Make blogging easier

I had been blogging for about 4 months before I discovered the beauty of a feed reader. I can’t even remember how I discovered it, but when I did it was a joyous occasion.

Before using a reader I would find myself clicking on the links in my blogroll at all times of day, waiting for the blog to load only to be disappointed that there wasn’t a new post up yet. It took a lot of time and I was getting to the point where I didn’t think I could keep up anymore when I learned about Google Reader.
All you need to be able to use it is a Gmail account. Once you log in you click on Add Subscription and type in the url of a blog you like to read. Then add another one and so on. You can have as many blogs in your reader as you like.

The purpose of the reader is to consolidate all of your favorite blogs in one place with notifications when they have been updated. Now I just check my reader twice a day instead of clicking on each individual blog link without knowing if it’s been updated or not. It’s a terrific time saver and works well for me!

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May 14th, 2008 in Blogging Help, Works for me Wednesday

Comments (11)

qsysueMay 14th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

I use bloglines.com. I’ve thought about switching to google reader but I subscribe to so many blogs, it’d take me awhile, and I’m lazy. :)

KimberlyMay 14th, 2008 at 1:36 pm

Aren’t they brilliant?! I use bloglines and just luuurve it. I’m often surprised to see on my statcounter how many of my regular readers come from blogroll links still. Good for you for spreading the word!

lesliemaddoxMay 14th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

I love Google Reader, too! I love it because I can use it to read blogs on my phone.

KellanMay 14th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

Yes - it is a great tool!!

Hope you are doing well Summer - have a good evening - Kellan

LizaMay 14th, 2008 at 5:50 pm

I agree. When I learned about reader that was probably one of the BEST time savers for me!!!

KristiMay 14th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

I definitely had a better time with blogging after I discovered Reader.

LeslieMay 14th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

I don’t know why it took me so long to decide to use Google Reader…but when I finally got myself set up…I was mucho happy! It works for me too!

Mama Looking UpMay 14th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

Thanks for the tip. I’m fairly new to this whole deal and there’s so much to figure out. Anything that saves time is fantastic!

Richelle FMay 14th, 2008 at 9:46 pm

I use bloglines, too, and as a consequence have subscribed to SO many blogs. It’s fun!

kailaniMay 14th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

I don’t what I did before Bloglines! Can you imagine having to check each blog every day? Yikes!

CorrieMay 14th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

I think you can get it without a gmail account - I just use my blogger account to access mine. I really love it - it’s the newspaper for blogs.

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