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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.27.06/Tues/rootly.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.27.06/Tues/rootly.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3611035 --- /dev/null +++ b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.27.06/Tues/rootly.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +[Rootly, a news search engine][1], recently relaunched with some new customization and sharing features.
Anyone can create a custom Rootly homepage which will pull in news stories matching the topics you select. If you register with the site you'll also be able to bookmark stories for later reading, share them with friends and browse other users' bookmarks.
The personalized features more or less mirror those of a typical social bookmarking site, but the focus in Rootly is on breaking news rather than general web pages.
Rootly also offers a news search engine, but unfortunately, in my experience, the news search was dog-slow and didn't yield nearly as many results as a similar search on Google News typically returns.
The ability to customize the news feeds can make for some nicely targeted RSS feeds, though again, Google News and others offer nearly the same functionality. Rootly has a slightly less confusing interface than Google News, but the functionality isn't significantly different.
The Rootly homepage does have a nice AJAXy scrolling headline ticker that updates with new headlines about every ten seconds.
In the end Rootly seems like a nice start, but it's entering an already crowded market and doesn't have much in the way of standout features.
[1]: http://www.rootly.com/ "Rootly.com"
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