Bloglines Keeps Innovating
I continue to be impressed with the server-based newsreader Bloglines and the thoughtful way they implement new features. The latest feature is "References", where they provide links to other threads that mention the item that you are reading. Very well-done and appropriate in the context.
Does anyone else notice how Bloglines is getting in the middle of a lot of traffic much more effectively than companies like Technorati? Bloglines is getting all sorts of great usage information as a by-product of providing a genuine service to users (i.e., the news reader). Technorati, on the other hand, is explicitly about meta-information, without really providing a compelling experience outside the compilation of that meta-information. I'm guessing that the quality of statistics that Bloglines gathers as a side-effect is much richer than what Technorati gathers with its crawlers.
Here's an interesting thought: Bloglines is a subscriber-facing proxy service, while FeedBurner is a publisher-facing proxy service. I bet there are some cool things we could do together. Hmm, note to self.
Source: Bloglines References