This is big. Napsterization is reporting that
Ask Jeeves will announce early next week that they've acquired and will fold
Bloglines into their search offering. There are tremendous efficiencies involved
in this acquisition as Mary discusses in her post. Bloglines is one of, if not the most popular of the web-based
aggregators and having it's rich database and subscriber base elevates Ask Jeeves into a very strong position compared
to its search engine competitors.
Found via Scoble.
1. I just started using Bloglines recently. I've been trying various other feed-readers for the last 6-8 months, but I wasn't ever able to settle on any one of them. Bloglines seems to have all the stuff I need for now and it does the job well. :)
Oh yeah, and like last time, I'm adding a link for people who still want Gmail accounts. I have my batch of 50 to give away.
http://www.kunal.kundaje.net/2005_02_01_archives.php#pl110763383150764194
Posted at 4:47AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Kunal Kundaje