How to Subscribe to a Blog Feed
You may wonder how people can regularly read dozens or even hundreds of blogs, like the quality blogs here at MaineToday.com and elsewhere on the Internet.
Do these people visit dozens or hundreds of blogs a day, on the hope that each one has a new post worth reading and reviewing? How do they get any work done? Don't they have lives?!?
The answer is that they (and I) use newsreaders to subscribe to multiple blogs. With a newsreader--like my personal favorite, NetNewsWire, (sorry, Mac only!) or Bloglines--you can quickly scan dozens of different blogs in a format that looks a lot like an email program.
However, subscribing to a blog feed isn't as intuitive as it should be. The very act that we've trained people to do on the Web--click on a link--brings up a page of XML mumbo-jumbo.
However, I've put together this helpful movie (10.2 MB) that shows step-by-step how to subscribe to a blog feed so that you, too, can manage multiple blogs and stay ahead of your competitors.
How-To Subscribe to a Blog Feed: The Movie!
Comments
I use Google Reader (google.com/reader/) after switching from Bloglines. I think Google is a bit easier to add feeds and manage. But your mileage may vary.
I recommend either one if you use multiple computers. These are Web based apps. So when you check feeds from work, you won't see blog entries you already read from home.
Plus it's one less app you have to run on your machine. The two services allow you to use your favorite Web browser.
Posted by CarlDecember 28, 2006 04:01 PM
hi, I am mighty excited about your site but wonder if I could perhaps download this highly instructive movie 10.2 mb on Subscribing to Blogs, er ? any help,yes ?
Posted by DEEPADecember 29, 2006 02:18 AM
Ummm...have you tried clicking on either of the last two links in the post? Both of them lead to the movie.
Posted by Rich BrooksDecember 29, 2006 07:53 AM
Plus it's one less app you have to run on your machine. The two services allow you to use your favorite Web browser.
Posted by maxiApril 29, 2007 09:03 AM
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