Where is Blog Search Headed?

I’m a day or two behind on this bit of news, but I might as well echo what’s being said on A VC, Blogspotting, and Jason Calacanis’ blog.

There’s been some dissatisfaction with the available blog searching tools recently—and I can’t quite say I blame the blogosphere. I myself have never had any problems with Technorati, but it’s no secret that as the blogosphere has boomed, their level of service has sagged under the oppressive weight. In the wake of all this, get ready for the gaints: Yahoo! has decided to enter the blog search arena. And you can be assured that Google won’t be far behind.

Blog searching is going to become one of the more important searches on the web as more and more people begin to blog and read blogs. The big step however, isn’t going to be coming up with a way to effectively search blogs—serach technology shouldn’t have to change too much as blogs get integrated into search databases—but integrating search into newsreaders.

When do I get my GoogleBar for SharpReader? That’s what I want.