Comments on: Bloglines Gets A Band-Aid; And We Hear It’s Still For Sale http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/ Startup and Technology News Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:23:42 -0800 hourly 1 By: Casey-Computing and Technology » Bloglines On Life Support. This Story Needs An Ending http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2917436 Casey-Computing and Technology » Bloglines On Life Support. This Story Needs An Ending Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:20:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2917436 [...] beta site with new features remains in beta and has never been launched on the main domain name. A band aid was put on the problems the service had a year ago, but not a single new feature of note has [...] [...] beta site with new features remains in beta and has never been launched on the main domain name. A band aid was put on the problems the service had a year ago, but not a single new feature of note has [...]

]]> By: Bloglines On Life Support. This Story Needs An Ending | Design Website Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2913736 Bloglines On Life Support. This Story Needs An Ending | Design Website Blog Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:03:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2913736 [...] beta site with new features remains in beta and has never been launched on the main domain name. A band aid was put on the problems the service had a year ago, but not a single new feature of note has [...] [...] beta site with new features remains in beta and has never been launched on the main domain name. A band aid was put on the problems the service had a year ago, but not a single new feature of note has [...]

]]> By: Bloglines On Life Support. that Story Needs An Ending | Cellphone Ultra http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2913720 Bloglines On Life Support. that Story Needs An Ending | Cellphone Ultra Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:55:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2913720 [...] beta site with new features remains in beta and has never been launched on the main domain name. A band aid was put on the problems the service had a year ago, but not a loner new feature of note has [...] [...] beta site with new features remains in beta and has never been launched on the main domain name. A band aid was put on the problems the service had a year ago, but not a loner new feature of note has [...]

]]> By: Bloglines On Life Support. This Story Needs An Ending http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2913676 Bloglines On Life Support. This Story Needs An Ending Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:22:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2913676 [...] beta site with new features remains in beta and has never been launched on the main domain name. A band aid was put on the problems the service had a year ago, but not a single new feature of note has [...] [...] beta site with new features remains in beta and has never been launched on the main domain name. A band aid was put on the problems the service had a year ago, but not a single new feature of note has [...]

]]> By: GNC-2008-10-21 #418 Lots of Podcast Stuff | Geek News Central http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2702236 GNC-2008-10-21 #418 Lots of Podcast Stuff | Geek News Central Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:41:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2702236 [...] Inspiration at 10:04PM? More UFO Files Released Second Power Peak Comcast Cranks up the Speed! Bloglines Band-Aid plus For Sale ScreenToaster Glitch with Hubble MPAA calls out EFF Apple and Psystar go Mediation Route Mars Sky [...] [...] Inspiration at 10:04PM? More UFO Files Released Second Power Peak Comcast Cranks up the Speed! Bloglines Band-Aid plus For Sale ScreenToaster Glitch with Hubble MPAA calls out EFF Apple and Psystar go Mediation Route Mars Sky [...]

]]> By: global http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2510282 global Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:59:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2510282 Telling someone to dust off the resume is a bit cocky huh ? The guy is doing a good job. Support is what he & his team needs not posts like that. Telling someone to dust off the resume is a bit cocky huh ? The guy is doing a good job. Support is what he & his team needs not posts like that.

]]> By: Bloglines For Sale http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2510108 Bloglines For Sale Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:37:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2510108 [...] Michael Arrington, “Bloglines Gets A Band-Aid; And We Hear It’s Still For Sale”, TechC... Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...] [...] Michael Arrington, “Bloglines Gets A Band-Aid; And We Hear It’s Still For Sale”, TechC… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]

]]> By: I’ve Dumped Bloglines for Google Reader | TonyMorganLive.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2509729 I’ve Dumped Bloglines for Google Reader | TonyMorganLive.com Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:33:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2509729 [...] case you haven’t heard the scuttlebutt, Bloglines was broken for about a week. Until yesterday afternoon, a number of my feeds [...] [...] case you haven’t heard the scuttlebutt, Bloglines was broken for about a week. Until yesterday afternoon, a number of my feeds [...]

]]> By: BlogLines is working again : Broerse Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2509303 BlogLines is working again : Broerse Blog Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:33:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2509303 [...] some feeds where not working but today everything seems to back to normal. See also this post on [...] [...] some feeds where not working but today everything seems to back to normal. See also this post on [...]

]]> By: Colnector http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508874 Colnector Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:02:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508874 Some things are better done by small companies than by big ones. So the idea may be great and the intentions good, but the outcome may still suck. Some things are better done by small companies than by big ones. So the idea may be great and the intentions good, but the outcome may still suck.

]]> By: Ravi http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508643 Ravi Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:37:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508643 This only shows that IAC has too many products which it can't manage. There must have been a business plan when they got Bloglines in the first place. Integrating this with ASK may have been an option as well. Basically a lack of vision, no wonder Google has banished this web 1.0 company into oblivion. This only shows that IAC has too many products which it can’t manage. There must have been a business plan when they got Bloglines in the first place. Integrating this with ASK may have been an option as well. Basically a lack of vision, no wonder Google has banished this web 1.0 company into oblivion.

