RSSWe're Back!
By Nate Mook | Published April 18, 2001, 5:32 AM
After a short hiatus due to recent discord, BetaNews is alive and kicking once again. The BetaNews team is working hard to get everything back on track and have a few important announcements coming up in the near future. We would like to thank everyone for their patience these last three weeks and will be holding a giveaway shortly to show how grateful we are. With that said, let's get to some beta news. Those interested in the recent split may read on, as we do not wish to leave anyone in the dark.
As many of you know, BetaNews launched eFront, Inc. in November of 1999. This was a creation of our own, intended to bring together highly-specialized technology-oriented Web sites into a single network. We were not purchased by eFront. A few sites that BetaNews was in talks with regarding joining the eFront Network happened to be picked up by a small start-up by the name of Netwhirl Communication.
Netwhirl had decent income, small funding, and the resources to do what we at BetaNews were looking to achieve with eFront. After months of discussions with Netwhirl, we realized we were going to need help accomplishing what we had set out to do and Netwhirl seemed like the perfect fit. eFront, Inc. merged with Netwhirl and eFront Media, Inc. was born.
Unfortunately the concept was quickly lost, as page impressions became more important than an actual product and eFront Media, Inc. turned into one of the largest Web site aggregators on the Internet. Because eFront, Inc. was much smaller than Netwhirl, our stake in the company was very tiny, making it hard to influence decisions and we were left to sit back and watch the show.
The rest is history, as a tanking advertising market and corporate struggles made some people say things they would later regret. A once great idea was run aground by poor decisions and a refusal to change.
BetaNews has spent the last three weeks making our split from eFront Media, rebuilding our server farm, and more importantly finishing the new site we planned to launch over seven months ago. Obviously we are only a handful of guys on a limited budget, so it will take time to get back to where we want to be.
Once again, thank you for all of your support - you guys are the best. We will be making some announcements shortly regarding open positions and asking for feedback in preparation for the re-launch. If you have any questions, comments, flames, etc. please feel free to e-mail me, or any of us at BetaNews.
Good to see you got away from Efront this is by far the page i visit most looking for new information, don't know what i'd do without my betanews
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|How come eFront still has the "News", "Software" and "Freeware" links pointing to BetaNews and FileForum?
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|Updating a Web site requires somebody who cares to take the time to do it ;)
- Nate
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|Hiya
Good to see you back in force. I was wondering what was going on... But I'm glad patience won out and I checked back every other day to see what going on.
I look forward to BetaNews being a daily visit again. :)
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|Please add me to the list of those who are welcoming you back. You were missed.
chunicorn@earthlink.net
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|It's good to have you guys back here again.
Keep up the old good work.
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|Wondering where you guys were.. Welcome back and let's get it on :))
You guys rock!!
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|I am also glad to see you back...I was in need of my daily fix!!
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|Good to see you're still kickin Nate! Didn't know if BetaNews was gonna pull throw this time... Congrats!
Aaron
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|I'm glad you survived :)
A lot of sites that started struggling have opened Paypal accounts to give people the ability to donate to the cause if they are big enough fans and think it's worth it. It seems to be working - so far it seems to be preventing ezBoard from going down the pan. Better still, you could go for an Earthport account for us international visitors who are willing to donate a bit :)
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|Forgot I couldn't do hyperlinks... consider that a suggestion for the new site design!
Paypal = www.paypal.com
Earthport = www.earthport.com
ezBoard = www.ezboard.com
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|Wow, what a difference! You weren't kidding when you said big changes were on the way! Congrats to your split from EFront! It's about time! Keep up the good work!
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|I'm glad that you are. I enjoy the information that you post and the service is great. Good luck in the future and I hope things go well with you.
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|What everyone else said..
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|Good to have you back. Sometimes smaller is better. I hope you still have enough money to buy groceries. Good luck.
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|Thank goodness you guys are back on your own. I wasn't too keen on the merger in the first place, but I still stuck with you guys. I check out the site 2 or 3 times a day. Of all the beta sites out there... your's is the one I checkout regularly. Thank you for your efforts and time.
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|I look at your web pages every day.
Kick ass, to hell with the names....................
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|I visit this site on a daily basis and was beginning to wonder what happened when the same old thing
was displayed. Sure glad to see your announcement and look forward to good things from the site.
To Nate and all the personal on the site, keep up the good work and looking forward to New things.
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|thx for delivering uptodate information
keep going your good work !!
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|This is the best site for news I know on the net. I visit this site daily and all time (except of the last three weeks) there is something new each day!
This site clearly save me alot of time, insted of wander around the links of the net I just login to BetaNews.Com and everything is here.
The Problem: :-) there must be one :-)
This site save money for me, but you (the site managers) clearly not recive all the money you need from a few banners. This method of sponsoring is a failer (only 1% press those)
So, there need to be found new method to support sites like this that people willing to support!
