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]]> By: www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » FriendFeed, The Centralized Me, and Data Portability http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2063795 www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » FriendFeed, The Centralized Me, and Data Portability Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:05:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2063795 [...] site also allows users to add content directly, comment on information and, more recently, added an excellent search feature that is still sorely lacking in Twitter. The site is more than a list of feeds that can be [...] […] site also allows users to add content directly, comment on information and, more recently, added an excellent search feature that is still sorely lacking in Twitter. The site is more than a list of feeds that can be […]

]]> By: FriendFeed, The Centralized Me, and Data Portability http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2063600 FriendFeed, The Centralized Me, and Data Portability Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:02:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2063600 [...] site also allows users to add content directly, comment on information and, more recently, added an excellent search feature that is still sorely lacking in Twitter. The site is more than a list of feeds that can be [...] […] site also allows users to add content directly, comment on information and, more recently, added an excellent search feature that is still sorely lacking in Twitter. The site is more than a list of feeds that can be […]

]]> By: Free Programming Tutorials From Google - Lots of Free Tools - New FriendFeed Search - Free Line Report 3.21.08 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2050344 Free Programming Tutorials From Google - Lots of Free Tools - New FriendFeed Search - Free Line Report 3.21.08 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:51:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2050344 [...] one of the many social bookmarking sites, has added a powerful search engine to its front page. Now you can search through all the posts, or comments from [...] […] one of the many social bookmarking sites, has added a powerful search engine to its front page. Now you can search through all the posts, or comments from […]

]]> By: (Chinese Version 中文版) Free Programming Tutorials From Google - Lots of Free Tools - New FriendFeed Search - Free Line Report 3.21.08 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2048720 (Chinese Version 中文版) Free Programming Tutorials From Google - Lots of Free Tools - New FriendFeed Search - Free Line Report 3.21.08 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:15:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2048720 [...] FriendFeed，这个众多网络书签网站的一个，刚刚在它的主页加入了一个强大的搜索引擎 。现在你可以很方便的搜索任何人发表的帖子或评论。 Share This [...] […] FriendFeed，这个众多网络书签网站的一个，刚刚在它的主页加入了一个强大的搜索引擎 。现在你可以很方便的搜索任何人发表的帖子或评论。 Share This […]

]]> By: Library clips :: Friendfeed : social filter conversations :: March :: 2008 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2048574 Library clips :: Friendfeed : social filter conversations :: March :: 2008 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:14:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2048574 [...] kind of competing with my Google Reader search, as I can search just me, or my friends…or as TechCrunch say a “destination site”. If “Tibet” is the news of the day, I can search [...] […] kind of competing with my Google Reader search, as I can search just me, or my friends…or as TechCrunch say a “destination site”. If “Tibet” is the news of the day, I can search […]

]]> By: Sally Wu http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2046587 Sally Wu Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:21:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2046587 I already made friendfeed my homepage... http://webpoet.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/i-just-started-my-friendfeed/ I already made friendfeed my homepage… http://webpoet.wordpress.com/2.....riendfeed/

]]> By: באזז פטרול: FriendFeed ועתיד האינטרנט http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2045683 באזז פטרול: FriendFeed ועתיד האינטרנט Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:39:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2045683 [...] לא נשארה אדישה לתחרותה המתגברת: לפני יומיים היא הוסיפה פונקציית חיפוש והשלב הבא, כך אומר הבלוגר רוברט סקובל, [...] […] לא נשארה אדישה לתחרותה המתגברת: לפני יומיים היא הוסיפה פונקציית חיפוש והשלב הבא, כך אומר הבלוגר רוברט סקובל, […]

]]> By: bhc3 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044901 bhc3 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:00:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044901 Pretty interesting service so far. When will they get Facebook updates? This thing has been well-covered in the top blogosphere, but I don't see my friends in there yet. So I subscribed to Scoble. My FriendFeed will never be empty... One thing I do think will happen with the rise of FriendFeed and other lifestream aggregators: the cost of switching social networks and web services nears zero, which is a boon to users. More on this subject here: http://tinyurl.com/29cu6k. Pretty interesting service so far. When will they get Facebook updates? This thing has been well-covered in the top blogosphere, but I don’t see my friends in there yet. So I subscribed to Scoble. My FriendFeed will never be empty…

One thing I do think will happen with the rise of FriendFeed and other lifestream aggregators: the cost of switching social networks and web services nears zero, which is a boon to users. More on this subject here: http://tinyurl.com/29cu6k.

