You may have already read the press release or a blog entry somewhere else - the rumors are true, Tucows has indeed purchased the assets of Blogrolling.com from Jason DeFillippo.

I'm really glad we got together with Jason and were able to come to a deal. I've been a Blogrolling.com user almost as long as I've been a blogger and this really is a nifty service. Jason felt it was time to move on to other things and we knew that Blogrolling.com is a service worth continuing with and expanding. A definite match.

The service isn't going anywhere and we're not turning into some "Blogware only" proprietary mess. The Tucows ZenKeepers would take away my spots if I tried to do that (or let that happen). We're looking to go in exactly the opposite direction. My goal is to  make Blogrolling.com even more useful to webloggers, weblog tool developers and weblog resellers. We will do this by opening it up more than it already is and ensure basic win-wins for everyone.

I'm really looking forward to building on Jason's great work. He's done an excellent job carving out a niche for the service and really giving his subscribers a great tool. His innovative and customer-centric philosophy will always guide our management of this nifty service moving forward.

And, if it appears that we might be straying away from this ideal, be sure to let me know.

On the other hand, if have no idea what Blogrolling.com is, now would be a great time to check it out. The basic service is free and it couldn't be easier to integrate into your website. I;ll bet if you ask AccordionGuy nicely, he'll post some nifty instructions describing how to make it work with Blogware ;)