Ping.fm
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| Commercial? | Yes |
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| Type of site | Micro-blogging |
| Registration | Required |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | Seesmic |
| Created by | Sean McCullough, Adam Duffy, Ryan Merket |
| Launched | March 7, 2008 |
| Revenue | Private Funding |
| Current status | Open Beta |
Ping.fm is a free social networking and micro-blogging web service that enables users to post to multiple social networks simultaneously.
Making an update on Ping.fm pushes the update to a number of different social websites at once. This allows individuals using multiple social networks to update their status only once, without having to update it in all their social media individually. Ping.fm groups services into three categories – status updates, blogs, and micro-blogs – and updates can be sent to each group separately.
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[edit] History
Ping.fm was created with the intent of making it as easy as possible to post updates to multiple social networking sites simultaneously.
[edit] Open Beta
After six months of being in closed beta, an announcement was made on September 2, 2008 that would no longer require private invite beta codes to be used to register and use the service. The launch into Open Beta was covered by outlets like Wired,[1] and Mashable.[2]
[edit] Comparisons with similar websites
Ping.fm has been compared favorably to other websites with similar functionality like HelloTxt.
[edit] Technology
Ping.fm is powered by LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) with some .NET used in the core software. An API allows programmers to apply for an application key in order to develop third party applications. Users must apply for an API key through their user profile.
[edit] Supported services
A user can configure his or her Ping.fm account to aggregate content to the following services:
[edit] Acquisition by Seesmic
On January 4, 2010 Seesmic announced that it would be acquiring Ping.fm.[3]
[edit] Current Support of Service
Several Ping.Fm users have reported a service degradation over the last several months.
While Seesmic support has not officially announced any closure date of the Ping.Fm service, the Seesmic Knowledge base makes no reference to Ping.Fm, other than the ability to open a ticket to request support.[4]
User submitted support requests are accepted, but are being automatically replied with a form email stating: "Regarding Ping.fm, several issues have been reported to our team. We have no ETA for a fix, but we assure you that we are working on it. We appreciate your support and patience until we resolve these issues."
The tickets are then automatically closed by the support system without any resolution. When the affected user requests additional information beyond the form email, they receive only the same form response and their request is automatically closed.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Ping.fm is 'Open for Business'". Epicenter from Wired.com. http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/09/pingfm-opens-up.html. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- ^ "Status Updating Service Ping.fm Now in Open Beta". http://www.mashable.com/2008/09/02/pingfm-open-beta/.
- ^ www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/04/seesmic-acquires-ping-fm/
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- Ping.fm helps platform overkill + Invites
- Ping.fm centralizes status updates
- Ping.fm: Update All Your Lifestreams from One Site
- "Pingdroid – Ping.fm on the Android". Android Social Media. Android Social Media. http://www.androidsocialmedia.com/apps/pingdroid-pingfm-on-the-g1-android. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- Ping.fm: Company Profile
- Berlin, Eric (31 March 2009). "Use Ping.fm to Reach All Your Online Profiles at Once". GigaOM. Salon. http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/web_life/2009/03/31/use_pingfm_to_reach_all_your_online_profiles_at_once. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