]]> By: FriendFeed Will Make Switching Social Networks Easier « I’m Not Actually a Geek http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044895 FriendFeed Will Make Switching Social Networks Easier « I’m Not Actually a Geek Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:47:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044895 [...] of other social networks and Web 2.0 apps, such as Twitter, Flickr, Jaiku, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington reports that FriendFeed just added a search capability, making it “suddenly feel like a destination [...] […] of other social networks and Web 2.0 apps, such as Twitter, Flickr, Jaiku, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington reports that FriendFeed just added a search capability, making it “suddenly feel like a destination […]

]]> By: Deepak http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044264 Deepak Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:27:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044264 FF seems to be have been adopted by some of the bioinformatics crowd. I guess we all like the whole "meta-conversation" that FF enables, where we end up liking and leaving comments, especially in cases where large comments at the original source don't make sense. Many of us were on FF way before the tech elite, and look no further than Jeremy Zawodny to see how to use FF FF seems to be have been adopted by some of the bioinformatics crowd. I guess we all like the whole “meta-conversation” that FF enables, where we end up liking and leaving comments, especially in cases where large comments at the original source don’t make sense. Many of us were on FF way before the tech elite, and look no further than Jeremy Zawodny to see how to use FF

]]> By: Marketing Nirvana http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044086 Marketing Nirvana Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:01:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044086 <strong>5 Reasons to use FriendFeed? What’s different now?...</strong> Yes, I said it. 5 Reasons to use FriendFeed today! And to think that just 24 hours ago, I would have never imagined myself uttering those words. Well, it was Arrington’s post announcing FriendFeed search that started it all and the rest is…... 5 Reasons to use FriendFeed? What’s different now?…

Yes, I said it. 5 Reasons to use FriendFeed today! And to think that just 24 hours ago, I would have never imagined myself uttering those words. Well, it was Arrington’s post announcing FriendFeed search that started it all and the rest is……

]]> By: Sarah Meyers http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044053 Sarah Meyers Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:31:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044053 @John Wesley, I like SocialThing better than FriendFeed. @John Wesley, I like SocialThing better than FriendFeed.

]]> By: David Henderson http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044046 David Henderson Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:25:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044046 What % Gen Y users are on FriendFeed? My guess is very low. Friendfeed and services like it solve Tech Elite (GenBlosgster) problems. What's the big deal? One Gen's behavior scales for the next 25 years and the other doesn't scale at all. What % Gen Y users are on FriendFeed? My guess is very low.

Friendfeed and services like it solve Tech Elite (GenBlosgster) problems.

What’s the big deal? One Gen’s behavior scales for the next 25 years and the other doesn’t scale at all.

]]> By: Owen Byrne http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044023 Owen Byrne Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:51:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2044023 I still don't understand how this works. All those sites have "non-commercial" APIs. What's to stop them from cutting off FF tomorrow? I still don’t understand how this works. All those sites have “non-commercial” APIs. What’s to stop them from cutting off FF tomorrow?

]]> By: John Wesley http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043981 John Wesley Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:41:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043981 Must say that I am still with Duncan on FriendFeed (sans ad hominem debate). Until you can reply to Tweets on Twitter or FB updates on FB, I just do not see the point of commenting on or "Liking" stuff on a 3rd party site. Must say that I am still with Duncan on FriendFeed (sans ad hominem debate). Until you can reply to Tweets on Twitter or FB updates on FB, I just do not see the point of commenting on or “Liking” stuff on a 3rd party site.

]]> By: Alexander van Elsas's Weblog on new media & technologies and their effect on social behavior http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043857 Alexander van Elsas's Weblog on new media & technologies and their effect on social behavior Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:33:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043857 <strong>Friendfeed a destination site, that is soooo web 2.0!...</strong> Michael Arrington writes this morning about the fast growing aggregator service called Friendfeed. After launch, just one month ago the ex-Google founders already see a steady climb of users. Most likely because a number of power users like Robert Scob... Friendfeed a destination site, that is soooo web 2.0!…

Michael Arrington writes this morning about the fast growing aggregator service called Friendfeed. After launch, just one month ago the ex-Google founders already see a steady climb of users. Most likely because a number of power users like Robert Scob…

