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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. Right... by eddeye · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps AskJeeves will be able to legitimize itself again in the crowded search market by integrating Bloglines into its suite of products."

    Because nothing says "legitimate" like blog.

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

    Heres the official confirmtation

  3. I wish a search engine would read my mind... by ABeowulfCluster · · Score: 5, Interesting

    as in knowing my preferences... ie.. remember that I prefer NO BLOGS when I search for news.

  4. I tried ask jeeves once... by jihadi_fungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was having a bad day with google, and I was getting really frustrated. I submitted:

    "How the fuck can I get /boot to mount by default on gentoo?"

    It came back with a bunch of pr0n because of the F word...mount probably didn't help either :|

  5. Re:Err by britneys+9th+husband · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Not only are they still around, but their market cap is one point four two billion dollars. That's over twice the market value of Netflix.

    It's also over 10 times as much market value as VA Software. Which do you think is more likely to still be around in, say, 2015 -- Slashdot, or Ask Jeeves?

    Too bad short selling is so risky...

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  6. Intrigues by Sundroid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ambitious man, that Jeeves. According to a CNET report, About.com is now up for sale, and Ask Jeeves is one of the bidders. The intriguing element here is that Google is also one of the bidders, of About.com, that is. Here is the link to the article: http://news.com.com/Primedia%20puts%20About.com%20 up%20for%20sale/2100-1025_3-5566950.html?tag=nefd. top

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