]]> By: YouBlog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508632 YouBlog Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:15:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508632 I think Blogline is slowly losing market shares to Google in blog rss feeds. I wonder if anyone can provide some actual data on this trend. I think Blogline is slowly losing market shares to Google in blog rss feeds.
I wonder if anyone can provide some actual data on this trend.

]]> By: Radiohead http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508571 Radiohead Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:28:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508571 That's so sad... I heart bloglines ... it rules! That’s so sad… I heart bloglines … it rules!

]]> By: william http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508491 william Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:11:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508491 Google should not have Not Have Monopoly Control Over RSS Readers. I'm an feed junky and last year when I could not find a reader other than googles that had the features I wanted, I decided to build one that matched and bettered the google reader feature set At adelph.us we love to read rss feeds and we thought it would be a great idea to integrate a full featured rss/atom feed reader into the adelph.us social communication platform. We looked at some of the available feed readers and while many of them are very good, most lacked some key features that we believe are needed to help members easily add, read, and recycle feeds. At adelph.us we believe that there should be more than one choice for internet users when it comes to key applications like feed readers. We think that a feed reader should be tightly integrated into a unified social communication platform that allows members to use all of the features with one log or openid. We believe in the Open Source development community, and because of this in the near future we will be releasing the adelph.us reader under an Open Source license. This means that the adelph.us reader will continue to evolve to meet the needs of users and developers.The adelph.us reader has all of the features that you would expect in a top of the line feed reader. When we started the development process we wanted to make sure that we matched feature for feature with the best feed readers. Once we had the key features list we began to add new features that would make the adelph.us feed reader an easy to use aggregator that gives members the ability to read, share, and republish feeds. Some adelph.us Reader Features * Feed Reader tightly integrated into adelph.us social communication platform * Easy to use and intuitive user interface * Add feeds from an existing OPML file * Add rss/atom feeds as well as feeds from existing social services * Share feed items with a note ( Public, Private, Friend (s), Group(s) ) * Email feed items with a note * Tag feed item * Re Publish feed item to blog * Re Publish entire feed to blog * Tabbed feed viewing * Feed viewing options (Bottom, Right, Hide) * Integrated feed search * Feed Categorization using tags * Latest feeds section (Shows feeds from the last 1 hour, 2 hours, 5 hours) Google should not have Not Have Monopoly Control Over RSS Readers.

I’m an feed junky and last year when I could not find a reader other than googles that had the features I wanted, I decided to build one that matched and bettered the google reader feature set

At adelph.us we love to read rss feeds and we thought it would be a great idea to integrate a full featured rss/atom feed reader into the adelph.us social communication platform. We looked at some of the available feed readers and while many of them are very good, most lacked some key features that we believe are needed to help members easily add, read, and recycle feeds. At adelph.us we believe that there should be more than one choice for internet users when it comes to key applications like feed readers. We think that a feed reader should be tightly integrated into a unified social communication platform that allows members to use all of the features with one log or openid.

We believe in the Open Source development community, and because of this in the near future we will be releasing the adelph.us reader under an Open Source license. This means that the adelph.us reader will continue to evolve to meet the needs of users and developers.The adelph.us reader has all of the features that you would expect in a top of the line feed reader. When we started the development process we wanted to make sure that we matched feature for feature with the best feed readers. Once we had the key features list we began to add new features that would make the adelph.us feed reader an easy to use aggregator that gives members the ability to read, share, and republish feeds.

Some adelph.us Reader Features

* Feed Reader tightly integrated into adelph.us social communication platform
* Easy to use and intuitive user interface
* Add feeds from an existing OPML file
* Add rss/atom feeds as well as feeds from existing social services
* Share feed items with a note ( Public, Private, Friend (s), Group(s) )
* Email feed items with a note
* Tag feed item
* Re Publish feed item to blog
* Re Publish entire feed to blog
* Tabbed feed viewing
* Feed viewing options (Bottom, Right, Hide)
* Integrated feed search
* Feed Categorization using tags
* Latest feeds section (Shows feeds from the last 1 hour, 2 hours, 5 hours)

]]> By: Bloglines.com Still For Sale | FuckedStartups http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508477 Bloglines.com Still For Sale | FuckedStartups Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:58:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508477 [...] It might be time to dust off that resume, Eric.  (Ooooch!)  read on here [...] [...] It might be time to dust off that resume, Eric.  (Ooooch!)  read on here [...]

]]> By: leland http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508436 leland Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:13:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508436 The beta is fantastic. Someone should buy it and throw some engineers at it. Ready-made traffice and a front to a blog search. The beta is fantastic. Someone should buy it and throw some engineers at it. Ready-made traffice and a front to a blog search.

