Comments on: Ask Buying Bloglines http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/02/ask_buying_bloglines.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ask_buying_bloglines Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Tim http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/02/ask_buying_bloglines.php#comment-21710 Tim Mon, 07 Feb 2005 06:49:26 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/02/ask_buying_bloglines.php#comment-21710 <p>The boom is certainly back, but Google notwithstanding, it is still hard to see the economics justifying it.</p> <p>But clearly the last fool theory is once again in the saddle.</p> The boom is certainly back, but Google notwithstanding, it is still hard to see the economics justifying it.

But clearly the last fool theory is once again in the saddle.

]]> By: Nick Douglas http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/02/ask_buying_bloglines.php#comment-21709 Nick Douglas Sun, 06 Feb 2005 05:34:20 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/02/ask_buying_bloglines.php#comment-21709 <p>New rumor: Yahoo will buy Flickr.</p> <p><a href="http://laughingmeme.org/archives/002767.html#002767" rel="nofollow">http://laughingmeme.org/archives/002767.html#002767</a></p> New rumor: Yahoo will buy Flickr.

http://laughingmeme.org/archives/002767.html#002767

]]> By: Peter Hershberg http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/02/ask_buying_bloglines.php#comment-21708 Peter Hershberg Sat, 05 Feb 2005 22:40:06 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/02/ask_buying_bloglines.php#comment-21708 <p>Assuming the rumors are actually true, the acquisition would appear to make quite a bit of sense for everyone involved. </p> <p>Insight into the feeds users subscribe to will finally allows Jeeves to get into the personal search game. It should improve the targeting of both their search results and their advertising (not only on Ask.com, but the broader Excite Network as well). </p> <p>At the same time, questions have been raised about whether Bloglines could exist as a standalone entity now that Yahoo! and MSN are offering feed aggregators of their own -- Bloglines may be better off as a feature within a larger company like Ask Jeeves. </p> Assuming the rumors are actually true, the acquisition would appear to make quite a bit of sense for everyone involved.

Insight into the feeds users subscribe to will finally allows Jeeves to get into the personal search game. It should improve the targeting of both their search results and their advertising (not only on Ask.com, but the broader Excite Network as well).

At the same time, questions have been raised about whether Bloglines could exist as a standalone entity now that Yahoo! and MSN are offering feed aggregators of their own — Bloglines may be better off as a feature within a larger company like Ask Jeeves.

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