Toluu adds RSS for updates and easier syncing with feed readers
April 3, 2008 by Tris Hussey
Filed under Business
I think Toluu might be one of the best new finds this year. Sure FriendFeed and SocialThing! are helping us aggregate our online lives, but Toluu is helping me find more and more interesting stuff online. Getting a broad perspective through RSS is key, I’d say essential, to what I do and maybe for all of us.
New Toluu features: activity feeds in RSS and RSS reader syncing in Toluu
One of the odd things about Toluu was that it launched without RSS feeds of it’s own. So you were adding feeds and getting updates from people (via email), but what about RSS? Yesterday (thanks for the heads up Sarah) I caught that Toluu added not only that, but something else that was bugging me: when I added a feed within Toluu I had to manually add it to my feedreader (FeedDemon). I’d wind up just opening the blog and using the JS bookmarklet. The wait is over then…
We are fulfilling the 2 most requested features to date; RSS feeds of activity and tighter feed reader integration. Source: Toluu Blog » Blog Archive » The two most requested features added
This is my profile on Toluu … I’m adding feeds like crazy now. As much as I love the NewsGator toolbar (it’s great for adding things to my shared items), using the Toluu bookmarklet is a great habit to be in because not only do I get the feed in my reader, but the whole Toluu ecosystem benefits.
One think I would love to see is a feed or email of all the feed recommendations from my contacts, etc. Going through an looking at my matches by hand is time consuming and it seems that I’m generally already subscribed to the feeds. Love to have a way to get a consolidated view of “feeds you aren’t subscribed to, but might like”.
What I’m hoping is that over time Toluu becomes just part of my habit for looking for new information sources, especially since I’m looking at starting a blog way, way out of my normal niche in the near future.
Screenshot from Toluu
I am so glad you are enjoying the new features and that are making it easier for you to use Toluu as a part of your regular blog discovery method.
Are goal is to make it easy for people to find feeds that will be interesting to them based on the feeds they already read and what others on Toluu are reading and finding interesting.
We will continue to roll out new features as well as strengthen our core functionality, and as you know we have only been in private beta for a short period and the response has blown us away. Keep the feedback coming as these new features are a direct result of the community telling us this is what they wanted to see next.
Caleb
Toluu
Caleb, Hats off to you for weathering the storm! The launch of Toluu has been stratospheric. I like the new features and I have no doubt that my little feature request will make it in soon.