After nine months of development with it's beginnings as a real estate blog aggregator, Regator.com is now open to everyone and has much more than just real estate blogs.

At Regator, people who have never even heard of RSS feeds can show up and, within seconds, start browsing high-quality blog posts from nearly 500 categories. Meanwhile, advanced users can upload OPML files, create playlists to listen to while they comment on popular posts, or share links via Twitter, Facebook, and email.

Regator is not just unique because of its ability to serve a wide spectrum of users, it also has an unexpected method of selecting its content: human power. The thousands of blogs featured on Regator have been hand-selected and categorized by the editorial team for their quality writing, original content, frequent updates, and relevance. “We sort through the junk, so you don’t have to,” says editorial director and co-founder Kimberly Turner. Regator’s category structure, search options, and selectivity make it easy to find the things you need—and fun to discover things you never knew you wanted. There is a real estate section where Realtors can nominate their blogs for addition into the site.

All this is packaged within a fast, clean interface that makes careful use of Ajax technology. “The intuitive, responsive interface lets our users navigate quickly through the site, but doesn’t draw unnecessary attention to itself,” says CTO and co-founder Chris Turner.

Regator is also a feed reader. Users can upload OPML files and add individual blogs to view on their personalized My Regator page, along with their favorite Regator blogs. In keeping with the site’s quality-over-quantity approach, these blogs are visible only to the user who added them. They are automatically nominated for inclusion in Regator’s main database, but are added and categorized for all users to see only if they meet Regator standards. This system allows the site to maintain its selectivity while giving its users a one-stop page where they can view all their favorite content.

In addition, Regator users can:

• Save, organize, discuss, and rate posts

• Browse Regator’s 300-plus categories to find quality content that interests them

• Listen to audio, create playlists, and watch videos without leaving the site

• Create custom RSS feeds

• Find out what the blogosphere is buzzing about with Regator’s What’s Hot Lists

• Create Keywords and have posts on those topics delivered straight to their My Regator page

• Save and manage their Favorite Blogs and Favorite Channels

• Discover posts that are related to the one they’re currently viewing with Regator’s “Kinda Related” button

• View the highest rated, most commented on, or newest posts from all of Regator’s blogs—or within the topic of their choice

• Overcome their fear of alligators by bonding with Reg, our charming mascot