{"id":1059,"date":"2009-02-02T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/how-do-you-keep-track-of-the-blogs-you-read\/"},"modified":"2013-07-12T19:29:38","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T00:29:38","slug":"how-do-you-keep-track-of-the-blogs-you-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/how-do-you-keep-track-of-the-blogs-you-read\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Keep Track of the Blogs You Read?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the influx of genealogy blogs out there, I thought I’d share my philosophy about “reading” them.<\/p>\n

Some people only subscribe to a handful of blogs, likely because managing them can be a pain.\u00a0 They have their favorites and they follow faithfully.\u00a0 I on the other hand, subscribe to several genealogy blogs.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Well, I’ve already connected with two distant cousins through our blogs, and I’m sure there are more out there.\u00a0 Besides, I love reading people’s stories, research conundrums, tips, and genealogy news.\u00a0 But following nearly 300 blogs, 95% of which are genealogy blogs, can be quite cumbersome, unless you have the right reader.<\/p>\n

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When I started reading blogs about seven months ago, I used the reader in Internet Explorer.\u00a0 Just before the holidays, IE8 crashed and I was unable to read my feeds.\u00a0 I started to look for other alternatives.\u00a0 Initially, I started using Google Reader.\u00a0 Since I use Blogger and had a list of blogs I was following, I was off to a good start since those feeds were already in the reader.\u00a0 But I didn’t care for the interface, so I continued my search for a new reader.<\/p>\n

Some how or another, I came across Bloglines<\/a>, which is part of Ask.com.\u00a0 I liked the interface and the features so I began to add all of my feeds, over 300 of them.<\/p>\n

\"SS1\"<\/p>\n

Like IE and Google Reader, I was able to create folders to separate my feeds by topic (e.g. Genealogy, Business, Writing, etc.).<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"SS2\"<\/p>\n

And, like Google Reader, I can “clip\/star” individual posts.\u00a0 The nice thing about Blogline’s clipping feature is that you can create folders to store them in (e.g. Read Later, For Research, etc.).<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"SS3\"<\/p>\n

You can also view your feeds on a web-enabled phone (this was really handy on the long drive to and from Arizona!), which I assume you can also do with Google Reader.\u00a0 There are also ways to share your feeds with others.<\/p>\n

There is a widget for your blog or website, however, with almost 300 feeds, it’s ridiculous to post it on my blog.\u00a0 But, I am able to share my Blogline profile showing my Blogroll<\/a> via a simple link:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.bloglines.com\/public\/juliemc77<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"SS5\"<\/p>\n

\"SS4\"<\/p>\n

There are all kinds of settings you can fiddle with to suit your own needs.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"SS6\"<\/p>\n

With all the wonderful genealogy blogs out there, I wanted to make sure I found the best reader that suited my needs.\u00a0 Bloglines is definitely the one for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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