Now, this tickled something in my brain, because I remember writing about it back when Technorati started doing reading lists. It's a pet peeve of mine when apps want you to input or import data but won't allow you to export data. I call such apps "roach motels" -- Your Data Gets In, But It Doesn't Get Out.
Here's what I wrote back then, and below that is a response I got from Niall Kennedy, who wrote to me about it: February 22: <http://blogs.opml.org/thisislisa/2006/02/22#When:4:04:51PM> David Sifry of Technorati <http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000423.html>: I've been very intrigued by the possibilities around Reading Lists, and so we wanted to support them as quickly as possible in the most intuitive place as possible. /Exactly how does Technorati use OPML in its implementation of Reading Lists? Does it import OPML but export something else? Import and export? Who's played with it? / And here's the response I got from Niall Kennedy of Technorati: Hi Lisa, Technorati outputs OPML for its Blog Finder product across every blog finder page we serve. This feature allows people to easily populate an RSS aggregator with a list of feeds in a given topic. http://feeds.technorati.com/blogs/gardening?format=opml You may also download a listing of the most popular Blog Finder tags in OPML format. http://feeds.technorati.com/blogs/?format=opml -Niall Kennedy Michael Sullivan wrote: > well, they support opml for the import or 'reading lists' but they > dont seem to allow export. so as far as the favorites feature, they > should at least offer opml export there. > but i want more, i want to export a tag, even if i am only allowed to > export the latest 50 or whatever from the tag. i'd like to see the > option and since technorati is built around links, they could be more > open by providing more ways to take links out without voodoo. > > On 4/5/06, *Pete Prodoehl* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Michael Sullivan wrote: > > Ok, I use technorati but not until today did i go looking for an > OPML so I > > could export videobloggingweek2006 tag. > > Can it be that they do not support OPML? This is insane! > > Which part is insane? The fact that Technorati might not support a > "standard" like OPML? (hurm... I use the term "standard" quite > loosely.) > > Do they have an xoxo list instead? > > Pete > > -- > http://tinkernet.org/ > videoblog for the future... > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > -- > Sull > http://vlogdir.com > http://SpreadTheMedia.org > > SPONSORED LINKS > Individual > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Individual&w1=Individual&w2=Fireant&w3=Use&c=3&s=38&.sig=OHeQJKby66gg3t35np-qiw> > > Fireant > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Fireant&w1=Individual&w2=Fireant&w3=Use&c=3&s=38&.sig=hK8TfZa7ClhTIxDJdP6Cbw> > > Use > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Use&w1=Individual&w2=Fireant&w3=Use&c=3&s=38&.sig=fljF53rXtnOMjmpIySYbqA> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "videoblogging > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging>" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Lisa Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Google Talk: lisatmh Places I blog: Lisa Williams' Blog: http://www.cadence90.com/wp/ H2otown, a citizen journalism site for Watertown http://h2otown.info OPML Fan, a blog tracking developments in OPML and the OPML Community http://blogs.opml.org/thisislisa/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
