Status Update - March 2, 2007

I'm going to try to provide, at a minimum, weekly status updates for you on our progress toward creating BlogPatrol 2.0. I last posted on February 23, and for this week's update, I have the following for you:

1. Your main question: "When's BlogPatrol 2.0 going to happen?"

• My ballpark estimate for establishing a fully implemented BlogPatrol 2.0 is around six months, but you'll start seeing the first improvements within about two to four weeks.

• As we develop all the ingredients necessary for BlogPatrol 2.0, we will be sharing with you news as it happens:

• bringing in new talent
• implementing new rules for managing BlogPatrol's growth
• turning account login and stats reporting back on incrementally for BlogPatrol 1.0 to try to give you at least minimal access to the information you need
  
• changing our web hosting provider
• upgrading our servers
  
• simplifying sign-up, management, and use of your account
• redesigning our database
  
• rewriting our counter code
  
• building a new website
  

2. Your likes, dislikes, and wants: Understanding your requirements

• We are reading every comment and email that you are providing us: Your likes, dislikes, and wants are informing us of how we should prioritize and organize improvements to BlogPatrol until we reach our goal of bringing you BlogPatrol 2.0.

• Our follow up to your comments will include a post that tells you what we'll be able to do right away, what we'll we work toward later on, and what we can't do. I expect to have this post for you by the end of March.