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. 😉
I have heard this before, but is the Twitter situation going to be the thing that moves the needle for RSS? I started using Revue to send newsletters last year as an option for people who were trying to follow my websites on social media but ran into the algorithm deciding not to shat them anything that was being posted, especially with Facebook Pages. It had some subscribers but not that many. After Twitter killed Revue, I also moved to Substack and have seen some growth, but I’m also realizing that we can’t replicate Twitter with email newsletters.
I hate to do it, because I have the utmost respect for him, but my experience tells me that Craig’s latest article is going to create problems for Lit Support folks everywhere. Not because he’s wrong in any of it, but because far, far too many attorneys are going to see the headline, and the…
I saw a post on Google Plus today by Niki Black, that resonated with me. You’d better roll out some new things ASAP Google+ or you’re going to tank. Allow 3d party developers access to your API so I can post to Google+ from my feed readers. Or I’m going to stop cross-posting because it…
Today was a very good day. I had two training sessions scheduled, back to back, covering two very different topics. One was supposed to be a class, but turned into one attendee, on working with transcripts in Summation. The second one was a scheduled one-on-one training session on using an RSS reader. In both sessions…
Saw this email today, and while I kind of doubt I’ll be going at this point, I thought I would pass it on for those of you local to Columbus . Hello, Registration is open for the sixth annual Ohio LinuxFest, to beheld at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The main…
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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.