On December 16, 2004 Yahoo announced it move towards indexing video content with its beta version of
Yahoo! Video Search. This move isn't surprise as the Internet is become an active and media rich experience as each day goes by and Blog/RSS directories like BlogDigger already have well implemented media search that already using RSS feeds.

You may recall that I touched on this a bit when I documented how quickly my podcast "Blogged In 60 Seconds!" showed in the BlogDigger in just seconds! You can read my thoughts about that here:

"Blogged In 60 Seconds!" Podcast feed --...   more »

In the latest blogging news the blog culture continues to yield exciting and interesting developments. Yahoo News reports Microsoft is preparing it's new blog software hosting service called Blog Spaces.

Microsoft reported in an eWeek article from March that they are planning the launch of their own Blog RSS Search engine having conceded that they made a mistake for not investing in their own search technology earlier.

Let the games begin!

Microsoft has apparently been beta testing their new blog software tool in Japan since August and has readied their service for a US debut. It will be interesting to see how much weight MS puts behind the service and how they plan to differential themselves.

Since Microsoft has some serious bloggers on their Developer Network it would make sense that specific folks from that group would have something ...   more »