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Discover blogs with BlogRovR
BlogRovR is a site that has just been launched by the team behind Stikis, creators of the "write notes wherever you browse" overlay. BlogRovR will let users know about content from blogs that they normally read by telling them about content when and where they are likely to be interested in reading about it.
It works by downloading an application, and entering in blogs that are frequently read. BlogRovR will then search all blogs while you surf, when it finds relating information it displays an overlay into your browser notifying you with summaries about the posts it has found. You can then read what your favorite bloggers have said about the page you are currently visiting without leaving.
Why would someone really want to use this application? Are we missing something? Would you want to read your favorite bloggers commentary on every site you visit? It seem like it could get a little distracting. It is however good for a little cross referencing when doing research, and gathering links to same topic posts from a familiar voice.
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marc meyer said 5:58PM on 3-30-2007
Thanks for trying RovR out Chris! You raise some good questions in your article.
Rovr helps you deal with the overload of information we get from the web. I personally like many more blogs than I can read front-to-back (I'm always behind), and there are many more that I care about, but only when they're talking about something I already care about.
That's what Rovr is for. While I browse, BlogRovR looks at hundreds of blogs I've personally selected to tell me which of the bloggers has something to say about what I care about here and now.
We've worked hard to make rovr's presentation of that information unobtrusive. You can control whether or not the tray rolls in, how big it is, and block notes you're no longer interested in seeing. The note summaries can be as small as just the blogs icon, or even less intrusively, the tray handle alone, with the number of posts relating to what you're browsing.
We think that Rovr and Stickis are the first of many applications that will be smart about bringing to YOU the information you want, rather than making us always go to portals or do searches to find them. And the trick is to do this so that everyone's result is personalized, and do it efficiently, which is activeweave's "special sauce."
Try rovr for a bit; you'll find it addictive.
A bit more perspective at http://blog.blogrovr.com
Thanks!
Marc Meyer
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