Diggidy Dugg
Seems there’s a buzz about AOL’s venture into user-recommended-and-rated-news. I am not writing this post to berate AOL for moving into a space carved out by Digg. Frankly, I do not think Digg owns the IP to this social news framework. Others like those at Newsvine have produced similar offerings.
Instead, I think AOL’s offering instead targets the Googles and Yahoos of the world, trying to pit this functionality into their broader portal offering.
Most importantly, I want to give props to Alex for his fantastic work on the product. He and his team have a lot to be proud of.
Tags: [Digg, AOL, Netscape, news, Newsvine, portal, Alex Rudloff]
Bernard D. Tremblay (ben) 2:37 am on 6/19/2006 Permalink
You find NewNetscape to be like NetVines?
I like NetVines … a lot. And that’s interesting because I’ve used other sites that try to do what it does. Maybe that’s it: NetVibes actually does what it sets out to do.
But how is it like NetscapeNew? I’d compare NN more to Yahoo ”Answers” which, at least, is similarly based on user interaction.
Alex Rudloff 11:17 am on 6/19/2006 Permalink
Thanks for the shout out Rob, much appreciated. We’re working around the clock to get most of the kinks worked out as quickly as possible.