Comments on: Regator, The Social Blog Aggregator, Launches To The Public

By: Regator.com interviews Tyler Adams, who’s that? | Weblog Critic

Regator.com interviews Tyler Adams, who’s that? | Weblog Critic — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:24:30 +0000

[...] under that rock and check it out! It’s been showcased on popular blogs such as ReadWriteWeb and TechCrunch just to name a few. Regator is a digg-meets-Showcase Platrform that not only features articles [...]

By: kyo

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By: sri

sri — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:15:41 +0000

http://www.enewss.com is blog aggregator service for indian blogs.

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5 online tools I can no longer live without « People like to share — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:56:00 +0000

[...] Regator, The Social Blog Aggregator, Launches To The Public [...]

By: LeslieSt

LeslieSt — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:56:39 +0000

Yeah toober.com is cool. I have 33,439 points and I’m saving up for a vacation!! I use their live video chat. It’s easier than Skype

By: La Blogósfera organizada para tí: BlogBuscadores

La Blogósfera organizada para tí: BlogBuscadores — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:14:39 +0000

[...] TechCrunch | Imagen: Regator La Blogósfera organizada para [...]

By: Scott Lockhart

Scott Lockhart — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:56:16 +0000

jrrrl- you can read and organize any blog in your regator reader, even if they don’t make it into our main directory. They will appear in your personal MyRegator only. Once you import your OPML or add them individually, they will show up in your favorite blogs (left column) and will be grey in color as opposed to blue. You will be able to click on the blog name and see all the posts from that blog and they will mix in with your favorite blogs that are in Regator when you are viewing all.

We agree with you that without that it would really limit the site as opposed to adding a nice complement to our hand-picked collection as it does.

We really want to make sure that you are satisfied with your regator experience, so if you want to get a walk through of how it works we would more than happy to help – you can get us on AIM aussiescott75 or email – scott =at= regator -dot- com

By: jrrrl

jrrrl — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:02:22 +0000

Hi Scott, thanks for the response. I know the blogs I added from my OPML file were added for review, but I know many (or most) of my feeds won’t be accepted to the directory, and shouldn’t be because they are very minor or custom feeds.

My “want” is that we can use regator to read any blog, whether it is in the directory or not. I don’t think many people will want to use Regator to read some blogs, and Google Reader or something else for other blogs!

By: Web 2.0 Sammelalbum - Web2Null - regator

Web 2.0 Sammelalbum - Web2Null - regator — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:29:08 +0000

[...] werden; die mit den besten Bewertungen erscheinen auf der Startseite. http://regator.com via: TechCrunch "regator" bookmarken oder [...]

By: Regator se lanza en beta pública

Regator se lanza en beta pública — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:58:36 +0000

[...] Regator, el agregador de blogs que actúa como un mix entre Digg y un lector de feeds RSS, se ha lanzado en beta pública. [...]

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:28:15 +0000

Hi Joe. Reg, our cute gator, is standing at the top of the page next to the logo, where he’s always been …and peeking from behind the welcome box. He’s not gone. He’s a vital member of the team. He’s here to stay for sure. Our official logo has neither the swamp background nor the gator, just the text. Not sure why they chose just to use the cattails in this post.

By: Joe T.

Joe T. — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:34:09 +0000

What happened to their cute Alligator mascot?

Now it seems like they just want to sell us swampland.

By: Regator, social feed aggregator, opens to the public | Teknopsis

Regator, social feed aggregator, opens to the public | Teknopsis — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:38:21 +0000

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By: Scott Lockhart

Scott Lockhart — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:23:43 +0000

kind of, but from looking at their site today, not really much at all. we are quite different in a lot of ways. I have to admit that rojo was before my time in RSS and I wasn’t really aware of it at all until today. I know… bad, huh.

By: Scott Lockhart

Scott Lockhart — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:21:15 +0000

Jrrrl!! Thanks for the feedback!
I am very happy to tell you that if you log in you can import your OPML file from another reader or import individual blogs as well. And they all go into review for addition to the main Regator directory. So, we have exactly what you are looking for right now! You can go to our FAQ or watch our video tour to get more info on what we have in Regator! Cheers!

