{"id":134,"date":"2005-12-29T11:34:18","date_gmt":"2005-12-29T16:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/index.php\/2005\/12\/29\/comments-the-new-search-frontier\/"},"modified":"2005-12-29T11:34:18","modified_gmt":"2005-12-29T16:34:18","slug":"comments-the-new-search-frontier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2005\/12\/29\/comments-the-new-search-frontier\/","title":{"rendered":"Comments — the new search frontier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Among the blizzard of year-end predictions and forecasts on various blogs — some interesting and some not — is one that caught my eye from Steve Rubel over at Micropersuasion<\/a>, who said that one of the things he really wants is a way of searching and tracking comments on blog posts. That’s something I’ve been thinking about too. <\/p>\n

As Steve notes, sometimes the best thing about a blog post is the comments, but there isn’t an easy way to search or track them — although he notes that Elisa Camahort tags any post she comments on<\/a> with del.icio.us so she can track them. Where are the searches from technorati.com or bloglines.com or icerocket.com that focus on comments? (Come on, Mark<\/a> . You can do it).<\/p>\n

Fred Wilson over at A VC expands on Steve’s comments<\/a> with his thoughts — including the fact that it would be nice if there was a way to elevate the best comments on a post, something I’ve been waiting for as well. (Come on, Matt<\/a>. You can do it). As Fred puts it: “Bottom line – blogs are conversations. We need to start treating the comments like the important content that they are instead of an afterthought.”<\/p>\n

Well said.<\/p>\n

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Among the blizzard of year-end predictions and forecasts on various blogs — some interesting and some not — is one that caught my eye from Steve Rubel over at Micropersuasion, who said that one of the things he really wants is a way of searching and tracking comments on blog posts. That’s something I’ve been … <\/p>\n

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