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]

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