<s>
Google	B-Application
Blog	I-Application
Search	I-Application
was	O
a	O
specialized	O
service	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
used	O
to	O
search	O
blogs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blog	O
Search	O
searches	O
were	O
done	O
identically	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Search	O
by	O
typing	O
your	O
search	O
terms	O
in	O
the	O
search	O
field	O
and	O
seeing	O
the	O
most	O
relevant	O
results	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
topic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blog	O
Search	O
looked	O
at	O
various	O
services	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
blogs	O
like	O
Blogger	B-Application
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Weblog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
some	O
time	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
force	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
access	O
and	O
search	O
the	O
Blogsearch	O
database	O
by	O
manually	O
formatting	O
the	O
URL	O
in	O
your	O
browser	O
's	O
address	O
bar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
also	O
took	O
away	O
this	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Blog	O
Search	O
service	O
were	O
met	O
with	O
praise	O
:	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
index	O
new	O
posts	O
quickly	O
,	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
sort	O
results	O
both	O
"	O
by	O
date	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
by	O
relevance	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
Advanced	O
search	O
"	O
options	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
more	O
specific	O
searches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
version	O
tested	O
was	O
a	O
beta	O
test	O
,	O
the	O
reviewer	O
was	O
disappointed	O
as	O
"	O
you	O
’d	O
expect	O
something	O
really	O
good	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
compared	O
the	O
usefulness	O
of	O
the	O
technology	O
to	O
Technorati	B-Application
,	O
except	O
"	O
with	O
half	O
as	O
many	O
results	O
but	O
without	O
the	O
error	O
messages	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
26	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
Blog	I-Application
Search	I-Application
API	O
would	O
be	O
deprecated	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
several	O
other	O
APIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
per	O
the	O
deprecation	O
policy	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Blog	I-Application
Search	I-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
May	O
26	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
9	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
blog	O
search	O
was	O
still	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
blog	I-Application
search	I-Application
required	O
the	O
user	O
be	O
on	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
search	O
page	O
,	O
then	O
to	O
click	O
on	O
"	O
News	O
"	O
and	O
then	O
click	O
the	O
"	O
Tools	O
"	O
button	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
February	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Blogs	O
"	O
option	O
appeared	O
to	O
have	O
completely	O
disappeared	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
search	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Alerts	O
were	O
still	O
able	O
to	O
select	O
"	O
blogs	O
"	O
as	O
the	O
source	O
for	O
a	O
particular	O
custom	O
alert	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
search	O
blogs	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
search	O
operators	O
"	O
blog	O
"	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
when	O
it	O
is	O
indexed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
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