]]> By: Nicole Simon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043855 Nicole Simon Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:32:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043855 Great. That made it at least a bit easier to find all the feeds of a certain kind and unsubscribe by hand to them (opposite to Plaxo which allows me to do a unsubscribe based on type). And of course there currently is an early adoption rate with all the people signing up as usual for a service because it is "not cool" not to be there. If they will use it is yet on another page. The usual complaint with all of these services beside the doubeling and trippeling of data: Nice in the beginning because you can do a lot of things, but what when the real masses hit it? Missing ignore features (better: scoring) is something I cannot understand - especially not from somebody coming from a company like google. Great. That made it at least a bit easier to find all the feeds of a certain kind and unsubscribe by hand to them (opposite to Plaxo which allows me to do a unsubscribe based on type).

And of course there currently is an early adoption rate with all the people signing up as usual for a service because it is “not cool” not to be there. If they will use it is yet on another page.

The usual complaint with all of these services beside the doubeling and trippeling of data: Nice in the beginning because you can do a lot of things, but what when the real masses hit it?

Missing ignore features (better: scoring) is something I cannot understand - especially not from somebody coming from a company like google.

]]> By: Ivan Kirigin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043854 Ivan Kirigin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:31:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043854 This twitter search isn't too bad: http://terraminds.com This twitter search isn’t too bad:
http://terraminds.com

]]> By: Hack to Get an RSS Feed from FriendFeed Search Results | Lifestream Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043826 Hack to Get an RSS Feed from FriendFeed Search Results | Lifestream Blog Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:58:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043826 [...] can read more about the new FriendFeed search on TechCrunch & [...] […] can read more about the new FriendFeed search on TechCrunch & […]

]]> By: Ontario Emperor http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043819 Ontario Emperor Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:50:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043819 One advantage of the search capability is that it solves the problem of locating all of the different discussions about a particular artifact. For example, if you perform a FriendFeed search for the words more hyped yawn, you not only find a FriendFeed discussion for Duncan Riley's original post, but you can also find the robust discussion that started with Louis Gray shared the item on his Google Reader feed. And no, I don't get the impression that Arrington is "backtracking" re Riley's comments. I suspect that diversity of opinions is allowed among the TechCrunch staff. One advantage of the search capability is that it solves the problem of locating all of the different discussions about a particular artifact. For example, if you perform a FriendFeed search for the words more hyped yawn, you not only find a FriendFeed discussion for Duncan Riley’s original post, but you can also find the robust discussion that started with Louis Gray shared the item on his Google Reader feed.

And no, I don’t get the impression that Arrington is “backtracking” re Riley’s comments. I suspect that diversity of opinions is allowed among the TechCrunch staff.

]]> By: RealBird http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043794 RealBird Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:25:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043794 "They won’t disclose exact user numbers, but they say that the FriendFeed user base grew 10% over the weekend and 25% in the last week." Google knows about 88,200 pages and the majority of them are user pages, so I guess, FriendFeed is in the low six figures in terms of user profiles. http://www.google.com/search?q=site:friendfeed.com Let's see how FF grows according to Google within a few days. “They won’t disclose exact user numbers, but they say that the FriendFeed user base grew 10% over the weekend and 25% in the last week.”

Google knows about 88,200 pages and the majority of them are user pages, so I guess, FriendFeed is in the low six figures in terms of user profiles.
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:friendfeed.com

Let’s see how FF grows according to Google within a few days.

]]> By: paullmf http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043756 paullmf Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:26:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043756 A 'nice little Facebook and Friendster' addition would open up the value of FF to millions more users, especially in this part of the world. Maybe they're focusing on cleverness rather than customers, in order to win over the influential blog crowd ;) Paul - SE Asia A ‘nice little Facebook and Friendster’ addition would open up the value of FF to millions more users, especially in this part of the world. Maybe they’re focusing on cleverness rather than customers, in order to win over the influential blog crowd ;)
Paul - SE Asia

]]> By: Hornelius Bennett http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043713 Hornelius Bennett Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:48:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043713 Ff is somewhat interesting, and twitter's issues are a testimony against ruby on rails. Ff is somewhat interesting, and twitter’s issues are a testimony against ruby on rails.

]]> By: Ron Diggity http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043709 Ron Diggity Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:42:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/friendfeed-has-search-and-suddenly-looks-like-a-destination-site/#comment-2043709 Friend Feed me no more. Friend Feed me no more.

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