July 17, 2006
FeedBurner acquires Blogbeat
In the syndicated content solar system in which the FeedBurner orb spins, it helps to occasionally venture out of our galaxy in search of intelligent life and integrated product offerings. Long story short, we have acquired Blogbeat. In our quest to provide our publishers with a comprehensive picture of how content is distributed and consumed, we liked the fact that Blogbeat uses the feed to gather additional information about the blog. We have been interested in expanding our combined site/feed view since FeedFlare got going some months ago, and Blogbeat will give us the ability to provide publishers with a more thorough statistics picture.
What does this acquisition mean for you?
FeedBurner customers will have a means of comparing feed trends and metrics to site metrics in some interesting and non-traditional ways. By the end of the year, we'll have assimilated... er, incorporated Blogbeat functionality into the familiar FeedBurner platform. If you're a Blogbeat customer, we first welcome you with a full refund since Blogbeat will become a part of StandardStats, our free service. Additional (and optional) paid services will be built out in the future. During the transition, you will continue to be supported by Blogbeat, and we encourage you to take a look around FeedBurner and get used to the joint.
But what about [insert your question here]?
There is a lot more information about this acquisition available in the press release and our official acquisition FAQ.
Comments
Haha, cool, very cool indeed!!
FeedBurner+Blogbeat = Greater Service
Exciting news indeed! I caught it last night on Techcrunch and waited until today to find it on Burning Questions. This begs the question... will there be any geek celebration parties I can promote on Techsocial.com? (-;
Congrats! That is great news. I cannot wait to see it in action!
As a customer of both BlogBeat and Feedburner, this is GREAT NEWS! Plus I get a refund..:)
Congrats, Jeff.
Someday I can say I knew you when.
Good luck feedburner.
Congratulations!
Good combo :)
Great news.
2 good services will become 1 best feed service.
good luck!
