Will Google and Yahoo find my Blog?

Question

Does my blog only show up in Blog Search Engines like Technorati or will it also be found on Google, Yahoo and MSN?

The Blog Coach replies:

When they first start to run a Business Blog and learn about the Blog Search Engines, some people worry that blogs will only appear in these blog specific Search Engines and not in the mainstream ones. This is absolutely not true.

A Blog at the end of the day is a website which has certain special characteristics – therefore, it will certainly appear in the main Search Engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN. In fact, blogs are much more likely to rank highly in

Using Technorati to research your future Blog or your Market

As I pointed out in the Green Cross Code of Blogging, the first step before embarking on a Blog yourself is to look at the blogs that are already out there – ideally ones dealing with your market or subject area – to see what is being said, how they are being used and how they are approaching blogging as a business tool.

So the question is where the best place to find out what blogs exist in a certain industry or cover certain topics. For me, I always turn to the first of my two main blog site recommendations for anyone intending to use blogs – Technorati. If you want to find out what blogs exist and what is being said in them, then this is the place to start your search.