Search the top blogs

Via Search Engine Watch comes this news of a Top Blogs Search feature at A9.com, the experimental search engine from Amazon.com.

Search a constantly updated set of recent blog entries from over three hundred of the most influential English language blogs on the web.

Imagine my (pleasant) surprise when I searched for “Firefox” and an entry from this blog popped up.

You can add the Top Blogs search as a column at A9.com. For an overview of how this search engine works, see Why use A9.com?

Oh, and here’s a money-saving tip: If you’ve been meaning to experiment with A9.com, try launching your searches from the Amazon.com home page after signing in. Do this once or twice a day for a few days and you’ll earn a 1.57% discount on Amazon purchases. (Why 1.57%? I have no idea. But who am I to turn down an easy discount?)