The "grandpa" RSS reader shuts down

From October 1, 2010 Bloglines RSS aggregator stops working. A message about this today appeared on the main page of the site. All users are encouraged to export their feeds to an OPML file and migrate somewhere.

Bloglines was one of the first web aggregators on the Internet, before its appearance it was necessary to use desktop programs. It began operation in June 2003 and became the benchmark for all such systems in the future. In 2004, Bloglines ranked among the top 50 Internet sites according to Time magazine, and in 2005 it was recognized as the best search engine for blogs by Search Engine Watch, and in the same year it ranked among the most innovative Internet sites according to BusinessWeek.

However, the decline of Bloglines began immediately after the release of the alternative Google Reader RSS-aggregator (this happened on October 7, 2005), which worked much more reliably, was almost not buggy and updated feeds better. Suffering from technical failures to the present, Bloglines decided to stop the torment of users. As the developers say , "it was a difficult decision, especially considering our loyal, responsive and, of course, patient audience."