Um, okay, this qualifies as a complete surprise to me. Bloglines is being purchased by Ask Jeeves? I saw this over on JeremY!‘s site and thought it must be some sort of joke. I mean, does anyone still use Ask Jeeves? Of all the companies that I might have guessed would purchase Bloglines, Ask Jeeves was no where even close to my short list.
I hope that Mark is his getting money up front for this, in cash.
UPDATE 3:40pm 5 Feb 2005: Russ sums up my feelings about Bloglines. Please don’t mess up Bloglines.
UPDATE 10:50pm 7 Feb 2005: The acquisition has been confirmed. Here’s to hoping this only means good things for Bloglines.
UPDATE 11:00pm 7 Feb 2005: More info at Bloglines News, which points to the official Press Release and a Ask Jeeves/Bloglines FAQ.