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http://www.donews.net/keso/archive/2005/02/07/270684.aspx
Bloglines is my favorite online RSS subscription service, I have subscribed more than 800 Feeds, which has replaced the portal such as Sina and become my personal information center. Recently, BLOGLines have been acquired by Ask Jeeves and accurately test the prediction of Feedburner CTO Eric Lunt last year. This is already the second I like online service by a company I don't like, the last time is FURL being acquired by Looksmart.
I personally don't like the ASK. As I said, as Webleon said, it has been in mind, on the other hand, I also expressed doubts about the innovation ability of this company. Many years ago, ASK proposed a natural language search concept. It is no longer mentioned that it is now. I always think that this company is always passionate about making some novel ideas, but in the end, it is shallow.
A valuable product or service, is a good thing to acquire a good company, such as Google acquire BLogger, Yahoo acquire Overture. But a valuable product, is acquired by a bad company, is a very sad thing. There are too many examples, typical is ICQ, Winamp, Netscape acquired by AOL.
Bloglines have just been one and a half years old, have become the largest RSS free subscription service provider, just like Owen, "Bloglines have already left a simple RSS reading service and become a set of search, subscription, tracking content, reverse search. Web service. Especially his search function, it is almost comparable to Technorati, FeedSter. "
I have said that the concentrated online RSS subscription should replace the client to subscribe, not only due to bandwidth problems, but also because Always-ON will become a way of life.
Wang Lan said that he placed RSS after the Spring Festival, because he experienced the huge benefits of RSS from "Zhou Botong". However, I don't optimize this client software, comparison, TOPIM's online model should have greater potential. At the same time, the domestic portal website has the contradictory mentality of RSS, causing them not to promote the popularity of RSS applications. The application of RSS will first become in a user group that has a large demand for information processing.
Bloglines initial ideas are through the insertion of keyword advertisements in RSS, in fact they have not done. I think this is a very smart practice, because this innovation company's future is not self-sufficient, it must be acquired by a large company. So what they have to do is to do their own technology and services as much as possible, to use users to use the market advantage as much as possible. Therefore, for the invitation mode used in ROJO, Bloglines founder and CEO Mark Fletcher considers a wrong way, "They are a closed system, we are an open system. So we are sharing with friends, but also follow World sharing. People like it because it produces a dynamic, open community. "
Flickr is another online service I like, many people are also guess it will be acquired. Since all valuable services are unable to be acquired, let me run quickly before being acquired, run how fast, run more quickly, open the competitors, establish market advantages.
This is my last POST before the Spring Festival. This year is not online, online waiting until 4 days. I wish everyone in advance: New Year!
