The Definitive OPML / RSS Search Directory
It occured to me this evening, as I was interviewing the guys from HelpShare and Lookmarks, that Gada.be is creating the Internet's definitive RSS Search directory. Yeah, take a look at this single OPML file and tell me I'm wrong. A9 isn't doing it, and Yahoo! isn't doing it. If I'm missing any searches, I'd be surprised – we've got over 200 of 'em in there (not including the dupes). It's not just about bragging rights – it's about doing it, and doing it right.
As I mentioned a few minutes ago in a huge update… “Been noticing the conversation around Gada.be’s OPML gaining a bit more traction lately. That’s quite nice to see, actually – and I wanted to encourage more of you to use Gada.be’s automatically-generated OPML in any one of your Web or Desktop applications. No funky APIs – no approval process. Just use our OPML, please. It’s there in every single category (including a hidden “aâ€? category).” Reference links include:
- The Lego brick of Web 2.0
- From Istanbul To Sand Hill Road
- You Gada.Be Kiddin’ Me
- Taking On Google On It’s Own Turf
- BlogBridge – Gada.be and OPML
- Why Do You Tag – My 5 Reasons
- Gada.be is favorite tool for watching event coverage
- I Gada Be Damien Mulley
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5 Comments
Anonymous
March 24th, 2006
at 10:56am
See this: http://centrum.czweb.org/
Bill nadraszky
March 26th, 2006
at 8:29am
Yes Chris, you are right that gada.be is great. There is no grandstanding necessary for your search engine. I have used the search a few times and evertime I do use it I am dissapointed that I do not use it more. I would like to see this become more popuilar as it really is a great way for people to get the results they are looking for from blogs and other new sources. You are really helping in the democratization of the internet
jccalhoun
March 26th, 2006
at 1:40pm
I don't know. I just don't get it. I've been to gada.be a few times and every time i search on it, i'm stumped as to why this is usefull — or rather more usefull than any other search engine out there. I feel like I should understand why this is good, or why it matters, but I really don't. Perhaps a post about what gada.be is for is in order? Or am I just dense?
Scott K.
March 27th, 2006
at 11:27pm
The only drag is that I can't import the OPML results into Tailrank. Not sure which side is at issue.
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at 2:59am
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