Ask Jeeves' Bloglines Hits 500 Million Articles In Database But Search Still Lags

Ask Jeeve’s Bloglines continues to amass articles in its searchable database, announcing the half-billion mark today. The size of the Bloglines index doubled during the first five months of this year with 2 million to 2.7 million new blog and news feed articles being added daily.
But this heavy user routinely leaves Bloglines for searches because it continues to disappoint in that regard. It’s slow; results are sparse and iffy. Bloglines won’t be much more than a web-based newsreader until the Ask Jeeves search mojo gets to work.

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