Thank you and please reply,
Ido.
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|Thank God that's all I can SAY!
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|As all the other post's have said it all I will just say welcome back its nice to see this and other sites getting back to the service they once were, welcome back
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|Welcome back to the land of beta news we missed all of ya'll
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|It made my day to hear the great news that you boys and girls have finally seen off the meddling suits that messed up BetaNews.
I had just about given up on BetaNews. It's reassuring to hear that, behind those meddling masters of the universe were some real Human Beings who care about the site, its content and reputation.
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|Like a lot of people, I was saddened to see what was happening to some of my favorite websites due to the greed of Netwhirl. Nice to see you back.
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|The wait has finally paid off. Can't you see the smile on my face???? ;-)
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|I used to check BetaNews several times a day for updates. This dropped to once a day-week
Let the good times roll again :)
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|welcome back guys.
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|When I saw the efront gone from the page I kinda expected you guys to write up an article about this whole mess. Pretty sad to see this happen to you Nate but that whole thing is over with now. It's time to move on and get back to being the Betanews website we all once knew. :) It's great to have you guys back! :)
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|Welcome back!! So glad when i opened betanews.com and news have been updated.
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|Concept lost to investment - have we not heard such news before. Still it's sh.. it happened to this good initiative as well. Good to have you out of what became a single-minded investment project. Never forget what created the concept in the first place - get those gray started again - eh? Until then we will await your investment free beta project - LOL
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|Don't let those useless money hungry corporate suits push you around.
Keep up the good work.
Welcome back!
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|Ditto this is also one of my daily spots for me to checkout the latest beta's etc. Glad ya'll have survived the growing pains! hehe
http://www.waveout.com
enjoy
Artie
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|This is one of my daily stops.....I almost gave up
Keep up the good work
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|I was so bummed when I would come to visit your site and see that nothing had been updated. Your site is a part of my daily ritual and I'm truly happy that your back online. Good luck and keep up the great work.
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|When you stick to your core beliefs, you can't go wrong. The product that BetaNews has put out for years has been premium to say the least. Looking forward to future articles and info. Thanks for sticking around!
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|I must say... it's good to be back :). I look forward to writing and editing articles you will all enjoy. If you have any interesting tech news that other BetaNews readers may enjoy, don't hesitate to e-mail submit@betanews.com.
Thanks!
Mykel Nahorniak
BetaNews Inc.
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|IM GLAD THAT EVERYONE AT BETA NEWS IS BACK. AND READY TO DELIVER A NEW EXPERIANCE TO ALL OF US READER. I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT EFRONT DIDNT TAKE BETA NEWS WITH THEM!!
:) GOOD LUCK! AND I WILL ALWAYS BE A FAN, AND NEVER STOPPED FAITH!
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|Nice to have you guys back.
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|it's good to have you guys back
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|Good thing you announced this. I *almost* stopped making my daily visits to betanews.com because the last few weeks have bene so dead. Good to hear that BetaNews is back, and I love the new little graphics for the headlines. Wonder if we'll see more of that.
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|Welcome back guys! Nice to see that this site stayed alive through all the eFront fray!
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|been following you team at old site.
love this place been in my favorites ever since i found betanew.
this is one site i come visiting everyday.
thanks foe been back!!!!
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|I check your site every day for new things and news....Glad to see the group back up and running!
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|I had no clue you guys are this close to me :-)
We need the "bitong" edge , having read the articlke"s", I wish you the best of luck, it takes guts to take inventory and make changes.
Keep it ging with your GUT feeling.
sir
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|You've been on my Netcaptor daily browsing group ever since I got my hands on it. (4-5 months)
Another one of E-Front's site was realy fond to me : Skinz.org !
Any chance of reviving that?
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|To tell you the truth I did my best to keep Skinz.org alive, but there wasn't much that could be done in the long run - eFront did not want to part with it. The original Skinz.org guys are going to be launching a new site very shortly from what I hear. Also check out http://www.wincustomize.com.
- Nate
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|I am glad that you are back...keep up the good work....
You were missed.
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|Welcome back BetaNews! Ever since my friend showed me your site, I've been a daily visitor. I'll be looking forward to your work:)
-Aaron
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|IT IS GREAT TO SEE BETANEWS BACK WITH THE PEOPLE WHO RUN IT THE WAY IT WAS IN THE FIRST PLACE!
GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING
REGARDS MORGAN
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|We wish BetaNews luck in the future. We also hope BetaNews grows more in the future unlike what eFront Media Inc. grew into...
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|Agree Welcome people. I am very happy to see the original people that have started building the Betanews.com
I cant wait to see the diffrence for the next few days you guys going to do.
Good Luck
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|Thaks for keepin' it real! /.
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|Glad to see you are back. Saves a lot of time getting the news from you.
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