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Hi Matt,

that's a tough question. I think only time will tell. The main challenge that I see is that mainstream users (quote: "What's a feed?") and tech savvy users have very different requirements and while I think that start pages and feed readers make a perfect fit, the majority of users might not think so. Really hard to say what's right and what's not.

Cheers
Ole

Pageflakes offers that feature since October 2006. Simply click on the edit link of a RSS feed module and select "show description". I know it's not the exact same feature but the end result is the same. Hope you like it.

Best regards
Ole Brandenburg

Hm... obviously we all have different views. Yours is quite negative (and I respect that). While I agree that many start pages still look similar, it is also not very surprising since the whole business just started a few month ago. You pointed out the real need for users - and that's exactly what we are aiming at. Give us a few more months to develope and implement features and content. Along the way, give us feedback and suggestions so we can actually build what you want.

Best regards
Ole Brandenburg

Just wanted to let you know that feedburner now also offers a Pageflakes button for your RSS feeds. I noticed you got the Netvibes button at the very top, so maybe you want to add Pageflakes button too ;-)

Cheers
Ole

Hi Maris - in case you would like to add a feature to your site that lets you add your RSS feed to Pageflakes:

http://www.pageflakes.com/subscribe.aspx?url=YO...

...and the button: http://www.pageflakes.com/subscribe.gif

Cheers
Ole

Some background facts:

1) Pageflakes has launched its beta version in February 2006. This the 1 year comparison makes little sense.

2) NV and PF are not just RSS readers. They are personalized start pages that offer other modules. NV offers roughly 20 modules, Pageflakes offers roughly 70 modules.

3) Alexa is biased towards US traffic. Sites that are popular outise the US market are displyed unproportionally low in the graph.

4) NV's peak in traffic is most likely based on the fact that they have become a standard coice in feedburner.com subscription. PF has also become a standard subscription there - just 2 weeks later.

Any questions - just email me: ole@pageflakes.com

Cheers
Ole

Thanks for the nice feedback. If you have any suggestions about Pageflakes please contact me at ole@pageflakes.com

Thanks
Ole