Blog search pipe dream

I sometimes imagine a single-blog search engine based on the model of a concordance, the special kind of index found in the back of some Bibles, which gives you every use of a key term such as "Moses" or "Mark Twain" set up in a list form like this:

  • the character's first appearance in Mark Twain's novel, Tom Sawyer, published in

  • choosing his distinctive pen name, Mark Twain, from a colorful phrases used on steamboats

  • when the crew member called out, "Mark twain," the pilot knew the water's depth beneath

  • he came down from the mountain, Moses saw that he was going to have some explaining to do

  • that the water had now parted, then Moses turned and said, "Let's do this thing!" and the journey

  • and so for a good number of years Moses had serious credibility as right-hand man and advisor to

With that kind of context, you know instantly which one of those you want to click on. A concordance structure could speed the use of older blog content by readers and even the reuse by the original writer who might want to reorganize the content into focused, well-developed chapters. That's my theory, anyway.


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By Ken Smith, Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 1:46 PM.