Mary Hodder has blogged the first of a projected series of articles analyzing blog and RSS search and aggregation services. This is a needed thing, especially if we're looking at the emergence of Web 2.0*.
Hodder starts by comparing five tools: "Technorati, Bloglines (as an information search tool, not a news reader tool), Feedster, Blogpulse and Pubsub." The comparisons (.pdf) are fascinating, and the methological discussion very useful.
One key observation:
All five of these services are very valuable, as they each show us different things, and frankly, for my information needs, I want and use all of them each day to track myself, my projects, companies I consult for, and all of my areas of interest, which are numerous. Often, the combination is the only way to get an accurate picture of what is happening online across blogs and RSS feeds.
Steve Kaye points us to this. He's been blogging about it thoughtfully, and can be read here, here, and here.
Once the current frenzy of program slows down next week, I'll return to this topic.
*Note that the Wikipedia entry on Web 2.0 is in NPOV dispute.
I think this is a good chance to plug Gnosh - which uses RSS as a medium to conduct searches across the web and social networks. You can click on my name there in the comment line to visit the site.
Posted by: Mike | July 28, 2005 at 08:46
just to use the opportunity of a related entry : i will send out the outlines of the planned micro-book until tomorrow. a possible subject could be the digital nomads-vs-fugitives-thing. or in fact any subject you like.
Posted by: martin | July 31, 2005 at 06:42
please give me an updated antifilter
Posted by: gali | August 07, 2005 at 19:21