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{{Short description|Web-based news aggregator}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Bloglines
| favicon =
| logo = Bloglines logo.png
| screenshot = Bloglines screenshot.png
| screenshot_size = 300px
| caption = Bloglines feed view
| url = {{URL|bloglines.com}}
| commercial =
| type = [[RSS aggregator]]
| registration = Required, Free
| owner = [[MerchantCircle]]
| author = [[Mark Fletcher (businessman)|Mark Fletcher]]
| launch_date = May 07, 2003
| current_status = defunct
| revenue =
}}

'''Bloglines''' was a web-based [[news aggregator]] for reading [[Web syndication|syndicated]] feeds using the [[RSS]] and [[Atom (standard)|Atom]] formats. Users could subscribe to the syndicated feeds for free using a [[web browser]]. Bloglines offered an [[application programming interface]] that maintainers of web could use to write software to read feeds, search its database of feed entries, and [[Ping (blogging)|ping]] the service when a website was updated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloglines.com/services/api/ |title=Bloglines | API Documentation |access-date=2008-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212074441/http://www.bloglines.com/services/api |archive-date=2008-02-12 }}</ref> Bloglines became unavailable in early 2015.

==History==
[[Mark Fletcher (businessman)|Mark Fletcher]], former CEO of [[ONElist]], founded the site in June 2003 and sold it in February 2005 to [[Ask.com]]/[[InterActiveCorp]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloglines.com/about/pr_02082005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050210020535/http://bloglines.com/about/pr_02082005 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-02-10 |title=Ask Jeeves Acquires |publisher=Bloglines |date=2005-02-08 |access-date=2010-07-14 }}</ref><ref name=cnet>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/Ask-Jeeves-buys-Bloglines/2100-1025_3-5566828.html|title=Ask Jeeves buys Bloglines|last=Olsen|first=Stephanie|date=8 February 2005|work=CNET News|access-date=14 July 2010}}</ref> In 2005, it hosted more than 200 million searchable blog articles.<ref name=cnet/> On July 23, 2007, Bloglines released an [[iPhone]] version of their site. On August 27, 2007, the company 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.

Ask.com announced that Bloglines would be shut down effective November 15, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://askjeeves.blogs.com/aj_weblog/2010/09/bloglines-update.html|title=Bloglines Update|date=29 October 2010|work=Ask.com blog|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref> However, on November 4, 2010, on-line marketing company [[MerchantCircle]] announced that it would assume control of Bloglines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merchantcircle.com/corporate/press/2010-11-04-MerchantCircle-Revitalizes-Bloglines.html|title=MerchantCircle.com | MerchantCircle Press Releases|website=www.merchantcircle.com}}</ref> On May 26, 2011, Reply! Inc. acquired MerchantCircle for $60 million in cash and stock. The transaction was completed in Q3 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reply.com/About/PressReleases/corporate_press_2011_5_26.aspx|title=Reply! Acquires MerchantCircle for $60 Million|publisher=reply.com|date=2011-05-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118065829/http://www.reply.com/About/PressReleases/corporate_press_2011_5_26.aspx|archive-date=2013-01-18}}</ref>

In December 2015 Bloglines had been down for at least 320 days,<ref>{{cite web|title=Bloglines.com Server Status Check|url=http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/bloglines.com.html|website=Is it down right now?|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref> but users still can retrieve their subscriptions list from [[Netvibes]] using their Bloglines account.<ref>{{cite web|title=Are You Missing Bloglines? Here's a Possible Fix|url=http://researchbuzz.me/2015/01/21/are-you-missing-bloglines-heres-a-possible-fix/|website=ResearchBuzz|date=21 January 2015|access-date=24 January 2016}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Included in ''Time''{{'}}s Top 50 Web Sites for 2004<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Fletcher Achievements|url=http://supremacyseo.com/Mark-Fletcher-Bio|access-date=24 May 2014}}</ref>
* Voted Best Blog/Feed Search Engine by the Search Engine Watch Awards in 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3494141 |title=5th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards - Search Engine Watch (SEW) |publisher=Search Engine Watch |access-date=2010-07-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610173424/http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3494141 |archive-date=2011-06-10}}</ref>
* B''usinessWeek''{{'}}s Best of the New Web<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/bestof/editorpicks.htm|title=Best of the New Web: Our Editors' Picks|date=26 September 2005|work=BusinessWeek|access-date=14 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721040737/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/bestof/editorpicks.htm|archive-date=21 July 2010}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of feed aggregators]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050507082836/http://www.bloglines.com/ Main website]

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[[Category:News aggregators]]
[[Category:Blog search engines]]
[[Category:IAC Inc.]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 2003]]

Bloglines - Revision history

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