Dueling to Be the King of Web Content
Internet/Weblog Culture
6/5/2000; 7:18:12 AM April 25, 2000: "Even as they expand, both syndicators will face the challenge of sameness -- as in the degree of that they confer on customer sites. 'If you go to two different sports sites, they often have the exact same stories,' says Steve Outing, a columnist with trade magazine Editor & Publisher and co-founder of Content-Exchange.com, a specialized syndicator. 'As this evolves, I think there will be more need for more original content.'"

This is a problem Userland, Pita, and Blogger do not have. They have original content in spades, and a surprising amount of it is really quite good. Perhaps these companies should be actively looking around them, they may find good stuff.