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Bloglines is Not Quite Dead Yet

Apparently, Ask.com got Merchant Circle to agree to take over the operations of Bloglines. Maybe they will actually invest in it and create a god Google Reader alternative.

Then again, I have no idea how Bloglines fits with what Merchant Circle does now, so we’ll see if this is a good thing for Bloglines users or not.

For that matter, I don’t even know what Merchant Circle does now. 😉

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One Comment

  1. I have never even heard of Merchant Circle. But hopefully for all the Bloglines users out there, they will do good. I know that I see several people in my analytics who subscribe and read my blog through Bloglines, so there are people out there still using it.

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