It's finally happened
Bloglines,the troubled RSS feed reader owned by IAC, will officially be shut down, the company has told TechCrunch exclusively.
The site has had a
tumultuous history, so it's unsurprising that IAC has finally put the platform out of its misery.
Bloglines, which is actually operated by IAC Q&A property
Ask.com, will be informing users of the news today and will officially be shut down on October 1
Bought by IAC's Ask.com in February 2005 for around $10 million, the site has been
in jeopardy ever since the launch of
Google Reader long ago, compounded by the
shift from RSS to realtime news streams.
Over the past few years, the site hasn't launched any new or innovative features to boost usageWhile we've heard in the past that IAC was considering shutting down the site, the company held off on killing the site permanently and was looking for ways to
refurbish Bloglines.
