Comments on: Managing Your Blog Feeds http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/ Personal Development for Smart People Fri, 16 May 2008 11:24:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Managing Your Blog Feeds http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2817 Managing Your Blog Feeds Tue, 07 Jun 2005 06:45:41 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2817 <strong>Managing Your Blog Feeds</strong> Managing Your Blog Feeds Managing Your Blog Feeds

Managing Your Blog Feeds

]]> By: Gareth http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2696 Gareth Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:14:44 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2696 Hey Steve How about an OPML file of your feeds? I'll give you mine if you give me yours ;-) blogroll: http://www.oneafrikan.com/blogroll/ OPML file: http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/svc/opml.aspx?uid=14583&mid=1 I think Steve has a point, but if you watch more than one topic, I think 20 feeds is not enough... I think a good strategy is to know what you are realistically capable of doing in a day / reading, and then go from there. Also, I've found that it takes time to find the true nuggets - 43folders was a great find, this blog is a great find, but both probably took about 4 blogs / feeds for me to find them ;-) Thanks again for great content Steve Gareth Hey Steve

How about an OPML file of your feeds?
I’ll give you mine if you give me yours ;-)
blogroll: http://www.oneafrikan.com/blogroll/
OPML file: http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/svc/opml.aspx?uid=14583&mid=1

I think Steve has a point, but if you watch more than one topic, I think 20 feeds is not enough… I think a good strategy is to know what you are realistically capable of doing in a day / reading, and then go from there. Also, I’ve found that it takes time to find the true nuggets - 43folders was a great find, this blog is a great find, but both probably took about 4 blogs / feeds for me to find them ;-)

Thanks again for great content Steve
Gareth

]]> By: quirkyalone http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2471 quirkyalone Thu, 26 May 2005 09:07:51 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2471 I am doing it the same as Steve. Currently, I have: 1) 10 blogs in Bloglines, where I watch the topics I am currently interested in 2) one subscription to google groups (43Folders), 3) I watch Descriptious (http://jonaquino.textdriven.com/descriptious/descriptious-populicious-cheyne.html) once a day - that's great feed for emerging popular items. I used to watch a lot of feeds before, but after some time I realised, that although the content was sometimes interesting, the actual benefit for me was rather small. Regarding slashdot, my stance is just the opposite to Phils. For tech news, I read only slashdot, and that's enough for me. I used to be subscribed to more tech-oriented feeds before, which allowed me to get certain news a bit sooner, but then I asked myself: Do I really need it? I am doing it the same as Steve. Currently, I have:

1) 10 blogs in Bloglines, where I watch the topics I am currently interested in
2) one subscription to google groups (43Folders),
3) I watch Descriptious (http://jonaquino.textdriven.com/descriptious/descriptious-populicious-cheyne.html) once a day - that’s great feed for emerging popular items.

I used to watch a lot of feeds before, but after some time I realised, that although the content was sometimes interesting, the actual benefit for me was rather small.

Regarding slashdot, my stance is just the opposite to Phils. For tech news, I read only slashdot, and that’s enough for me. I used to be subscribed to more tech-oriented feeds before, which allowed me to get certain news a bit sooner, but then I asked myself: Do I really need it?

]]> By: Steve Pavlina http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2469 Steve Pavlina Thu, 26 May 2005 05:17:03 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2469 John, I'd say the main thing is the quality of the content. But there is a lot you can do to build traffic beyond that. It's too much to mention in a comment, but I recommend subscribing to <a href="http://www.problogger.net" rel="nofollow">Problogger</a> and reading the archives, since that site has lots of great ideas for improving a blog and generating traffic. Much of what I've done to build traffic I learned from there and from similar sites that explore blogging as a business. Content is still mainly what generates traffic for me -- when people like a post, they'll often mention it in their blogs too. Most of my new traffic has been coming from links on other blogs. Search engine traffic is still below 1% of total traffic, but it is gradually building. John, I’d say the main thing is the quality of the content. But there is a lot you can do to build traffic beyond that. It’s too much to mention in a comment, but I recommend subscribing to Problogger and reading the archives, since that site has lots of great ideas for improving a blog and generating traffic. Much of what I’ve done to build traffic I learned from there and from similar sites that explore blogging as a business.

