We’ve been doing a lot with Gada.be behind the scenes, and we’re doing more. Shayne’s been working on an ancillary service that will make Gada.be even better, too. He’s putting a lot of those loose pieces together right now, which is what’s taking us so long to roll anything out. We’d rather be “right enough” than “almost right” when it comes to this stuff. And we’re bold enough to remove the beta label from our site!

Been noticing the conversation around Gada.be’s OPML gaining a bit more traction lately. That’s quite nice to see, actually – and I wanted to encourage more of you to use Gada.be’s automatically-generated OPML in any one of your Web or Desktop applications. No funky APIs – no approval process. Just use our OPML, please. It’s there in every single category (including a hidden “a” category).

  • The Lego brick of Web 2.0 – The Gada bug has bitten EirePreneur.
  • From Istanbul To Sand Hill Road – Gada.be got a single star next to it, but I’m not sure what that means? Another potential investor? So many VCs, so little [insert something here].
  • You Gada.Be Kiddin’ Me – Another VC who has seen the tip of our iceberg. Wait until you see what we’re planning on doing with user registration (trust me, it’ll give everything else a run for its money).
  • Taking On Google On It’s Own Turf – One of the best, and most comprehensive reviews of Gada.be to date. Color me very impressed / thrilled. Note: we’re gonna address the Google results with our user accounts, and Yahoo! search works earlier in the day because they’re not allowing us access to their API (neither is del.icio.us). Can’t very well call it Web 2.0 if these other Web 2.0 companies don’t wanna play along?
  • BlogBridge – Gada.be and OPML – This is a good start. I’ve asked for better integration, like hand-holding for new users who don’t know of OPML or Gada.be. I implore all aggregator developers to employ a dialog that puts a simple front-end on Gada.be’s OPML generation. It’d be easy to do, I know. Side-Kudos to Nick Bradbury for making Gada.be a default search option in the next FeedDemon.
  • Why Do You Tag? My 5 Reasons – “My favourite tagging search tool so far, and perhaps one of these days I might weblog about it some more, is Gada.be. I have been able to search for content through using tags that other much more popular search engines have failed to provide. That, to me, makes tagging quite attractive on its own.”
  • I Gada Be Damien Mulley – Another person who understands Gada.be’s desktop *AND* mobile simplicity. I don’t have Irish eyes, but if I did – they’d be smilin’.
  • Gada.be is favorite tool for watching event coverage – Glad I don’t have to remind Robert about Gada.be. Of course, I’ve seen him open four browser windows at once to perform a single keyword search. Silly rabbit could’ve done it once and received the top results in a single Gada.be query. 🙂

So, play with Gada.be, write about Gada.be, tell us why you like Gada.be. You gada do it.

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