Comments on: FeedZa - A Platform to Search, Rate and Review RSS Feeds http://www.watblog.com/2008/08/25/feedza-is-to-rss-feeds-what-digg-is-to-websites-a-review/ The Refreshing Blog on Web, Advertising and Technology in India! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:43:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: raghav soni http://www.watblog.com/2008/08/25/feedza-is-to-rss-feeds-what-digg-is-to-websites-a-review/#comment-10364 raghav soni Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:35:12 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/?p=4778#comment-10364 @gautam sites like technorati is a social opinion tools for blogosphere....many people now-a-days rely more on rss than visiting sites either on their cell phones or desktop due to busy schedule ...they dont even have time to search for new sites on technorati or digg,etc to get only the rss feeds.....the very concept of rss was to simplify access to information without wasting time retrieving the information....i even predict that there might be a tool like stumbleupon for rss feeds which would give preview of feed in one single page according to preferences and people can decide whether they want to subscribe or not.....feedza is a one stop solution dedicated to rss thats where they can make our life simpler......... @chris i m sorry abt the search function....I misunderstood it for submitting form cos above that field there was link to submit feedz....hope you can do something about that so people do not fall prey to that mistake..... I would still stuck with my point of more description and preview feature cos few lines are very inadequate to make a decision .......all the best for your venture! @gautam sites like technorati is a social opinion tools for blogosphere….many people now-a-days rely more on rss than visiting sites either on their cell phones or desktop due to busy schedule …they dont even have time to search for new sites on technorati or digg,etc to get only the rss feeds…..the very concept of rss was to simplify access to information without wasting time retrieving the information….i even predict that there might be a tool like stumbleupon for rss feeds which would give preview of feed in one single page according to preferences and people can decide whether they want to subscribe or not…..feedza is a one stop solution dedicated to rss thats where they can make our life simpler………
@chris i m sorry abt the search function….I misunderstood it for submitting form cos above that field there was link to submit feedz….hope you can do something about that so people do not fall prey to that mistake….. I would still stuck with my point of more description and preview feature cos few lines are very inadequate to make a decision …….all the best for your venture!

]]> By: Shāyon http://www.watblog.com/2008/08/25/feedza-is-to-rss-feeds-what-digg-is-to-websites-a-review/#comment-10312 Shāyon Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:54:13 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/?p=4778#comment-10312 <b>@Gautam</b> Ever tried out Yahoo's Buzz or even Digg? I have a feeling that you missed the crux of the concept behind the site. Technorati might be there to track down popular posts but not feeds. Moreover, how about news sites, category feeds of blogs or even a feed to track your online activity (check out this <b><a href="http://www.watblog.com/2008/08/19/watblog-spots-5-useful-yahoo-pipe-applications-to-ease-your-online-habitat/" title="WATBlog Spots 5 Useful Yahoo Pipe Applications to Ease Your Online Habitat" rel="nofollow">Yahoo Apps post</a></b> for more on this)? Do you think Technorati and the likes have the power or capability to track them? @Gautam

Ever tried out Yahoo’s Buzz or even Digg? I have a feeling that you missed the crux of the concept behind the site. Technorati might be there to track down popular posts but not feeds.

Moreover, how about news sites, category feeds of blogs or even a feed to track your online activity (check out this Yahoo Apps post for more on this)? Do you think Technorati and the likes have the power or capability to track them?

]]> By: Chris Osborne http://www.watblog.com/2008/08/25/feedza-is-to-rss-feeds-what-digg-is-to-websites-a-review/#comment-10307 Chris Osborne Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:02:39 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/?p=4778#comment-10307 Hi, Many thanks for the review - I have taken your points and suggestions on board. I just wanted to take a minute and answer the questions you have regarding FeedZa's features: "There is no search function available which could have made things much easier." We do have a search box in the top right hand corner however I do agree that our search feature needs improving with added features such as category, date range and so on. Among hundreds of other additional features, this is on the list of things to work on :) “Voting can easily be tampered with, to give false impression despite strong anti-spamming feature in place.” The only way we are going to get around false voting is requiring users to open an account and use our own voting algorithm. These have been completed but we decided to try and build a small community before launching these features. It was a tough decision to make, but right now we are focusing on making the site as easy to use as possible, work on building a small community and obviously getting the FeedZa word out there. ”A small snippet is too inadequate to choose a RSS feed. At the same time, a larger preview of RSS feeds could have proven useful though the way they are viewed needs to be modulated.” Good suggestions here. We didn't want to steal the lime light from the bloggers by displaying too much of their content – The aim is to display a little teaser (with the full title). Once again, many thanks for the review :) Chris Osborne Founder and CEO www.feedza.com Hi,

Many thanks for the review - I have taken your points and suggestions on board. I just wanted to take a minute and answer the questions you have regarding FeedZa’s features:

“There is no search function available which could have made things much easier.”

We do have a search box in the top right hand corner however I do agree that our search feature needs improving with added features such as category, date range and so on. Among hundreds of other additional features, this is on the list of things to work on :)

“Voting can easily be tampered with, to give false impression despite strong anti-spamming feature in place.”

The only way we are going to get around false voting is requiring users to open an account and use our own voting algorithm. These have been completed but we decided to try and build a small community before launching these features. It was a tough decision to make, but right now we are focusing on making the site as easy to use as possible, work on building a small community and obviously getting the FeedZa word out there.

”A small snippet is too inadequate to choose a RSS feed. At the same time, a larger preview of RSS feeds could have proven useful though the way they are viewed needs to be modulated.”

Good suggestions here. We didn’t want to steal the lime light from the bloggers by displaying too much of their content – The aim is to display a little teaser (with the full title).

Once again, many thanks for the review :)

Chris Osborne
Founder and CEO
http://www.feedza.com

]]> By: Gautam Kshatriya http://www.watblog.com/2008/08/25/feedza-is-to-rss-feeds-what-digg-is-to-websites-a-review/#comment-10306 Gautam Kshatriya Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:56:40 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/?p=4778#comment-10306 Raghav - surely one's decision to choose which feeds to subscribe to is essentially the same as figuring out which the best sources of news/blogs are out there? Don't sites like Technorati already fulfill that requirement? Gautam Kshatriya gautam.kshatriya@moneyvidya.com http://www.moneyvidya.com Raghav - surely one’s decision to choose which feeds to subscribe to is essentially the same as figuring out which the best sources of news/blogs are out there? Don’t sites like Technorati already fulfill that requirement?

Gautam Kshatriya
gautam.kshatriya@moneyvidya.com
http://www.moneyvidya.com

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