Ping.fm

Ping.fm
Type of site	Social network service and Micro-blogging
Available in	English
Dissolved	5 July 2012
Successor	Seesmic
Created by	Sean McCullough, Adam Duffy, Ryan Merket
Revenue	Private Funding
URL	ping.fm.com (offline)
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Required
Launched	7 March 2008
Current status	Closed

Ping.fm was an advertising-supported social networking and micro-blogging web service that enabled users to post to multiple social networks simultaneously.

Making an update on Ping.fm pushed the update to a number of different social websites at once. This allowed individuals using multiple social networks to update their status only once, without having to update it in all their social media individually. Ping.fm grouped services into three categories – status updates, blogs, and micro-blogs – and updates could be sent to each group separately.

Ping.fm was shut down on 5 July 2012 in favor of Seesmic, which was later replaced with Hootsuite.^{[citation needed]}

History

Ping.fm was created with the intent of making it as easy as possible to post updates to multiple social networking sites simultaneously for free. This service has been discontinued.^{[citation needed]}

Open beta

After six months of being in closed beta, an announcement was made on 2 September 2008 that would no longer require private invite beta codes to be used to register and use the service. The launch into Open Beta was covered by outlets like Wired,^[1] and Mashable.^[2]

Comparisons with similar websites

Ping.fm has been compared favorably to other websites with similar functionality like HelloTxt, which shut down in August 2012.^[3]

Technology

Ping.fm was powered by LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) with some .NET used in the core software. An API allows programmers to apply for an application key in order to develop third-party applications. Users must apply for an API key through their user profile.^{[citation needed]}

Supported services

A user can configure his or her Ping.fm account to aggregate content to the following services:

Acquisition by Seesmic

On 4 January 2010, Seesmic announced that it would be replacing Ping.fm.^{[citation needed]} In May 2012, Seesmic announced in its blog that Ping.fm would shut down in June 2012.^[4]

In September 2012, Seesmic was replaced by Hootsuite.^[5]^[6]

Notes

↑ Discontinued by Google on December 15, 2011.
↑ Now owned by Google.

References

↑ Snyder, Chris (2 September 2008). "Ping.fm is 'Open for Business'". Epicenter from Wired.com. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
↑ "Status Updating Service Ping.fm Now in Open Beta". Mashable. 2 September 2008.
↑ "HelloTXT Closes Their Doors and Shuts Down". www.mojocreator.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12.
↑ "Ping.fm and Seesmic Ping | Seesmic Blog". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
↑ HootSuite Acquires Seesmic - HootSuite Blog, 6 September 2012
↑ Seesmic has been acquired by HootSuite Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine - Seesmic Blog, 6 September 2012

External links

PING (closed down site)

[4] Discontinued by Google on December 15, 2011.

[5] Now owned by Google.

[1] Snyder, Chris (2 September 2008). "Ping.fm is 'Open for Business'". Epicenter from Wired.com. Retrieved 2008-09-03.

[2] "Status Updating Service Ping.fm Now in Open Beta". Mashable. 2 September 2008.

[3] "HelloTXT Closes Their Doors and Shuts Down". www.mojocreator.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12.

[6] "Ping.fm and Seesmic Ping | Seesmic Blog". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-05-31.

[7] HootSuite Acquires Seesmic - HootSuite Blog, 6 September 2012

[8] Seesmic has been acquired by HootSuite Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine - Seesmic Blog, 6 September 2012

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