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I have been using Bloglines for the past couple of years. There have been regular updates , including some nifty ones I like (shortcut key - m). It also featured in the “Next Net 25” list by CNN.
No ads, no subscriptions. I used to wonder how Bloglines will ever earn money - “may be they’ll shift to a subscription model for extra features, while keeping the base services free“, “may be they’ll insert targetted ads in between blog posts“. But they didn’t do that.
Then, last year Ask Jeeves acquired Bloglines (a quick analysis here). Apparently, they have kept on adding features and trying to increase the user-base further. They seem to be waiting for the critical mass of users (and features) to start doing something for revenue.
[tags]bloglines, askjeeves, revenue[/tags]
August 28th, 2006 at 9:35 am
I was wondering about the same thing regarding Orkut.. I think they tried the ad thing just once.. that football ad..
I am also expecting that they are building the user base to come up with some huge revenue model..
it will be interesting to wait n watch
September 8th, 2006 at 10:18 pm
A good example - Fark.com. They used the same scheme as Bloglines, and though they are not so popular as Bloglines, but in a few years they will overcome them.
September 29th, 2006 at 3:56 pm
They have a lot more ads on Orkut now than just the football one.