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Written: November 9, 2009
I love using Plaxo and at first all it did was notify others when my email or contact information had just changed. Over the years it has expanded to offer Outlook-sync, profile, user groups, Facebook link, blog link, surveys, etc.
In May 2008 when my laptop was stolen I suddenly realized that all of my contacts and calendar were now gone. Thanks to Plaxo I was able to login with my new laptop and simply sync to import all of my contacts and calendar, very helpful for a free service.
A few years ago I started a group called eda.plaxogroups.com and grew the membership to 200+ people. It worked great, I could quickly communicate with this group on Plaxo and invite more people to join us.
Suddenly about one week ago when I logged into Plaxo I had no more groups and eda.plaxogroups.com was simply gone.
I’ve followed up by email with the folks at Plaxo however they haven’t fixed anything yet.
Ironically when I try and create a new group called eda.plaxogroups.com the system tells me, “That name is already in use.”
My frustration is mounting however I have to remind myself that this is yet another free service. It’s not perfect, so just go with it until they fix it.
Maybe you’ve got accounts at several social media sites, like: Plaxo, LinkedIn, Blogger, Facebook, Twitter.
Wouldn’t it be easier to post once and have all these sites updated?
If that’s appealing then browse over to ping.fm and check out their free service that does just that for you. I have no idea what their business model is and I suspect that they won’t be in business in two years, but hey, it works and it’s free. Two of my favorite things on the web.
Update
Since I first wrote this blog ping.fm has been bought by seesmic, then bought by hootsuite.
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