Subscribe To Your Favorite Blogs’ Feeds – Including Per Chirstum!
A lot of folks may be unaware of the fact that if they read several blogs on a regular basis, there are many, many options for using what are called aggregators (or “feed readers”) to keep up with the latest posts at each of their favorite blogs.
Some that are out there include:
I myself am a Google Reader™man. I chose it for the simple sake that when we were with Blogger™, it was relatively easy to use that service as I already had a Google account through Blogger. Anyone who uses Gmail™ will also have an account. I don’t have any special attachment otherwise – in fact their may be aggregators among those listed above which have superior functions, I simply have not investigated others at this time.The convenience of an aggregator is really in its simplicity. Like an old time newspaper wire service, as entries are submitted to your favorite blogs, they are fed into your aggregator and simply show up at one location when you are ready to see what is new in the blogs that you have subscribed to. For Google Reader™all you need to do is copy and paste the address of your favorite blogs and enter it into the “Subscribe to new blog” field of Google Reader™ and voilayou are subscribed. This is equally useful, I have found, in tracking blogs that have especially frequent, or especially infrequent updates.
What aggregators do our readers like to use? I note that we have about 30 who subscribe to us via Google Reader™… What else are you using? What do you reccomend?
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4 Responses to Subscribe To Your Favorite Blogs’ Feeds – Including Per Chirstum!
If anyone knows something better, I’d like to know, though I am satisfied with it. I am currently tracking 99 Catholic blogs, not to mentions Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and Political blogs. No, I cant read them all, but I like the feature that allows me to filter articles for specific content that interests me.
A lot of folks may be unaware of the fact that if they read several blogs on a regular basis, there are many, many options for using what are called aggregators (or “feed readers”) to keep up with the latest posts at each of their favorite blogs.
A Google Reader as well. Cuts browsing time down by 80% or so. Previously used some Firefox plug-ins, but GR beat them hands down.
I have no idea how it compares, but I use Feedreader 3.11 which can be downloaded here:http://www.feedreader.com/download
If anyone knows something better, I’d like to know, though I am satisfied with it. I am currently tracking 99 Catholic blogs, not to mentions Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and Political blogs. No, I cant read them all, but I like the feature that allows me to filter articles for specific content that interests me.
too much technology… brain starting to hurt… can’t comprehend.
Kat – just read us every day and tell all your friends to do the same. It will accomplish the same end!