Bloglines - The Easy Way To Collate Data
Bloglines - The Easy Way To Collate DataI've had a few people ask me about the web site I mention below - Bloglines.
Bloglines is an aggregator on what's called RSS feeds. That is, blogs like mine have an RSS feed.
If you read a few blogs and don't want to visit the different sites each day you do this:
- sign up for an account at Bloglines
- add the web site address of the blog you visit (see interface below)
Then when you sign in to Bloglines each day (you can do that by simply clicking an icon that appears on your desktop) you can quickly visit the new posts of the sites you subscribe to.
Google's Official Blog - My Example
In the image below you can see that I'm signed into Bloglines. On the left is My Feeds. There's a list of all the blogs I subscribe to via Bloglines.
So what Bloglines does each day is run off to those sites and see if there is anything new. If there is, it lets me know by bolding the web site name and putting in brackets how many new posts there are.
If you can see it in the image below (down the left hand side), my feeds are for:
- Bloglines News
- Tailored Consulting
- Official Google Blog
- Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger
- Original Thinking Home Business
- etc
What The Screen Says I'm Reading
But what the screen shows I'm reading is the latest posts/blogs on the Official Google Blog. I read it just by clicking on the link on the side. Easy. Convenient. Simple.
Cheers
Brendon
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I would like to know what your feeds are, would you be so kind and publish your list, thank you, and sorry for my English.
Rafa
Bloglines has really helped me get organised.
I'm sure a lot of people will find this a very helpful post. It's great that you have shared how you use Bloglines.
I should mention I've finally closed down the "Original Thinking Home Business" site as it was a bit confusing (for me too) and hope people will find Thinking Home Business, which is going strong, useful reading.