Google has just acquired my preferred RSS management service, Feedburner. Sources say that they paid about $100M. Here is the announcement on Feedburner’s blog and on Google blog.
Unlike the rumor that FeedBurner is nearly code-complete on a multiplayer Wii edition, the blog posts, phone calls and conjecture about our future as part of the Google family tree are now officially true.FeedBurner has been acquired by Google. The local weather forecast calls for general euphoria with intermittent periods of off-the-rails delight.
Someone is wondering if Google has now too much power over bloggers… Well, if they would acquire Technorati, they would have COMPLETE control over bloggers. Good or bad? I like Google, I like their services and I look forward to getting more from this acquisition.
I like it. If you want more explanations on this acquisition, take a look here.
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