Thankfully, reader gives an average posts / week for each feed, and I could work out how long I had been subscribed to each feed by looking at dates of the first post starred in that feed and the most recent.
Google is no stranger to deprecation, as many of us have recently experienced from the phase-out of Google Reader. Google promises weekly updates to the site, but you can still subscribe to the RSS feed.
Digg is taking advantage of Google's decision to close its popular RSS feed reader Google Reader and has announced that it has already started developing its own version. We've heard people say that RSS is a thing of the past, and perhaps in its...
If you, dear ninja reader, can fake good CTR to the product engine, you can get some nice little CPC discounts, and some better positioning. Google Product Feed Optimization We’ve found that the ROI from the product feed is much higher than from...
Use this as your modern feed reader. I don’t use RSS feed readers anymore. Claim, verify, and update your Google Local Business listing. Whether it’s with established sites such as Google and Facebook, or newer outlets like Pinterest, there are...
Blog more and blog regularly: Writing content that is useful for end users will not just increase your reader base but force search engines to crawl, index, and rank your site. You can import your RSS feed from your blog, bring in your Twitter...
Both factors impact a reader's trust to socially engage with content. Your challenge is to find a happy medium that serves business objectives - drive traffic, improve SEO, and boost reader trust. Long titles also present a feed scannability...
It's not the reader's job to entice users to view your content. Facebook Activity Feed Update the widget title accordingly so it's clear to users what the feed is displaying. The Google+1 button can also be grouped with social widgets to encourage...
Below is my attempt at translating Google's tech-heavy, though thorough schematics, into a reader-friendly guide. Google Product Search has recently released new Unique Product Identifier (UPI) requirements in June and new data feed requirements as...
Another alternative is Twitter, as you may find "follow me" a far easier proposition to put to your readers than "find a Reader you like and then subscribe to my feed. The feeds come into your feed reader and among that constant stream of...
YouTube introduced AutoShare in 2009, which allows YouTubers to automatically share their Activity Feed to Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader. By opting into AutoShare, when you perform certain actions specified in your Activity Feed on YouTube...
Speculation that Google plans on creating an electronic book reader were given more fuel with the company's acquisition of eBook Technologies - "a company that specializes in both hardware and content distribution for electronic readers,"
Another way to find the top news is to subscribe to feeds from all relevant industry blogs via Google Reader and browse your feeds with PostRank's browser extension installed, which highlights which post are more influential.
Another bonus of Google Reader is that you can add any URL to it -- not just RSS feeds -- and Reader will monitor the page for changes and present them as if a feed has updated. I can't think of an industry news site that doesn't have an RSS feed...
A reader recently asked me how to know when their content quality was good enough. It helps feed the long tail of search and can increase the search engine's perception regarding the quality of the pages of your site.
There's no need to tell Google anything if you use Google Reader, Gmail, Profiles or other Google services. Here's another case for full-text RSS feeds: a subscribed feed containing just the first paragraph or so of complete articles will have...
When they add Gowalla and Google Reader support, I'll really be set. You can also view a feed of your network updates and activity in Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Delicious, Digg - and now, MySpace, and Foursquare.
In related Google news, Reader is now allowing users to track changes to websites and pages that don't have RSS feeds. Incidentally, you can plug in the individual URLs of news articles that you wish to keep track of in Google Reader.
Google Reader, Yahoo! Analytics will tag the Source as "Feedburner" and the Medium as either "feed" or "email" depending on how the feed item was sent out. If you use AdSense for Feeds or Google Feedburner to manage RSS feeds on your site - and you...
Feedburner Goes All Permanent on Their URL Redirects Posted by Nathania Johnson Oct 1, 2009 If you've ever clicked on a link in your RSS reader and that link is associated with a site that uses Feedburner, you've probably noticed that the initial...
