Hunt the blog

As you're reading this blog, we can assume that you have read a least one blog!

There are lots of blogs out there, some useful and others less so. But how do you find relevant blogs, how do you keep up-to-date with postings?

For this exercise, we're going to look at locating blogs:

1. Think about the organisations that you deal with for your work - chances are that at least one will have a blog. So, the first thing to do is take a look at their Web site. For example, I deal a lot with Questionmark Perception (http://www.questionmark.com/uk/). Looking at their homepage, under About, I can see a link to their blog.
2. Have a look at some of the companies and organisations you deal and see whether they have a blog. Some suggestions:


• Ex Libris: http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/Home
• Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/blog/
• RSC-Wales: http://www.rsc-wales.ac.uk/blogs.asp

That's a pretty time-consuming way of looking for blogs - wouldn't it be easier if there were a directory of blogs .... Wait - there is!

Technorati (http://technorati.com/) indexes blogs around the Web and allows you to search for blogs and blog postings. It also has a directory of blogs catalogued by various subjects.

Next steps

Take a look at Technorati and find a blog that is relevant to your work.

Your thoughts

Let us know about the blog you found by commenting on this post - include the URL (by copying and pasting from the address bar of your browser).