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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below hereby
revokes all powers of attorney relating to the following matters and constitutes
and appoints Thomas L. Massie, Michael Prinn and Daniele Ouellette Levy, and any
one  of  them  acting  singly, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with  full  power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in
the  undersigned's  name,  place  and  stead,  in  any and all capacities (until
revoked  in writing) to sign any and all instruments, certificates and documents
required  to  be  executed  on  behalf  of  the undersigned in the undersigned's
capacity  as an officer and/or director of Bridgeline Digital, Inc., pursuant to
sections  13  and  16  of  the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and to file
the  same,  with  all  exhibits  thereto,  and any other documents in connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission, and with any other
entity when and if such is mandated by the Exchange Act or by the Nasdaq Capital
Market  Rules,  granting  unto  said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person
thereby  ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their  substitute  or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of April 19, 2011.



Signature:  /s/ Robert M. Hegarty
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Name:       Robert M. Hegarty
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