.
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written by Al | posted in Off-topic | tagged beer blogs |
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