Technorati Is One You Need To Know About

Blog search engines are a special breed of cat and it's a good idea to become familiar with more. One of my favorites is called Technorati. This search engine is a source of some very important info. Not only do they list your blog, they also keep track of who is linking back to your blog and making comments about your posts. This information can be very helpful. From the Technorati site:

A few years ago, Web search was revolutionized by a simple but profound idea — that the relevance of a site can be determined by the number of other sites that link to it, and thus consider it 'important.' In the world of blogs, hyperlinks are even more significant, since bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, which creates the sense of timeliness and connectedness one would have in a conversation

Go register for a free account and start finding out who is linking to whom. Also, visit the information on technorati tags. I'll post more on that soon.