RSS Readers???

**elizabethlmccoy** · 08-31-2007, 12:21 PM

Did you know you can subscribe to blogs???? What does that mean?? Well subscribing to a blog makes it kind of like getting an online newsletter in your email. You don't have to go to every blog site every day to be able to stay up-to-date and read all the posts. The post show up in your reader. Some readers offer offline setting where you can download the posts and read them when you're traveling or in another room without internet connection.

For instance I have 103 blogs that I like to read. Instead of every few days going around to 103 websites I have subscribed to there RSS feeds and now use my RSS Reader to read their new posts. I never miss a post either.

I use Google Reader It is free and saves me alot of time.

Do you use an RSS reader???? What reader do you use??? Are you interesting in starting to use one???

**Janet** · 08-31-2007, 12:31 PM

I'm just starting to learn about rss feeds - and finally signed up at bloglines to see what all it was about and I have to say I LOVE popping in there to see which ones have updated. Saves a TON of time!

**elizabethlmccoy** · 08-31-2007, 12:36 PM

sure does! I'm off to add some members to my subscriptions

loonyhiker · 08-31-2007, 02:15 PM

I found out about google reader through DSP and I love it! Someone told me they like bloglines better so I tried bloglines but for some reason I kept getting error messages so I went back to google reader. It is so wonderful not having to check all those websites and I can tell when someone has updated their blogs just by looking. I also have my favorite cartoons like Cathy and Better or Worse on here too.

**elizabethlmccoy** · 08-31-2007, 02:27 PM

loony...err Pat. Aren't RSS feeds the coolest!!!!

Watch out their addicting LOL

Beachcomber · 08-31-2007, 05:17 PM

I just started using Google Reader. I put their "next" button into my bookmarks then I can click on the next button and it takes me to the blogs and I watching. I keep clicking on it until I have gone through all of the updated blogs. Very cool.

Amanda · 08-31-2007, 05:29 PM

I just have the RSS feeds on my google homepage. I don't subscribe to many, so I haven't gotten into it much.

sandraihw · 09-01-2007, 05:31 AM

I really dig Bloglines. I have different folders set up for scrapbooking/photography blogs, knitting blogs, and podcasts that I subscribe to. It even keeps track of the blogposts I've read or yet to read, and I can earmark entries from each blog that I want to save as new.

**shazzt** · 09-01-2007, 05:37 AM

The only downside of the readers is that it is so tempting to subscribe to "just one more" ....

dawn-in-nz · 09-01-2007, 06:39 AM

I just voted for the second one from the bottom

So now I've been and joined Google Reader, I never knew of it before!

**elizabethlmccoy** · 09-01-2007, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shazzt

The only downside of the readers is that it is so tempting to subscribe to "just one more" ....

LOL so true....I usually subscribe to everything as I go along...(same with bookmarks) then as I'm reading the posts I'll evaluate whether it is till profitable to subscribe to it.

**elizabethlmccoy** · 09-01-2007, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dawn-in-nz

I just voted for the second one from the bottom

So now I've been and joined Google Reader, I never knew of it before!

woo hoo dawn...just subscribed to your blog too!!

dawn-in-nz · 09-01-2007, 08:13 AM

Thanks Elizabeth. Do you do the DSP blog or is it a team effort? I posted a comment on it today to say my LO of the week photo isn't showing up anymore, it just shows a broken link. I was hoping someone could fix it - after being chosen I'd like for it to actually show up

mom2triplets04 · 09-01-2007, 09:25 AM

Can you tell me more? I don't know what this is? Do you have to set it up like put in the blog addresses you frequent? Where do I sign up?

Tink2Zoe · 09-01-2007, 09:31 AM

Oops, I think I voted Outlook and just realized it is not; but what came with explorer when we updated to Vista. I also use SharpReader. I prefer SharpReader because I can rename. I actually just assign numbers to each, i.e. 1-Scrapbooking; 2-Freebies; 3-stores; 4-bad example family, etc. On each I limit the number of blogsites so I don't have to scroll down.