Ping.fm
Type of site
Social network service and Micro-blogging
Available inEnglish
Dissolved5 July 2012 (2012-07-05)
OwnerSeesmic
Created bySean McCullough, Adam Duffy, Ryan Merket
RevenuePrivate Funding
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
Launched7 March 2008 (2008-03-07)
Current statusClosed

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, to be replaced by Seesmic Ping. Seesmic was later acquired by HootSuite.

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.

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 is 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.

Supported services

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

Note: Google Buzz was discontinued by Google on December 15, 2011.

Acquisition by Seesmic

On 4 January 2010, Seesmic announced that it would be acquiring Ping.fm. In May 2012, Seesmic announced in its blog that Ping.fm would be closed in June 2012.[4]

In September 2012, Seesmic was acquired by HootSuite.[5][6]

References

  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.
  4. ↑ "Ping.fm and Seesmic Ping | Seesmic Blog". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  5. ↑ HootSuite Acquires Seesmic - HootSuite Blog, 6 September 2012
  6. ↑ Seesmic has been acquired by HootSuite Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine - Seesmic Blog, 6 September 2012
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