Blog Explosion Continues to Splutter and Fizzle

They've redesigned Blog Explosion yet again. This time they've added a 'surf by category' option which is intended to give a higher chance of serving up blogs you might actually be interested in.

I wonder they should try some kind of Bayersian analysis (the same method as used by spam filters) to compare the text of the target blogs to that of your own. Then I might see only blogs that mention the words "Mellotron", "Cthulhu" or "Re4/4".

It's still running into the perennial problem, most of the blogs it serves are still crap. I think this is because blogs as a whole obey Sturgeons' Law, only squared. There appears to be an unlimited supply of vapid personal diaries or angry rightwing ranting. Where do all these people come from? And why can't they find something better to write about?

Posted by TimHall at August 22, 2005 10:03 PM | TrackBack

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[flippant]You're just too picky. I surfed through 400 blogs on BE and found as many as 3 blogs that were actually worth reading[/flippant]

Posted by: Paul on August 23, 2005 12:05 AM

Love your template design. Interested in sharing? (I'd change colors and such, but just need a starting point).

Thanks!
Lisa

Posted by: The WW on August 23, 2005 07:01 PM


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