Memeorandum continues to be our news site of choice, and it is starting to get real traction outside of the core blogosphere as well.
Ryan Singel at Wired posted an in depth review of Gabe Rivera’s Memeorandum this morning.
Gabe Rivera, the 32-year-old programmer who quit his job at Intel to found the site, says he built Memeorandum thinking of the “live web as an editor.”
“If you read blogs, you know that there is this conversation and that some articles are the talk of the day, and other posts have important things to say about those,” Rivera said. “If you built graphs in your mind of what the talk looks like, I think it looks like what I’ve done. I get the sense (Memeorandum) is just a natural representation of what is already going on.”
Rivera hopes the site will appeal to more than just the überconnected, and could be useful as an entry point for those unfamiliar with blogs. To that end, the site’s design, which features large headlines and stories in declining order of importance, mimics that of an online newspaper.
“The best way for someone to get into (the) blogs thing is to find a blog that is tracking an issue important to you, because someone new to it can understand the headline and then go read the blog. I think my site works pretty well that way,” Rivera said. “My dad started using my site … a couple weeks later he spotted something he was interested in and now he knows all these bloggers.”
Congrats Gabe on the Wired article and the mainstread traffic it will send to Memeorandum. As I’ve said, Memeorandum is exceptional, and it is changing the web.
The Memeorandum News Widget
Memeorandum also just released a new feature - a great widget that bloggers and webmasters can include on their site showing the most recent tech.memeorandum headlines. We’ve included the widget on TechCrunch, in the left sidebar. It’s another great way to stay on top of the news!
Check out the blogging conversations on the topic at Memeorandum.
















Comments
I’ve just recently started using memeorandum thanks to techcrunch. I only have one question, where does Gabe collect the data that he uses to scale and add/subtract the stories?
Without stepping on Gabe’s toes (he’s obviously the best guy to give you an answer), relevancy is calculated through a relevancy algorithm that he developed. Plus, he monitors the blogosphere in real time to get the items fast.
yes, but how does he monitor the blogosphere? RSS?
I presume he uses weblogs.com and/or FeedMesh like everyone else, shane. Search for those two terms and you should find out how he and every other blog search engine does it.
I hope Gabe expands his coverage soon, otherwise someone else will come and eat his lunch. The blogosphere is far wider than just Silicon Valley and the Beltway.
Thanks Paul. Thats the info I was looking for. Not that I’m looking to eat Gabe’s lunch, but curiosity got the better of me.
Sweet. The site reflects what bloggers are discussing; there are tools to help bloggers track what is on the site; instant feedback cycle!
I great way to stay informed about what everyone is already talking about anyway. Or no?
You can find a matrix with 66 local rss reader and 33 web based agregator !
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