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By: sugitha

sugitha — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:16:55 +0000

I think now furl.net is working as diigo.com.

By: Diigo从LookSmart公司手上收购Furl! Diigo Buys Web Page Clipping Service Furl Away From LookSmart « OM19’s Time

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:31:26 +0000

[...] besides being one of the very first web services profiled by Mike Arrington when he started TechCrunch, was acquired by LookSmart back in September 2004. Although it was [...]

By: Diigo Buys Web Page Clipping Service Furl Away From LookSmart | The Scripts Zone

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:02:09 +0000

[...] besides being one of the very first web services profiled by Mike Arrington when he started TechCrunch, was acquired by LookSmart back in September 2004. Although it was one [...]

By: Diigo、LookSmartからウェブページ・アーカイブのFurlを買収 | KGRAND ONLINE NEWS

Diigo、LookSmartからウェブページ・アーカイブのFurlを買収 | KGRAND ONLINE NEWS — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:37:05 +0000

[...] ソーシャル・ブックマークと注釈の共有サービスを提供しているDiigoは、ウェブページの切り抜きとアーカイブ・サービスのFurl を検索広告の上場企業、LookSmartから株式交換によって買収した。この取引は「提携」と説明されているが、むしろLookSmartにとってはコア・ビジネスに関係ない資産を手放すチャンス、Diigoにとっては逆に、キャッシュを払わずに自社のビジネスに関連ある資産を入手するチャンスだった、というところだろう。どちらにしても、Diigoは自社が提供しているのと多くの点で重なりあうサービスを入手したことになる。どちらも、ウェブサイトの訪問者が興味を持ったページの一部分、あるいは全体を保存し、注釈をつけて友達と共有するサービスだ。Diigoは自社のサービスをソーシャル・ブックマークとは呼ばず、検索と知識共有のツールと名付けている。しかし名前はともかく、Diigoの実態は、DeliciousやFurlなどとそう変るものではない。Diigoはバージョンアップを控えてライバルを買収したとも言える。新しいDiigo 4.0プラットフォームは、ソーシャル・ブックマークと注釈機能を「新たな高みへ引き上げる」ものになるそうだ。ちなみに、FurlはMike ArringtonがTechCrunchを創立して最初に書いたスタートアップ紹介記事のひ�…だ。LookSmartに買収されたのは2004年9月だった。 Furlはもっとも早くブックマークにソーシャル機能を加味したサービスであるにもかかわらず、ついにDeliciousのようにはブレークしなかった。プレスリリースによると、創立以来6年になるというのに、やっと100万のユーザーしか獲得できていない。CrunchBase InformationDiigoLookSmartInformation provided by CrunchBase[原文へ]（翻訳：Namekawa, U） [...]

By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Diigo Buys Web Page Clipping Service Furl Away From LookSmart

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:01:23 +0000

[...] besides being one of the very first web services profiled by Mike Arrington when he started TechCrunch, was acquired by LookSmart back in September 2004. Although it was one [...]

By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Diigo Buys Web Page Clipping Service Furl Away From LookSmart

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:01:22 +0000

[...] besides being one of the very first web services profiled by Mike Arrington when he started TechCrunch, was acquired by LookSmart back in September 2004. Although it was one [...]

By: Diigo Buys Web Page Clipping Service Furl Away From LookSmart

Diigo Buys Web Page Clipping Service Furl Away From LookSmart — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:55:33 +0000

[...] besides being one of the very first web services profiled by Mike Arrington when he started TechCrunch, was acquired by LookSmart back in September 2004. Although it was one [...]

By: Otalo, un moteur de recherche pour locations de vacances

Otalo, un moteur de recherche pour locations de vacances — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:18:07 +0000

[...] lancé et possède déjà 200 000 offres. La société fut fondée par Michael Giles (le fondateur de Furl) et Baer Tierkel. Le nom Otalo vient du symbole Zen “O” et dut mot finlandais pour [...]

