• Read Write Web, Thursday, October 2, 2008 11 AM

Google has radically overhauled Blogsearch in its first-ever redesign. The site now looks less like the Google home page--clean, sparse and simple--and more like its News landing page--cluttered and unattractive. But that doesn't mean the redesign isn't an improvement.

"It's cleaner and less spammy than Technorati, it's more transparent than Yahoo Buzz, it's more inclusive than Six Apart's new Blogs.com," write Marshall Kirkpatrick. And for bloggers who write about television or video games or business, the new capabilities offered by Blogsearch--which include new searchable categories--this must be a serious step forward.

The question is whether Blogsearch is faster than Techme, and whether it can replace the beloved tech blog aggregator. Tech workers are loyal to Techme, but Blogsearch has the power to kill it with greater reach and speed. Techme has its work cut out for it.

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