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AskJeeves Steps Into RSS with Bloglines Acquisiton

Posted by timothy on from the almost-but-not-completely-unlike-tea dept.

Sugarpimp writes "According to several sources, AskJeeves has stepped into the deep end of the blogging pool with an interesting acquisition. Bloglines is one of the premier RSS readers. Perhaps AskJeeves will be able to legitimize itself again in the crowded search market by integrating Bloglines into its suite of products."

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  1. bloglines news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dear Bloglines Member:

    Ask Jeeves has acquired Bloglines, and we're excited about becoming the newest member of their portfolio of web services. We view this as a huge step forward for Bloglines, and a chance to achieve our mission of making RSS news reading and blogging a part of everyone's internet experience. You can learn more about the transaction by reading our press release or reviewing our Frequently Asked Questions.

    We want to assure you that the Bloglines service will continue to grow and thrive. Like other companies in the Ask Jeeves portfolio, we will operate as a standalone, separate service -- the Bloglines name will remain, as will our URL, www.bloglines.com. We will support our current features and services, so please continue to log in to Bloglines to search, subscribe, publish and share RSS news feeds and blogs. All users will continue to be governed by the Terms of Service you agreed to when you registered for Bloglines.

    We have a great roadmap on how to integrate some of the many innovative technologies of Ask Jeeves, including its Teoma algorithmic search technology. As always, we will share news of our progress on our blog, Bloglines News. And we encourage you to participate in the conversation. Our users have been amazing help in guiding the evolution of Bloglines, and we hope you will continue to give us input so we can remain the gold standard in blogging, search, and news aggregation.

    We understand you may have questions about the acquisition and we'll try to answer them all as best we can. Please continue to contact our customer service with your questions and comments.

    Thanks for your loyalty, patience, encouragement and feedback throughout this exciting process.

    All the best,

    Mark Fletcher and the Bloglines Team

  2. Confirmed by shodZ · · Score: 5, Informative

    Heres the official confirmtation

  3. it's confirmed news by mallumax · · Score: 4, Informative

    Bloglines have confirmed it.
    Announcement page
    Press release
    FAQ about acquisition

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