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Major Problem With Google Blog Search

September 16, 2005 02:11 PM PST

Google has released a "beta version" of its Blog Search to compete with the likes of Technorati. I've found what I'd consider to be a major problem, but easily fixed.

Some blog authors use their email address in their RSS feeds to denote their identity as "creator." Google's Blog Search displays these email addresses without any encoding, so they are not hidden from spammers who scrape the web for valid email addresses. I've already changed my feed so my email address is not included; I already get enough spam.

As it stands, Google's Blog Search leaves many people vulnerable, but otherwise it looks like a great service.

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