Blogdigger Acquired by Odeo

I'm very happy to announce that Blogdigger has been acquired by Odeo. Over the last few months, I've been working with the folks at Odeo in incorporating Blogdigger's aggregation and search technology into Odeo's new beta site. Along with the acquisition, I've joined the new Odeo team as Vice President of Search and Engineering. Basically, I'm doing what I did here, only I don't have to pay bills. ;)

A little about the new Odeo: it's focused on much more than just audio podcasts; we've added video and are pulling content from a variety of sources, not just podcasts. I'm really excited about what we're building and the team we've got(which includes the folks from FireAnt and the Odeo guys) is really smart and great to work with. If you'd like to check out the new Odeo, head over to the site and signup for the beta (and ping me and I'll approve your invite).

An additional reason I'm really excited about Odeo: while Odeo started off as a west coast company, it now has a really strong east coast presence, the DC area in particular. I'm hoping that we can play a part in what I think is going to be a big year for the DC area in terms of growth in social media and consumer web ventures.

As for Blogdigger: don't worry, it's not going anywhere. Blogdigger will continue to operate as it always has, providing current, spam-free blog search results. You can still contact me with any questions, and we hope to be making some improvements to the Blogdigger services after we've got the new Odeo up and running.

I know it's getting a little crowded down there, but look for a new logo along side our spotted donkey on the home page in the next few hours!