Rarely using Brightkite from the web in favor of myKite on my BlackBerry Storm, I thought that the recent problems connecting and locating myself were on my end. Today, though, after extended periods of denied access and even a fresh install of myKite, I decided to go to Brightkite’s site and was greeted with this:

Included on the page is a link to the Brightkite blog, which states that the outage is part of the preparations for the upcoming Brightkite 2.0 update. Also found on the blog are some vague details about improvements to Placesnapping and helping Brightkite find you faster and more accurately.

So, what says the blogosphere? Anyone else missing their Brightkite? Is anticipation for version 2.0 building up to a fever pitch?