Aug
12

Why Are You Hiding Your Posts Behind the RSS Feed?

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I am a pretty unorganized person and I admire those who spend several hours doing simple tasks that take me a whole day to do. Recently, I decided it is time to use my time better and I started working on it seriously. Considering that I spend most of my time online, there was a…
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Aug
06

Blog Engage RSS is the Bomb, but Don’t Forget to Log in & Vote!

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I’ve been enjoying Blog Engage’s RSS syndication service.  With all of the things I have on my plate in a given day – it’s nice to know that some things are being done for me. When it comes to blog promotion, you can really exhaust yourself – there’s hundreds of thousands of different sites to…
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Jul
14

RSS: Are You Feeding Your Readers?

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RSS Feeds. What are they? Here is a definition of web feeds from Wikipedia A web feed (or news feed) is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. Making a collection of web feeds accessible in one spot…
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Dec
26

Yep, Feedburner Drops Friendfeed From the Subscriber Count… For a Few Days

UPDATE 12/28: All is restored. But I think my opinion, below, still stands in spite of the personal cost. UPDATE 12/27: Hold the phone! There hasn’t been much communication about this issue from Feedburner or Friendfeed, but just a couple of hours ago, Feedburner posted this update on Twitter: “As many have noticed there appears…
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Nov
12

Parse.ly Looks Like a News Feed Addict’s Worst Nightmare – I’m In!

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I’m a news feed nut, which is what led to my launching WeBlogBetter.com to begin with. I love passing along resources and wanted a good outlet for it, so a good feed reader really provides the fuel for this site. That’s why I’m really looking forward to Parse.ly. It seems… intuitive.

Nov
01

If You’re Not On Twitter, You May Not Exist

I’ve said for years that if you can’t be found in Google search results, you may not exist. (I also heard this from Phil Cooke.) I don’t mean that about people – just websites. Now I’m beginning to say the same thing about Twitter. If you’re website’s feed isn’t fed to Twitter in some way,…
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