When I did a keyword search for "Learning 2.0" under Blog Posts I got 25,194 hits. In Tags I got three windows, each with a synopsis of blog content for" Learning 2.0" and then a link to the rest of the 25,194 blogs available. I also got a video section and a photo section. In the Blog Directory I got 488 posts.
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I typed in "Harry Potter" in the top favorited blog and got 2219 hits. In top searches I got only a few video responses -- nothing else. In top blogs I got one response submitted 4 minutes previously and two responses submitted 1 minute previously. I was quite surprised at the dearth of information in the second two sections.
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Under the home search tab there was a potpourri of information from copyright and public domain to Iphones -- very random.
Under the Popular tab I put in "library 2.0" and searched as a non-registered user. On page three, the fourth listing down, posted three hours previously was MY blog entitled "Week Six Part Thirteen" from our Maryland Libraries 23 Things. I was very surprised at the speed of the posting (since I'm not registered) and the fact that it tracked my blog with just a few keywords.
After Popular I tabbed number three called WTF for Where's The Fire: What's Hot and Why. I got Lindsay Lohan and then a whole list of poorly presented (misspellings in the titles) explicit pornographic blog links. I haven't had a chance to see if this avenue (technorati - WTF -undesirables) would bypass the library's filtering system but it certainly isn't something I will point out to patrons!
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