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'Bloglines' is a web-based news aggregator for browsing weblogs and other news feeds via syndicated feeds utilizing technologies such as Really Simple Syndication and ATOM. Unlike other feed readers that download posts directly to one's device, Bloglines is a server-side aggregation system, where blog entries are downloaded and updated on the server on a frequent basis [1].
Users then subscribe to as well as read individual feeds via the web portal, which provides them with the ability to access their feeds from any computer, not just the computer on which they have installed a particular RSS Reader [2].
Mark Fletcher, former CEO of ONElist, founded the site in 2003 and sold it in February 2005 to Ask.com [3]., a division of IAC Search and Media.
Bloglines has recently shown activity after over a year of stagnation. On July 23rd, Bloglines released an iPhone version of their site. On August 27th they released a public beta version of their site, with new features such as drag-and-drop feeds in the feed tree and a customizable start page.
Because they have no ads on their site, it is still not known how (or if) Bloglines makes revenue.

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Awards

★ Included in Time Magazine's Top 50 Web Sites for 2004 [4]

★ Voted Best Blog/Feed Search Engine by the Search Engine Watch Awards in 2005 [5]

★ BusinessWeek's Best of the New Web

Competitors

★ Google Reader

★ Rojo.com

★ NewsGator Online

External links

★ Main website

★ Beta website

★ iPhone website

★ Review