Tailrank in Top Ten Fastest Sites

We just rolled out some performance updates the other night and it looks like they've worked out very well! Tailrank is now in the top ten fastest sites over on grabperf. We're even faster than Google News!

What's really interesting is that I think I can get another significant performance boost out of the system which might allow us to take on the #1 position. I've got my eyes on you Technorati Mobile! ;)

Actually, I should get Tailrank Mobile on there. I'm sure it would take #1 slot right away.

Reading the Full Thread within Tailrank

We shipped a new feature within Tailrank last week which I want to talk about.

It is now possible to view the full thread around a meme right within Tailrank. This can save you a lot of time and you can read stories just like you were in your favorite aggregator.

All you have to do is click the "X links in thread (read now)" permalink within Tailrank which will take you to a dedicated page.

You can see the link on every story on the main page.

This will then take you to a permalink page with every main post for the story.

Here's an example. Note the full post for the "stop the ACLU" entry.

I also wanted to note that whether or not we include the full-text of a post is controlled by the publisher. We only include the full-text of a post if the publisher uses a full-text RSS feed. If not we still use a summary.

Netscape Is a Memedigger

More Memediggers enter the market. Now Netscape wants to throw its hat in the ring with their new public beta.

Behold the new Netscape:

Update: More from Techcrunch and the Read/Write web

Will Digg move to Other Verticals?

Digg v3 is approaching and one of the major features is that it will be moving into other verticals. Thanks for Valleywag for the screenshots.

There's further news that this might become an all out war with Netscape.

Should be fun to see a Memedigger smackdown.