Friday, July 09, 2004
Bloglines Blurs the Lines
Bloglines rolled out their "anniversary" update on July 7th. (I couldn't get the publisher piece to work until last night - looks like there were some initial issues that have been resolved)
I created a blog and took the publishing tools out for a spin. What I found was that the tools are not nearly as robust as other systems out there. However, I'm sure the folks at Bloglines would say this is just the initial release and that it will improve over time.
Assuming that this is the case and the publishing tools become stronger, Bloglines has made a very interesting move. They gone from a "pure" aggregator of content to a publisher of content in one fell swoop. This seems like a natural evolution, but I could not find any other aggregators with publishing functionality.
This positions Bloglines for some great potential growth, as they didn't really have much to offer Publishers previously.
Next question - when does Yahoo add the Publisher piece (since they are offering aggregation to some extent now) and/or when does Google (through Blogger.com) add aggregation to their publishing tools?
I created a blog and took the publishing tools out for a spin. What I found was that the tools are not nearly as robust as other systems out there. However, I'm sure the folks at Bloglines would say this is just the initial release and that it will improve over time.
Assuming that this is the case and the publishing tools become stronger, Bloglines has made a very interesting move. They gone from a "pure" aggregator of content to a publisher of content in one fell swoop. This seems like a natural evolution, but I could not find any other aggregators with publishing functionality.
This positions Bloglines for some great potential growth, as they didn't really have much to offer Publishers previously.
Next question - when does Yahoo add the Publisher piece (since they are offering aggregation to some extent now) and/or when does Google (through Blogger.com) add aggregation to their publishing tools?
