A Consuming Experience

The Google blog mention of the nearly 40 corporate blogs they now publish prompted this post. Here's how to check them all out easily.

Google blogs - combined Webpage or combined newsfeed

If you want to keep up with all the many Google blogs, and read them together in a one place, you can use these links:

• All Google blogs on one Webpage - latest posts from English language blogs only (via SearchEngineWatch)
• All Google blogs on one Webpage (all languages) - yes that includes http://googlejapan.blogspot.com/, etc
• Atom feed for all Google blogs together - English language blogs only
• OPML file for Google blogs - English language blogs only - (what's OPML).
  

Searching Google blogs together

To search all the official Google blogs together, but only those blogs (plus official Google press releases), I used Google Custom Search Engine to whip up this search engine (do bookmark that page if you wish):

• search all Google blogs and Google press releases
• search all English language Google blogs and Google press releases

You can try that search engine live here (for all Google blogs):

or here (for English language Google blogs only):

And add that search engine to your Google homepage by clicking this button if you wish:

• For all Google blogs:
• For English language Google blogs only:

To add the Google blogs search box to your own blog or webpage, you can copy and paste this code in your template:

For all Google blogs and press releases:

<!-- Google CSE Search Box Begins -->
<form id="searchbox_005290489992497281250:cpu9dwfpkos" action="http://google.com/cse">
  <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="005290489992497281250:cpu9dwfpkos" />
  <input name="q" type="text" size="25" />
  <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" />
  <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:1" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=searchbox_005290489992497281250%3Acpu9dwfpkos"></script>
<!-- Google CSE Search Box Ends -->

For English language Google blogs and press releases only:

<!-- Google CSE Search Box Begins -->
<form id="searchbox_005290489992497281250:vnjespye2jg" action="http://google.com/cse">
  <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="005290489992497281250:vnjespye2jg" />
  <input name="q" type="text" size="25" />
  <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" />
  <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:1" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=searchbox_005290489992497281250%3Avnjespye2jg"></script>
<!-- Google CSE Search Box Ends -->

(I'd seen something similar before on searching for it, as it's a bit of a business reading all those separate blogs - but it seems to be no more, hence this post.)

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