Best of the Blogs (El Paso Times)
Welcome to the Best of Blogs column, a sampling of the variety of Web log entries you can enjoy every day on the El Paso Times Web site. You can find these blogs by going to elpasotimes.com/blogs. us.rd.yahoo.com
Google's Blog Search Returning Spammy Results (Search Engine Roundtable)
Over at Cre8asite Forums , moderator Barry Welford has spotted an anomaly with the results of Google Blog Search when compared to Google's relevant search results. Barry asks what drives the poor quality of these search results. Perhaps it is the domain upon which these blogs are hosted? How can Google, which prides itself on its search algorithms, possibly present results that ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Fears grow of post-'surge' woes (Asia Times)
WASHINGTON - While the vast majority of analysts in the capital agree that sectarian violence in Iraq has declined sharply from pre-"surge" levels one year ago, a major debate has broken out as to whether the achievement of the strategic objective of the "surge" - national reconciliation - is closer or more distant than ever. us.rd.yahoo.com