Made It Ma! I’m Alltop Of The World!
WhiteHeat 1949 Warner Brothers
Unless you are just returning from Spring Break in Siberia you have probably heard about Guy Kawasaki’s latest venture Alltop.
Launched on March 11, Alltop is an aggregator along the lines of PopUrls, that was created for an audience that would never use an RSS reader or create a custom news page.
The OnDemand Beat was recently added to the social media section of Alltop. (Look for us all the way at the bottom of the social media page) The OnDemand Beat is in an A-List neighborhood, right next to GigaOm.:-)
The launch of Alltop has not been without its share of “controversy” as Jeremiah Owyang and Web Worker Daily articles give a hint of the wildy divergent opinions of the site.
Although I understand and use RSS daily I find Alltop to be very useful once you get the hang of the interface. I like the convenience of being able to have a quick look at the latest articles (preview of articles are available via mouseover) of interest in one place. For its core audience Alltop should serve as a gateway to the Blogs they are interested in and should not intimidate the typical user.
Guy has hinted that a mobile version of Alltop may be in the works in addition to enhancements to the current Beta release.
