Bloglines
{{Short description|Web-based news aggregator}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Bloglines
| favicon =
| logo = Bloglines logo.png
| screenshot = Bloglines screenshot.png
| screenshot_size = 300px
| caption = Bloglines feed view
| url = {{URL|bloglines.com}}
| commercial =
| type = RSS aggregator
| registration = Required, Free
| owner = MerchantCircle
| author = Mark Fletcher
| launch_date = May 07, 2003
| current_status = defunct
| revenue =
}}
Bloglines was a web-based news aggregator for reading syndicated feeds using the RSS and Atom formats. Users could subscribe to the syndicated feeds for free using a web browser. Bloglines offered an application programming interface that maintainers of web could use to write software to read feeds, search its database of feed entries, and ping the service when a website was updated.{{cite web |url=http://www.bloglines.com/services/api/ |title=Bloglines | API Documentation |access-date=2008-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212074441/http://www.bloglines.com/services/api |archive-date=2008-02-12 }} Bloglines became unavailable in early 2015.
History
Mark Fletcher, former CEO of ONElist, founded the site in June 2003 and sold it in February 2005 to Ask.com/InterActiveCorp.{{cite web |url=http://www.bloglines.com/about/pr_02082005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050210020535/http://bloglines.com/about/pr_02082005 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-02-10 |title=Ask Jeeves Acquires |publisher=Bloglines |date=2005-02-08 |access-date=2010-07-14 }}{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/Ask-Jeeves-buys-Bloglines/2100-1025_3-5566828.html|title=Ask Jeeves buys Bloglines|last=Olsen|first=Stephanie|date=8 February 2005|work=CNET News|access-date=14 July 2010}} In 2005, it hosted more than 200 million searchable blog articles. On July 23, 2007, Bloglines released an iPhone version of their site. On August 27, 2007, the company released a public beta version of their site, with new features such as drag-and-drop feeds in the feed tree and a customizable start page.
Ask.com announced that Bloglines would be shut down effective November 15, 2010.{{cite news|url=http://askjeeves.blogs.com/aj_weblog/2010/09/bloglines-update.html|title=Bloglines Update|date=29 October 2010|work=Ask.com blog|access-date=9 December 2015}} However, on November 4, 2010, on-line marketing company MerchantCircle announced that it would assume control of Bloglines.{{Cite web|url=https://www.merchantcircle.com/corporate/press/2010-11-04-MerchantCircle-Revitalizes-Bloglines.html|title=MerchantCircle.com | MerchantCircle Press Releases|website=www.merchantcircle.com}} On May 26, 2011, Reply! Inc. acquired MerchantCircle for $60 million in cash and stock. The transaction was completed in Q3 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.reply.com/About/PressReleases/corporate_press_2011_5_26.aspx|title=Reply! Acquires MerchantCircle for $60 Million|publisher=reply.com|date=2011-05-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118065829/http://www.reply.com/About/PressReleases/corporate_press_2011_5_26.aspx|archive-date=2013-01-18}}
In December 2015 Bloglines had been down for at least 320 days,{{cite web|title=Bloglines.com Server Status Check|url=http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/bloglines.com.html|website=Is it down right now?|access-date=2 December 2015}} but users still can retrieve their subscriptions list from Netvibes using their Bloglines account.{{cite web|title=Are You Missing Bloglines? Here's a Possible Fix|url=http://researchbuzz.me/2015/01/21/are-you-missing-bloglines-heres-a-possible-fix/|website=ResearchBuzz|date=21 January 2015|access-date=24 January 2016}}
Awards
- Included in Time{{'}}s Top 50 Web Sites for 2004{{cite web|title=Mark Fletcher Achievements|url=http://supremacyseo.com/Mark-Fletcher-Bio|access-date=24 May 2014}}
- Voted Best Blog/Feed Search Engine by the Search Engine Watch Awards in 2005{{cite web |url=http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3494141 |title=5th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards - Search Engine Watch (SEW) |publisher=Search Engine Watch |access-date=2010-07-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610173424/http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3494141 |archive-date=2011-06-10}}
- BusinessWeek{{'}}s Best of the New Web{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/bestof/editorpicks.htm|title=Best of the New Web: Our Editors' Picks|date=26 September 2005|work=BusinessWeek|access-date=14 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721040737/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/bestof/editorpicks.htm|archive-date=21 July 2010}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050507082836/http://www.bloglines.com/ Main website]
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