10 Million Blogs (Part III) and Announcing RSS Feeds for Search Results

Part three of BlogPulse's recognition of 10-million blog milestone continues today, but first -- the announcement of a new feature at BlogPulse.

Now, users of BlogPulse can take advantage of RSS (syndication) feeds for their search results. The BlogPulse search function, which appears at the top of most pages or on the advanced search page, allows users to search for specific keywords/key phrases in blog posts or across entire URLs. Now when your search results are presented, you can click on the link next to the search bar that says "subscribe to feed for this search." Then add it to your favorite feed reader, and BlogPulse will deliver to your reader new posts that match your search query.

The other fairly new search feature allows you, with a simple click, to create a trend graph of your search results (click on the "trend this search" link).

The 10-million blog milestone, visually presented
BlogPulse's march toward the identification of 10 million blogs took more than a year, but the growth was particularly pronounced in the past six months. Our engineering team has been tracking the progress from 5 milion blogs in November 2004 to more than 10 million today:



Top 10 blog posts
And for a bit of comparison, BlogPulse took at look at recent blog activity from March 1-April 18, a span in which the following 10 blog posts were the most cited (note: some are now dead/suspended):

• LJ | 10 last readers v.1.0 (suspended)
• The Llama Song
• Yahoo actually does acquire Flickr
• Numa Numa
• A Wooster Exclusive: Banksy Hits New York's Most Famous Museums (All of them)
• The Terri Schiavo Information Page
• Totally just invented the best format for music EVER
• The great 'Stop F---ing Him' post (warning: strong language)
• Wordpress Website's Search Engine Spam
• How to really confuse your party guests

(Note: BlogPulse Highlights might be dormant for a few days while I take some personal time to care for my father. If no one fills in, see you on Monday).

BLOGPULSE TREND GRAPH OF THE DAY: Pope Benedict XVI has settled in, but the man who used to be Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is still a hot topic of discussion and scrutiny.