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Googler Backs Feedster; Redlitz Off To Startup

Feedster is expected to announce tomorrow that company president Chris Redlitz is leaving the blog and syndicated content engine to join a startup company to launch later this month. He will be replaced with Tyler Goldman, formerly of Movielink, as the company restructures its team with new talent.

Feedster To Launch In Japan, Then China

Feedster will launch the Japanese version of its RSS and blog search engine soon, according to Feedster President Chris Redlitz. Feedster recently received funding to do so from Japanese investment firm Mitsui and Co., and the move will also help another future transition into the Chinese market by the end of the year at the earliest.

Feedster Rises From Dead, Kicks Technorati

After Microsoft's Robert Scoble instructed his blog readers to place the word "brrreeeport" on their own blogs to test the various blog engines, the blogosphere reacted quickly and Technorati was quick to toot its own horn as the winner. Feedster begs to differ and thinks Yahoo should kiss its...

Brrreeeport: Scobles Keyword Experiment

What started out as an apparent debunking of an A-list blogger conspiracy has evolved into a made-up word shedding light on the search world. Microsoft's controversial employee blogger, Robert Scoble, invited readers to use the word brrreeeport" on their blogs as a way to get "Z-list" blogs noticed, while testing the reach of the various search engines.

Slashdot is Going out of Style in 2006?

Okay, since I'm apparently in "2006 doom and gloom" mode here's another observation that I can re-brand as a 2006 prediction.

Feedster Will Die in 2006?

Is it just me, or has Feedster been completely useless for over 6 months now?

Feedster: Evolution Or Corp. Darwinism?

With the backing of Feedster co-founder and former Chief Technical Officer Scott Johnson, then Vice President of Sales and Marketing Chris Redlitz was promoted to president of the company on November 7th. By December 14th, Johnson was not only given his walking papers, but also was voted off the board of directors. Redlitz was voted onto the board in his place. Unlike when Redlitz was promoted to president, no press release was issued announcing the change.

Technorati Unloads a Ton of New Features

Can't you just feel Technorati's lead widening in blog search?

Feedster/Biz360 Keep Eyes On The Mob

A lot of criticism was flung at Forbes' Daniel Lyons after he characterized the blogosphere "an online lynch mob" that swarms the object of their blog-rage, whether the information is accurate or not. Lyons created his own self-fulfilling prophecy and was cyber-lynched by the same collection of pundits he had accused.

Alls Fair In Love and Search

PubSub CTO Bob Wyman and Feedster CTO Scott Johnson can agree on one thing, they don't like Google, especially when it comes to blog search and fighting splogs (spam blogs). But when they weren't dogpiling on Google at SES Chicago, they took jabs at each other as they jockeyed for top position in the search world.