This is an argument that is probably as old as the first comment left on a web forum or posted to a NNTP newsgroup and hasn't gotten any clearer as we move into the Facebook world of ...
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As of a few hours ago, comments here on The Inquisitr are powered by JS-Kit's new Echo commenting and social aggregation service.
It's not without a little bit of irony that after criticizing JS-Kit last year that they're ...
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In the biggest shakeup to hit the commenting 2.0 space so far, JS-Kit has announced the acquisition of rival SezWho.
The acquisition was made after SezWho was unable to raise a new round needed to continue operations.
Under the ...
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Commenting 2.0 service Disqus has landed Mashable as a client, with a new offering that incorporates social media tracking for the first time.
Mashable adds exposure to 2.4 million readers on 5.2 million page views to the Disqus ...
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Commenting 2.0 service Disqus has announced support for FriendFeed, allowing users to natively import FriendFeed comments into Disqus.
The integration between the two popular services has been the top of many users' list for over a year, and ...
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There's nothing worse as a blog owner to discover that your site isn't loading properly. Saturday night at 10pm my time (3am PST Saturday) just before I was going to switch off for the night, The Inquisitr ...
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Ever feel like you are suddenly standing in a pool of quicksand and there is nothing that you can do to get out of it?
Lately this is how social media has felt like. From both as a ...
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Blog ratings and recommendation service Outbrain has launched their first integration with commenting 2.0 service Disqus.
With the first release, links to Disqus comments will now be offered as standard to users who use both services. In the ...
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Commenting 2.0 and website widget provide JS-Kit has announced a new deal with Userplane that will see customers from both companies gaining access to new tools.
The AOL owned Userplane offers a variety of free and premium publisher ...
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Commenting 2.0 service SezWho has today launched a number of new features, and announced a new partnership with Instablogs.
New SezWho functionality includes four new profile templates, including support for popular threaded discussion formats. More importantly for site ...
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Commenting 2.0 provider JS-Kit has taken $3.6 million Series B in a round led by Altos Ventures that included earlier investor TEF3.
JS-Kit said it would use the new round to expand its developer and executive team. The ...
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Commenting 2.0 startup Disqus has launched a full public API for the first time, allow developers to build new tools that utilize Disqus.
The API itself has been is use for sometime, with an official WordPress plugin using ...
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Two interesting acquisitions related to blogging this week: licensed video provider Voxant has changed hands along with commenting 2.0 service Intense Debate.
Voxant offers licensed videos from media outlets, including AP for use on websites. For bloggers the ...
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Blogging 2.0 comment service SezWho has signed a deal with b5media that will see SezWho rolled out on b5media's entertainment blogs.
b5media's entertainment blogs have long been the backbone of the network in terms of traffic, delivering millions ...
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New service Backtype offers a comment tracking service that doesn't rely on site installs or third party plugins.
The simple to use service starts by asking users for some examples of sites they comment on, then cleverly ...
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As we reported earlier, Disqus released its new version today with support for local comment storage and a range of other features. Part of the upgrade was a brand new WordPress API plugin, the non javascript plugin ...
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2.0 commenting service Disqus today launches Disqus 2.0 with a range of new features including local comment hosting.
One of the most common arguments against using Disqus has been the hosted nature of the service, with comments residing ...
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Commenting 2.0 provider SezWho has signed distrubition deals with Entrecard, Creative Weblogging, and Izea that will see SezWho reputation profiles exposed to millions of new users.
Entrecard's blog ad network has added SezWho as a way to ...
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Blog toolkit provider JS-Kit has acquired blog commenting service HaloScan. Haloscan offers a blog commenting system that competes in the commenting 2.0 space against Disqus, Sezwho, Intense Debate and JS-Kit itself. JS-Kit had previously partnered with Haloscan ...
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2.0 commenting service Disqus has updated their API WordPress plugin, adding support for Seesmic commenting.
The API version of the plugin, unlike the more commonly used Javascript version, renders text on a blog so that it can be ...
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Plugin blog commenting provider Intense Debate has announced inline support for FriendFeed comments.
With the new feature, Intense Debate users select FriendFeed from the control panel, enter their FriendFeed account details, and FriendFeed comments are then automatically included ...
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Embedded commenting system Disqus has rolled out inline support for Trackbacks.
Existing Disqus users can enable trackback support by entering the configure menu and simply checking the "enable trackbacks" box, and new users will be offered this with ...
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