By: Scott Lockhart

Scott Lockhart — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:17:47 +0000

Ha ha I found it! Excellent! Hebrew!!! Yes!!!
Cheers mate!

By: Regator is now Public!

Regator is now Public! — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:50:39 +0000

Regator is now Public!…

You lucky bloggers have another new blog aggregator open wide to the public today. After going through 35 days of invitation-only Private Beta, Regator is now in Public Beta and you are more than welcomed to check it out….

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:43:21 +0000

Hi Scott,
Nice to see a founder getting involved on blogs. That`s the way to do it.
Wanted to let you know I wrote a post in Hebrew about Regator on my blog:
http://www.kerenruck.com/
For the Israeli audience to have stuff to read.
Best of luck.

By: nick leung

nick leung — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:41:40 +0000

Didn’t Rojo.com already try something like this already?

By: jrrrl

jrrrl — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:34:50 +0000

I consider myself a non-geek who happens to like web 2.0 so I’m probably in your target audience. I -really- like the design of regator and I love the variety in channels (compared to sites like digg which have “tech,” “sports,” “electronics,” “comics”). I also think the breakdown between channels/fav blogs/fav channels is smart and well implemented.

I do think it would be really nice if the “my regator” tab was more like a traditional news reader. Right now it would be difficult to keep up on blogs because I wouldn’t know which blogs have new posts, for example. Some of the features like “kinda related” and “unviewed posts” don’t seem to be working very well.

The dealbreaker for me is not being able to add my own blogs. Even the most non-techy blog reader has friends’ blogs or obscure blogs that would never be added to your directory. I don’t see why we couldn’t add these to our “favorite blogs.” Maybe you can flag these blogs for editorial review if X people add them to their favs. I don’t think the barrier for RSS feeds becoming mainstream is that there are too many blogs; I think it’s because it takes a lot of time/energy/learning/knowledge to set up an RSS reader. I think handling that problem is what regator excels at right now, which seems like the hardest part.

I really like the site, though, and will subscribe to your blog on google reader for now. If you added something like a google reader-lite to “my favorites” using your better/friendlier design, I would -definitely- switch.

By: Scott Lockhart

Scott Lockhart — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:49:43 +0000

Yeah, we could probably make that a little more intuitive especially when there isn’t that much after the link. That was a big request from our private beta users to have in each post. We’ll see what we can do. Thanks for the feedback! Cheers – Scott

By: Nigel

Nigel — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:45:44 +0000

“read more summary” is kind of a silly option and placement is confusing. It is natural to have read full article linked in that spot. Also it is sometimes pointless and just allows to view 5 more words.

By: Scott Lockhart

Scott Lockhart — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:38:45 +0000

seriously, right? but we are doing things differently (isn’t everyone, i know)… but we are targeting a non-geek audience where most people don’t even know what a blog is let alone Techmeme or Socialmedian. Also we aren’t really a news aggregator in the truest sense, we’re a blog aggregator… subtle difference, yes. But a fairly major one at the end of the day. We don’t have newsfeeds on our site, which pretty much every other site is primarily made up of. By doing this we get a more interesting and diverse collection of posts that aren’t all regurgitating the a few AP/Reuters articles. I hope you check out the site. Cheers! Scott – co-founder, Regator

By: Scott Lockhart

Scott Lockhart — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:32:33 +0000

Sure, I agree… we have tried to keep as much functionality outside of any required login as possible and we have made the login/registration process as easy/short as possible, e.g. email address is optional. At the end of the day, that is always a challenge for any site.

We have a video tour which is getting a ton of hits today as well which should help people understand the site better if they don’t want to sign up. Even casual users should be able to navigate the site and find links to great posts without having to log in. THanks for the feedback! We’ll be definitely keeping this in mind as we continue development on the site.
Cheers!