Content is still mainly what generates traffic for me — when people like a post, they’ll often mention it in their blogs too. Most of my new traffic has been coming from links on other blogs. Search engine traffic is still below 1% of total traffic, but it is gradually building.

]]> By: John Richardson http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2462 John Richardson Thu, 26 May 2005 03:32:24 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2462 Hey Steve, great post. It is so easy to get overwhelmed with sites and information. I really enjoy the community aspect of blogging and I think that means visiting a limited number of relevant sites and being an active participant. I do have a question for you though. What is the best way to get others to link to your site? Obviously good content (as you always serve up) is a must. Is there any other popular techniques? I've noticed that you have a good number of other sites linking to you in your technorati profile. As a relatively new blogger, I would like to make my site the best it can be. Any recommendations would be appreciated. John Hey Steve, great post. It is so easy to get overwhelmed with sites and information. I really enjoy the community aspect of blogging and I think that means visiting a limited number of relevant sites and being an active participant.

I do have a question for you though. What is the best way to get others to link to your site? Obviously good content (as you always serve up) is a must. Is there any other popular techniques? I’ve noticed that you have a good number of other sites linking to you in your technorati profile. As a relatively new blogger, I would like to make my site the best it can be. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

John

]]> By: juan manuel http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2461 juan manuel Thu, 26 May 2005 03:13:28 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2461 In my post "<a href="http://graffiti_neuronal.blogspot.com/2005/05/on-blogs-and-boolean-logic.html" rel="nofollow">On blogs and Boolean logic</a>" I'm proposing a mechanism that may allow search engines for blogs to uncover really relevant entries judging not only by the authority of the blogger but also by the opinion of those who link to him. In my post “On blogs and Boolean logic” I’m proposing a mechanism that may allow search engines for blogs to uncover really relevant entries judging not only by the authority of the blogger but also by the opinion of those who link to him.

]]> By: Phil Gerbyshak http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2458 Phil Gerbyshak Thu, 26 May 2005 00:20:20 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2458 Wow, only 20 feeds. That sounds like a great plan, however I have 20 per category, and then I pick the category I want to read each day or so. I try to avoid some of the bigger ones (so no Slashdot for tech news, among others) as they have a lot of stuff you can catch on the news, and grab hold of feeds like this one that have original material you can't find anywhere else. Thanks for sharing Steve! Wow, only 20 feeds. That sounds like a great plan, however I have 20 per category, and then I pick the category I want to read each day or so. I try to avoid some of the bigger ones (so no Slashdot for tech news, among others) as they have a lot of stuff you can catch on the news, and grab hold of feeds like this one that have original material you can’t find anywhere else. Thanks for sharing Steve!

]]> By: Steve Pavlina http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2445 Steve Pavlina Wed, 25 May 2005 18:37:32 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2445 Sure... check out the list of blogs at <a href="http://www.officezealot.com/gtd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Office Zealot's GTD Zone</a>. I think you'll find some good ones there. Sure… check out the list of blogs at Office Zealot’s GTD Zone. I think you’ll find some good ones there.

]]> By: SuzyQ http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2444 SuzyQ Wed, 25 May 2005 17:53:25 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2444 Steve, can you give us a few blogs you find most interesting? I would really love to see those, since I'm really enjoing this one and I'm very interested in the field of personal developement. Thanks Steve, can you give us a few blogs you find most interesting? I would really love to see those, since I’m really enjoing this one and I’m very interested in the field of personal developement. Thanks

]]> By: Bill Brown http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2442 Bill Brown Wed, 25 May 2005 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/managing-your-blog-feeds/#comment-2442 20. Wow. I've got 227 feeds in Bloglines. That's some admirable restraint. If I find a blog that looks good in the initial skim, I'll add its feed to a Quarantine folder. It's on probation until I decide that it's worth moving to a permanent folder. 20. Wow. I’ve got 227 feeds in Bloglines. That’s some admirable restraint.

If I find a blog that looks good in the initial skim, I’ll add its feed to a Quarantine folder. It’s on probation until I decide that it’s worth moving to a permanent folder.

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