By: 休暇用レンタル家屋検索エンジン、Otaloがローンチ

休暇用レンタル家屋検索エンジン、Otaloがローンチ — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:24:58 +0000

[...] Giles（Furlのファウンダー）とBaer [...]

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Use Otalo To Search For Vacation Rentals | — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:19:25 +0000

[...] doing. They are starting off with 200,000 listings. The company was founded by Michael Giles (the founder of Furl) and Baer Tierkel. The name Otalo comes from the Zen symbol enzo – “O” – with the [...]

By: Use Otalo To Search For Vacation Rentals

Use Otalo To Search For Vacation Rentals — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:14:54 +0000

By: Driver

Driver — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:40:55 +0000

thnx

By: Geo

Geo — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:52:08 +0000

Join the new Google Group for furl users:

http://groups.g...roup/furl-users

By: Hayden Panettiere

Hayden Panettiere — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:59:46 +0000

I agree, what a great blog. As for furl, I’ve gone through those users recomended to me, subscribed to 10 or so of them by RSS and now recieve their archived sites each day. These are people who have interests very similar to me own, and as a result they are very valuable content streams for me to read.

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By: Raphe Patmore

Raphe Patmore — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:37:28 +0000

I’ve used Furl It and Del.iceo.us but they still don’t meet the need to share web useful pages in a really user friendly way.I admit listing bookmarks in categories is useful, but I would like more visual structure. Jumping back and forward between bookmarks is a real pain.

By: TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Profile - BlinkList

TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Profile - BlinkList — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:53:54 +0000

[...] We’ve profiled a number of competing services lately – see Shadows, del.icio.us, Simpy, Furl, Yahoo My Web 2.0 and others. [...]

By: TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Update - Simpy (New Features)

TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Update - Simpy (New Features) — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:25:24 +0000

[...] Simpy is a social bookmarking service that can be compared to Shadows, del.icio.us, Furl, Yahoo My Web 2.0 and others. [...]

By: TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Profile - Shadows

TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Profile - Shadows — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 17:48:26 +0000

[...] As we mentioned with Simpy, Shadows should be compared to other social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us, Furl Yahoo My Web 2.0 and others. [...]

By: TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Profile - Simpy

TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Profile - Simpy — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:20:08 +0000

[...] Simpy is a social bookmarking service that can be compared to del.icio.us, Furl Yahoo My Web 2.0 and others. [...]

By: TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Profile: Yahoo My Web 2.0

TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Profile: Yahoo My Web 2.0 — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 06:16:13 +0000

[...] sed it for a day, and in our opinion it’s good – a bit like regular yahoo plus furl (profile). It was launched today as an early beta version “for a limited number of users.” There coul [...]

By: Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall Kirkpatrick — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:20:57 +0000

I am totally in love with Furl, and one of the best features was not mentioned above. That’s the recomendations feature. Once you’ve got your archive well populated Furl will compare it with the archives of others and list web sites that have been furled by people whose archives are similar to your own. It also recomends users whose archives you might appreciate. I’ve gone through those users recomended to me, subscribed to 10 or so of them by RSS and now recieve their archived sites each day. These are people who have interests very similar to me own, and as a result they are very valuable content streams for me to read. I know delicious can be used in the same way, but it’s far less automated.

Also, any text you have highlighted when you click your Furl button, is automatically in the “clippings” field of the Furl It pop-up. That’s nice.

Unfortunately, Furl isn’t perfect. The service has been unavailable probably 3 times in the last 9 months, though usually only for a few hours. I refuse to read the web without though, so this is a bummer. Also, in my consulting work I try to get social justice minded groups and small businesses to adopt web 2.0 apps, and old software cannot always handle furl. For example, I had someone very excited about using Furl and Newsgator together last week, but am now told by Furl that the combination of Mac OS 9 and IE isn’t supported by Furl. I know that this is a common dilema with web 2.0 adoption, but I am looking for a similar service that saves full text copies of pages with a single click that said client can use.

Nonetheless, I love Furl!