Comments on: RSS Readers lack innovation http://aaronmentele.com/2007/02/04/lack-of-paid-demand-depressing-innovation-in-the-rss-reader-category/ personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:51:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2007/02/04/lack-of-paid-demand-depressing-innovation-in-the-rss-reader-category/comment-page-1/#comment-9070 Aaron Mentele Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:48:32 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/02/04/lack-of-paid-demand-depressing-innovation-in-the-rss-reader-category/#comment-9070 Yeah, I'm with you. Microsoft and Yahoo! have plenty to gain as well. I'd say there's plenty of value beneath the surface for other teams too. But there are plenty of categories that are far more [directly] lucrative. Innovation seems to be looking elsewhere. Yeah, I’m with you. Microsoft and Yahoo! have plenty to gain as well. I’d say there’s plenty of value beneath the surface for other teams too. But there are plenty of categories that are far more [directly] lucrative. Innovation seems to be looking elsewhere.

]]> By: cdc http://aaronmentele.com/2007/02/04/lack-of-paid-demand-depressing-innovation-in-the-rss-reader-category/comment-page-1/#comment-9069 cdc Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:25:30 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/02/04/lack-of-paid-demand-depressing-innovation-in-the-rss-reader-category/#comment-9069 While I agree with your assessment that the profitability of RSS readers is probably holding back their development, you have to understand that two of the most popular readers are owned by companies with ulterior motives. Bloglines (IACI or Ask.com) and Google Reader (Google) are both owned by self-proclaimed "search companies." Tracking the popularity of blogs and other feeds is without a doubt of value to these companies because they can use this information to improve the quality of their core business model: search. While I agree with your assessment that the profitability of RSS readers is probably holding back their development, you have to understand that two of the most popular readers are owned by companies with ulterior motives.

Bloglines (IACI or Ask.com) and Google Reader (Google) are both owned by self-proclaimed “search companies.” Tracking the popularity of blogs and other feeds is without a doubt of value to these companies because they can use this information to improve the quality of their core business model: search.

]]> By: Working Pathways » What Do You Think I’ll Like? http://aaronmentele.com/2007/02/04/lack-of-paid-demand-depressing-innovation-in-the-rss-reader-category/comment-page-1/#comment-9059 Working Pathways » What Do You Think I’ll Like? Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:17:20 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/02/04/lack-of-paid-demand-depressing-innovation-in-the-rss-reader-category/#comment-9059 [...] Aaron, one of the masterminds behind FeedRinse, asks that all RSS Reader provide feed-recommendations. [...] [...] Aaron, one of the masterminds behind FeedRinse, asks that all RSS Reader provide feed-recommendations. [...]

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