Thing # 3 - Blog search engines....

Okay first off I have to say I was pretty disappointed with Technorati as a blog search tool.
After typing 'jewelry making' into the search, I received some rather odd results, one being a blog post about cleaning your dryer vent for fire safety. Huh??
I then discovered that google has it's own search engine for blogs (too cool!) and the results ended up being things that were actually pertinent to my initial search. I will defintely be using this feature more in the future.