RSSmeme, a project that has been described by our own Mark Hopkins as a “less colorful competitor” to the recently re-launched ReadBurner (a service which, we should note, was also purchased in March 2008 by Mashable editor-in-chief Adam Ostrow), just last month introduced an update in the form of language filter, meant to aid users in seeking links to stories whose contextual languages they can understand and which are aggregated as shared items in Google Reader. And today we hear from the creator of RSSmeme, Benjamin Golub, that the service has received yet more backend attention in the past few days.

According to Golub, the framework of RSSmeme has been “completely overhauled,” a process which has resulted in the creation of an API. What does the API do? In Golub’s words, it offers the ability to “get feeds for any type of filter. A basic example of this is something as simple as an English-only feed. Or more specifically, users can sift RSSmeme for stories that, say, are published by Mashable and associated with stories pertaining to Google in one way or another. The API is also promised to allow bloggers to “pull notes out of RSSmeme and put them back on their blog(s).” Golub explains that one need only write a plugin to accomplish that task, as all necessary data can be easily accessed through the API.

Already Golub has created something of a starter example of the API’s external utility in the form of a “most shared stories” widget for one’s blog. You can see the widget employed on his personal site.

Furthermore, he has established a mobile version of RSSmeme, for users interested in browsing shared stories on the go. It is quite elementary in nature, having purportedly been created with some 50 lines of code. It can be accessed at: ‘http://m.rssmeme.com.' Of course, ReadBurner has offered a website designed exclusively for mobile-access for about a month now. It too is openly accessible. Simply direct your phone’s browser to: ‘http://m.readburner.com.’