There are a few different ways to identify a blog, but the most common way is to simply look at the URL of the blog. The URL will typically start with “http://” followed by the domain name of the blog, such as “http://www.blogger.com” or “http://www.myspace.com/blog/”.
If the URL does not start with “http://”, then the blog is hosted on a website other than Blogger or MySpace, and will be preceded by a different domain name, such as “http://www.karenfromspace.com”.
If you want to be more specific about what you’re looking for, then you can use one of several online tools to identify blogs. First, you can use Google’s Blog search engine to find blogs that have been indexed by Google. You can also use Google’s Blog search engine to find blogs that have been mentioned on other websites or blogs. Second, you can use Technorati’s Blog search engine to find blogs that have been discussed on other websites or blogs. Third, you can use Spurl’s Blog search engine to find blogs that have been published on specific dates or times. Fourth, you can use Yahoo!’s Blog search engine to find blogs that have been published recently (within the last two weeks). Fifth, you can use bloggersearch.
com to find blogs that have been published by a particular author or authors. Sixth, you can use WordPress’ Tags and Categories feature to create custom tags for your blog posts and then use bloggersearch.com to find blogs that have used those tags in their posts. Seventh, you can use Google Reader’s Follow feature to follow bloggers who write about topics that are of interest to you and then use bloggersearch.com to find their posts on other websites and blogs. Eighth, you can simply read through the posts on a given blog and decide if it looks like an interesting source of information worth following.