U.S. search website Ask.com Friday blog Post said

Beijing Time September 11 News, according to foreign media reports, the U.S. search website Ask.com Friday published a blog article said that it will be closed on October 1 bloglines RSS service.

Ask.com recommends that users export their aggregate seed to other RSS management services before Bloglines closes, and it provides instructions on how to export the aggregation seed at the Bloglines home page.

Since the acquisition of Bloglines Services in 2005, Ask.com has not paid attention to the service and has rarely upgraded it, but its rivals such as Google Reader have become increasingly popular. At the same time, many social media services such as Twitter have grabbed the RSS market, which can provide users with online content more quickly and faster.

The number of independent visitors to the Bloglines last month was 468,000, compared with 427,000 last year, according to the market research firm comscore. The number of independent visitors to Bloglines peaked in February, with a maximum of 697,000 people.

Most websites, including newspapers, magazines and other media, now provide Twitter seeds for registered users. Similarly, Facebook and Twitter users can register their services and receive the latest news from their favorite stores, political magazines, hotels and public figures.

"Why do traditional aggregate reading services like Bloglines die out," said Altimeter Group analyst Jeremiah Owyang? That's because there's a new aggregation reading service like Twitter and Facebook. It is estimated that traditional aggregate reading services will continue to decline. ”

In addition to the increasing use of Bloglines, Ask.com decided to shut down the service for another reason: it wants to focus on the new search engine market question and answer service website. It intends to make itself a major supplier of search-and-answer services, which it considers to be a huge market opportunity.