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by eleith on Apr 30, 2010
our vision from the beginning has been to help avid web surfers manage their ever growing number of sources they follow online.
our first attempt at this tried to help people manage users bookmarks by notifying users when they have changes that are worth reading. we soon learned that even still, there are a lot of changes out there in the world wide web.
our next big push focused on managing all these changes and helping users make sense of them. we've even organized unstructured webpages neatly enough to push them out in RSS feeds for our technical users that rely on them.
we still think that staying up to date on all the personal sources you follow online can be easier. thus, we would like to introduce to you a much needed improvement to reading your personal news through diffbot.
our first attempt at this tried to help people manage users bookmarks by notifying users when they have changes that are worth reading. we soon learned that even still, there are a lot of changes out there in the world wide web.
our next big push focused on managing all these changes and helping users make sense of them. we've even organized unstructured webpages neatly enough to push them out in RSS feeds for our technical users that rely on them.
we still think that staying up to date on all the personal sources you follow online can be easier. thus, we would like to introduce to you a much needed improvement to reading your personal news through diffbot.
the first thing you'll notice is that we've taken a newspaper-like approach by incorporating sections instead of folders for navigating an entire page of items found across your hand selected sources.
there are many more new features to this interface, but why don't you play around with diffbot first. there's a feedback tab that's fully integrated into our forums, so now it is your turn to take diffbot for a spin and let us know what you like, don't like, and how we can make it better for you.
by mike on Nov 03, 2009
Sometimes the blog or news site that you are following updates an existing story on their page. This happens often on high frequency sites. You will see the story or blog post re-appear in Diffbot, but you want to know exactly which portion of the story has changed from before. For these situations, you can simply click the "highlight changes" button beneath each item, which will highlight the changed portions in light yellow.
For those of you that are programmers out there, you'll recognize this style from source code diffing tools, which show you the lines that have changed in the context of the surrounding code. This is the analogue for HTML.
The "where is this from?" feature highlights the entire story in the context of the whole, original source page, letting you see where the entire story itself came from.
by mike on Oct 09, 2009
Reading news is a personal experience for all of us. We choose tools and methods to get the information we need every day not only based on the features of those tools, but on our own habits and preferences. Some readers may value efficiency and focus above all else, while others be looking to discover new topics, or connect with a like-minded community. Here's your chance to let us know a little bit about what you, the Diffbot user community, value in your news reader.
We'd appreciate a few seconds of your valuable time to cast your votes in our short user survey. Your answers are completely anonymous and will contribute solely to helping us prioritize and build our next product.
Thanks for continuing to use Diffbot and helping us to make it the best tool for you.
by eleith on Sep 26, 2009
behind the numbers and code of diffbot is a growing family of engineers, testers and visionaries. thus, we thought it was time we gave a hearty thanks to the team on our brand new people page.
together, we are working excitedly towards our next milestone, and we hope to have something ready sooner than later...
by eleith on Sep 11, 2009
from the outside, diffbot may appear to be like a corporate entity, text and colors on your screen - a lifeless entity.
but on the inside, diffbot is really a small group of men and women working on a large vision that takes time, thought and support.
one of those women is may-ling, who has taken it upon herself to help to spread the word about diffbot to our users, family and friends.
only equipped with an uber novice techie background, she has set us up on facebook and twitter, and worked out behind-the-scene deals with other diffbot members to actively support these mediums. if you haven't yet, become a fan to receive our blog updates and hear about upcoming changes and new additions. we're new at this and starting out slow, but you can be with us from the very beginning!
the goals of this outreach are simple. working on diffbot is a long and arduous process, and we want others that are interested in our future to better understand the problems we face, the needs we look to meet, and the appreciation we have for the users who provide feedback and help us iterate on our ideas.
so when it might seem like things haven't changed at diffbot, please know we are working tirelessly to improve our technology and make things better for our users. we thank you so much for your support and hope you'll remain connected to diffbot as we continue to grow.