Building a Better Blog Aggregator
March 27th, 2008By Marijean Jaggers
Last week, I shared my thoughts on the BlogNewsNetwork controversy. With some, I hit a nerve. The conversation about BNN continues and is still heated.
At Standing Partnership, our tagline reads, “Standing together. Moving forward.” I see this ongoing discussion as an opportunity for the St. Louis blogging community to stand together and move forward. I think the discussion about blog aggregators has been very interesting. I think for the most part, the blogging community agrees that, when done appropriately, a blog aggregator can be a very useful tool. Overall, there is agreement that BNN is not the best blog aggregator. I became very interested in capturing the community’s thoughts on what attributes the best blog aggregator would, and would not have.
We’ve set up a collaborative wiki to put some structure to bloggers’ and blog readers’ thoughts on the topic, in an effort to make a shopping list for what the ideal aggregator would be.
The wiki is open to all. Please contribute your thoughts and let’s discover together where this project could go.
