If something looks interesting in your feed reader but you're running to a meeting, star it. You know that moment when you're staring at your Twitter feed, your RSS list or even your Facebook News Feed and everything reads unbelievably boring and...
While migrating to a new RSS reader, The Old Reader, I realized that I couldn't transfer my starred items. The bad news was that no RSS reader (to my knowledge) had the functionality to import them alongside the feeds I subscribe to.
Google promises weekly updates to the site, but you can still subscribe to the RSS feed. Google is no stranger to deprecation, as many of us have recently experienced from the phase-out of Google Reader.
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...
As content creators, this matters, because if leaving our readers with a sense of completeness means they walk away feeling like they read a good piece of content, it means they are more likely to share it, link to it, or add your blog to their...
Use this as your modern feed reader. I don’t use RSS feed readers anymore. There are at least 30 ways to market your website with a time investment and no credit card required. Some of these are oldies but goodies, while others are newer and...
You can import your RSS feed from your blog, bring in your Twitter stream, display your YouTube channel, along with a few other free options. Blog more and blog regularly: Writing content that is useful for end users will not just increase your...
You can even use RSS to keep up with submissions by pointing an RSS reader to: http://instagr.am/tags/[hashtag name]/feed/recent.rss (the hashtag name here doesn’t have a #). With more than 15 million users and 500 million photos uploaded since...
It's not the reader's job to entice users to view your content. RSS, email newsletters, podcasts, and mobile apps provide direct options for users to get your latest blog updates. Tip: A Google Feedburner link works well for RSS.
Also, make your content available via RSS feed, so subscribers can regularly view your latest content on their news reader of choice. Blog Optimizing: Back to the Basics Content is a form of online currency that is crucial to any business' online...
RSS readers may be enjoying your content in Google Reader and not in your site. The feeds come into your feed reader and among that constant stream of information there are some nuggets (or red dots) worthy of special attention.
However, if you need your paper.li news digest in an RSS feed, you'll have to use a service like Dapper.net to convert it as paper.li does not currently support RSS. Another way to find the top news is to subscribe to feeds from all relevant...
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...
Here's another case for full-text RSS feeds: a subscribed feed containing just the first paragraph or so of complete articles will have fewer opportunities to rank and drive traffic. There's no need to tell Google anything if you use Google Reader...
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! If you use AdSense for Feeds or Google Feedburner to manage RSS feeds on your site - and you use Google Analytics - then you'll be glad to know Google is connecting the two. Analytics will tag the Source as "Feedburner" and...
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...
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 URL to appear in your browser's address bar was related to the feed and not the final URL.
Just use the RSS feed from your shared items page. Google Reader unleashed new sharing options this week, continuing the slow but steady trend of turning the newsreader into a social media platform. Google Reader tracks the number of people doing...
Most blogging tools automatically produce an RSS feed for you. For more on RSS, try this RSS feed tutorial. These have a way of attracting reader's attention. What is RSS and How Does it Work? RSS stands for real simple syndication.
