Bloglines
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 Bloglines feed view |
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| URL | bloglines.com |
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| Type of site | RSS aggregator |
| Registration | Required, Free |
| Owner | MerchantCircle |
| Created by | Mark Fletcher |
| Launched | June 2003 |
Bloglines is a web-based news aggregator for reading syndicated feeds using the RSS and Atom formats. Mark Fletcher, former CEO of ONElist, founded the site in June 2003 and sold it in February 2005 to Ask.com/InterActiveCorp.[1][2] In 2005, it hosted more than 200 million searchable blog articles.[2] On July 23, 2007, Bloglines released an iPhone version of their site. On August 27, 2007 the company released a public beta version of their site, with new features such as drag-and-drop feeds in the feed tree and a customizable start page.
Bloglines offers an application programming interface that can be used to write software that can read feeds, search its database of feed entries, and ping the service when a blog has been updated.[3]
Ask.com announced that Bloglines would be shut down effective November 15, 2010.[4] However, on November 4th, 2010 on-line marketing company MerchantCircle announced that it would assume control of Bloglines.[5]
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[edit] Awards
- Included in Time Magazine's Top 50 Web Sites for 2004[6]
- Voted Best Blog/Feed Search Engine by the Search Engine Watch Awards in 2005[7]
- BusinessWeek's Best of the New Web[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Ask Jeeves Acquires". Bloglines. 2005-02-08. http://www.bloglines.com/about/pr_02082005. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ a b Olsen, Stephanie (8 February 2005). "Ask Jeeves buys Bloglines". CNET News. http://news.cnet.com/Ask-Jeeves-buys-Bloglines/2100-1025_3-5566828.html. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
- ^ http://www.bloglines.com/services/api/
- ^ "Bloglines Update". Ask.com blog. 29 October 2010. http://blog.ask.com/2010/10/bloglines-update.html. Retrieved 3 November 2010.[dead link]
- ^ http://www.merchantcircle.com/corporate/press/2010-11-04-MerchantCircle-Revitalizes-Bloglines.html
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- ^ "5th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards - Search Engine Watch (SEW)". Search Engine Watch. http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3494141. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ "Best of the New Web: Our Editors' Picks". BusinessWeek. 26 September 2005. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/bestof/editorpicks.htm. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
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