Unless you have been on a different planet or completely away from the internet for these past few years, you realize how dominant Google is to online searches. Now you can add blog searching to that list.
According to Google Blog Search (http://blogsearch.google.com/) is:
Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and we hope Blog Search will help our users to explore the blogging universe more effectively, and perhaps inspire many to join the revolution themselves. Whether you're looking for Harry Potter reviews, political commentary, summer salad recipes or anything else, Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your choice.
Your results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger; our blog index is continually updated, so you'll always get the most accurate and up-to-date results; and you can search not just for blogs written in English, but in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and other languages as well.see Google Blog Search Help for more...>
What this means for you?
If you have a blog that publishes a feed for the public, you should seriously consider adding blog search to your list. Visit the help feed linked above for more details about how to get listed, how the search works and what additional search options are available specifically within the blog search section.
Google is the dominant search engine and blog search is just one more tool for them and for you to enhance your position in the online marketplace.