]]> By: buzzdup.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508402 buzzdup.com Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:55:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508402 <strong>Bloglines Gets A Band-Aid; And We Hear It’s Still For Sale...</strong> Bloglines got a much needed band-aid this weekend that fixed the feed update problem that has plagued users for weeks and caused long-gone founder Mark Fletcher to write “Bloglines, please stop sucking. It’s been a couple weeks now. I don’t want ... Bloglines Gets A Band-Aid; And We Hear It’s Still For Sale…

Bloglines got a much needed band-aid this weekend that fixed the feed update problem that has plagued users for weeks and caused long-gone founder Mark Fletcher to write “Bloglines, please stop sucking. It’s been a couple weeks now. I don’t want …

]]> By: Scott K http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508397 Scott K Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:49:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508397 *IF* Yahoo could get a bargain price on it, would it make sense for them to acquire Bloglines? While the My Yahoo homepage is nice, it is hardly a feed reader. Would they be able to somehow integrate Bloglines perhaps even into their Yahoo Mail interface? It would be a serious competitor to Google Reader as the Bloglines Beta rocks. What about Automattic? Or Six Apart? I'm thinking Automattic could combine it into WordPress.com. *IF* Yahoo could get a bargain price on it, would it make sense for them to acquire Bloglines? While the My Yahoo homepage is nice, it is hardly a feed reader. Would they be able to somehow integrate Bloglines perhaps even into their Yahoo Mail interface? It would be a serious competitor to Google Reader as the Bloglines Beta rocks.

What about Automattic? Or Six Apart? I’m thinking Automattic could combine it into WordPress.com.

]]> By: Wilson Guaraca http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508377 Wilson Guaraca Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:37:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508377 blogs are not dead. I love Tech crunch http://kizkscraziness.blogspot.com/ blogs are not dead. I love Tech crunch

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]]> By: Learning Aloud - Bloglines Update http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508353 Learning Aloud - Bloglines Update Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:21:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508353 [...] Bloglines account is working again and it appears others have had the same experience. This link from TechCrunch provides additional information regarding the financial challenges faced [...] [...] Bloglines account is working again and it appears others have had the same experience. This link from TechCrunch provides additional information regarding the financial challenges faced [...]

]]> By: Popon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508326 Popon Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:04:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508326 That is perfectly right. Do people expect to make money from the feed syndication? No. If you don't offer it for free, someone else will. How else can you make money? Ads? On your main website? You only go there to set up your syndication. Then, that's it. Barely any visits any more. If you start putting ads in the feeds, people will jump off your wagon as if it was flaming. And you will crash and burn. That is perfectly right. Do people expect to make money from the feed syndication? No. If you don’t offer it for free, someone else will. How else can you make money? Ads? On your main website? You only go there to set up your syndication. Then, that’s it. Barely any visits any more. If you start putting ads in the feeds, people will jump off your wagon as if it was flaming. And you will crash and burn.

]]> By: Another One to Deadpool http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508281 Another One to Deadpool Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:35:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508281 It's too late for Bloglines. Many users have already switched over to Google Reader. My bet is that this is heading for Deadpool. It’s too late for Bloglines. Many users have already switched over to Google Reader. My bet is that this is heading for Deadpool.

]]> By: Steve Turner http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508252 Steve Turner Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:02:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508252 Bloglines finally seems to have gone off track completely now. I had used it for the best part of four years, but finally, in the last few weeks, switched to Google Reader after tiring of another Bloglines technical failure. Can't say I'm surprised it's up for sale. It was an RSS pioneer, but it's been standing still for years now. Bloglines finally seems to have gone off track completely now. I had used it for the best part of four years, but finally, in the last few weeks, switched to Google Reader after tiring of another Bloglines technical failure.

Can’t say I’m surprised it’s up for sale. It was an RSS pioneer, but it’s been standing still for years now.

]]> By: Aaron Richard http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508237 Aaron Richard Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:47:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508237 Sometimes they buy the company for the IP or the people. It's not always soley because of the product. Sometimes they even buy companies because then they don't have to compete with them in the future. Now, this is on a much larger scale, but Google basically bought YouTube so they wouldn't have to compete with them. Sometimes they make the right decision, sometimes not so much. Whatever the case, Bloglines is dead. It's game over man, game over! Sometimes they buy the company for the IP or the people. It’s not always soley because of the product. Sometimes they even buy companies because then they don’t have to compete with them in the future. Now, this is on a much larger scale, but Google basically bought YouTube so they wouldn’t have to compete with them.

Sometimes they make the right decision, sometimes not so much. Whatever the case, Bloglines is dead. It’s game over man, game over!

]]> By: Bjorn Tipling http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/20/bloglines-gets-a-band-aid-and-we-hear-its-still-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-2508234 Bjorn Tipling Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:44:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23551#comment-2508234 Bloglines Beta rocks. Bloglines Beta rocks.

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