These last couple of days Rojo seems to send me a lot of visitors, so I figured the least I could do was make a little post about their funky service. :) What exactly is Rojo? Well… Rojo is a free web-based service that lets you efficiently read RSS feeds from publishers big and small, ranging from millions of blogs to the New York Times.
There is NO SOFTWARE to download and only Rojo (rhymes with mojo) offers these features: You can reed feeds (sounds logical), search millions of RSS feeds for the latest news and information, you can connect with your friends and colleagues to help discover what you should be reading (pretty cool feature), tag and comment on stories for yourself and for others. You can also use others’ tags to find stories that matter to you and find recommended links – based on the feeds you subscribe to with Rojo’s proprietary link analysis.
“In enabling users to draw on the insights of friends, family, colleagues, and others in their social networks, Rojo departs from most of the competition.”
–Technology Review, February 2005 –
How is Rojo different from other RSS aggregators or newsreaders?
“First, Rojo is a web-based service, while most other RSS aggregators are client-side software programs that you would download and run on your PC. Because it is web-based, Rojo is constantly updating and aggregating information that you can access from any computer and a standard browser.
Second, Rojo lets you use tags to organize your feeds, stories, and contacts.
Third, Rojo incorporates an address book and other social networking and collaboration features that let users share information, find new information sources recommended by friends and colleagues, and discover links between topic areas and articles.
Finally, Rojo pays attention to your reading: Rojo makes it easy for you to view the feeds that you read most often, and Rojo tracks which web pages your feeds are linking to, so that you can see what’s being most linked to in blogs and newsfeeds.”
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