Daypop - Anybody still read this?

[martinibuster]

Seems like Wired and Salon.com have gone over the top in spamming daypop.

[chiyo]

any more details martinibuster? dont know what you mean. I use daypop a lot, but havent seen any more items appearing from these two sources in searches than normally lately. Daypop seems to be having some problems with the hardware/software upgrade however and some of the more bloggy type top 10/40 citations etc indexes are not working as they announce on the home page.

[rcjordan]

Daypop has spells of getting loaded with multiple articles from the same source, or limited number of sources. I've seen owner comments as to why, but didn't really pay attention.

I like daypop's page style better but if it's having a glitch I alternate w/ blogdex, MB. [blogdex.media.mit.edu...]

[Longhaired Genius]

I love Daypop (when it's working). I just wish it could generate enough money to keep itself online properly. (should be possible...)

[tedster]

I tap their RSS feeed - and I see Salon and Wired all over it, with very little else. I hadn't been to the actual site in a while, so I just checked. Big red notice:

Searching works but Top 40, Top Posts, Word Bursts and News Bursts are invalid.

Guess they are having troubles.

[rcjordan]

another one in my bookmarks

technorati.com/cosmos/breakingnews.html

[martinibuster]

rcjordan,
Thanks for those links! I really love these alternate sources of news.

I don't know why daypop has such trouble selling ads- can't seem to recall ever seeing one. Especially with a PR7 plus decent traffic (I suppose)- should be a no brainer for a media outlet to advertise there.

I recall reading that the guy behind it is losing money on this and that this is like a weekend hobby thing. Whatever's going on with it, I hope he gets it fixed and attracts more advertisers.