Archive for February, 2008

With the winter in full swing, we're excited to announce snow reports for skiers and snowboarders!  Search for any ski resort in the United States or Canada to get conditions before you head to the mountain.  Links to the resort's site and a link to a map are also shown.

Below is the report for Whistler (a great place in British Columbia):

Of course, we have to be careful about showing conditions only when they're relevant. For example, most people may not think of skiing when they search for blackjack, even though that's the name of a mountain in Michigan. In this case we don't show snow conditions unless you specifically ask for them.  Either Blackjack snow report or current conditions at blackjack does the trick.

We also don't show conditions if they haven't been updated by the resort in the past 24 hours.

You can also get conditions in your favorite ski area (try snow at Lake Tahoe) or state.  For example, CO snow report shows top resorts in Colorado with new snow and base depth info:

To keep things compact (Web results are important!) the four mountains with the most new snow are shown automatically.  If you're interested in one that didn't make the list, a link to the complete snow report is there too.

Check it out - we'd love to hear what you think.

- The Live Search team

At Bloglines, we experiment with feeds all the time. We wanted to point out 3 easy ways you can keep in touch with your friends on Facebook, Flickr and Upcoming.org via Bloglines.

Facebook
Need to have your Facebook Friends' Status Updates at all times? You can import your Status Update feed into your Bloglines account. Here's how you can get your Status Updates in Bloglines. Go to your home page. Look for your "Status Updates" section on the right side of the page near your photo. Click on "See All" and go to your Status Updates Page. On the right side of the page, you'll see a blue RSS Icon under the header "Subscribe."

Flickr
Get a photo feed from a friend, family member or other Flickr-ino. Enter the user name in the Flickr Search. Look at the bottom of the user's profile page. Look way to the bottom and you'll find an RSS icon. Subscribe to it like any other feed.

Upcoming.org
See what events your friends aretracking. Be sure to sign-in to Upcoming.org. Look for the area on your home page with the title, "My Friends' Events." (Be sure to have added friends before-hand.) Click on the link "My Friends' Events." Look for the RSS subscribe button in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

Keep us posted on other ways you use Bloglines. If you do post on your blog, be sure to send us an email, so we can highlight your post for other Blogliners.

Enjoy!

- Eric Engleman and the Bloglines Team

With the winter in full swing, we're excited to announce snow reports for skiers and snowboarders!  Search for any ski resort in the United States or Canada to get conditions before you head to the mountain.  Links to the resort's site and a link to a map are also shown.

Below is the report for Whistler (a great place in British Columbia):

Of course, we have to be careful about showing conditions only when they're relevant. For example, most people may not think of skiing when they search for blackjack, even though that's the name of a mountain in Michigan. In this case we don't show snow conditions unless you specifically ask for them.  Either Blackjack snow report or current conditions at blackjack does the trick.

We also don't show conditions if they haven't been updated by the resort in the past 24 hours.

You can also get conditions in your favorite ski area (try snow at Lake Tahoe) or state.  For example, CO snow report shows top resorts in Colorado with new snow and base depth info:

To keep things compact (Web results are important!) the four mountains with the most new snow are shown automatically.  If you're interested in one that didn't make the list, a link to the complete snow report is there too.

Check it out - we'd love to hear what you think.

- The Live Search team