Keeping Track of All Those Blogs
Last week I reported on the number of blogs people read per week, according to my recent survey, and today I’ll share the responses to the question How do you keep track of them?
The answers were as follows:
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Bookmarks/Favorites By Email RSS Feed Other Skipped Question |
32% 23% 22% 13% 41% |
The numbers total more than 100% because participants were allowed to choose more than one answer. At first glance the number of people skipping the question seems high, but not when you factor in the fact that 37% of participants stated that they don’t read blogs on a regular basis.
Under "Other" a few people wrote "I don’t" and one wrote "Just through doing a search or recommendations." In addition, the following online tools were named:
I recently started using My Yahoo as my RSS reader and have found it to be much more efficient than using my blogroll or my Bookmarks for keeping track of the blogs I read, because:
(a) I can see at a glance which blogs have been updated, so I don’t waste time going to the sites, only to find there’s nothing new to read
(b) it’s my start page when I go on the Internet, so I don’t have to remember to check them
The one drawback I’m experiencing is that I can’t organize the blogs into categories. I can re-arrange them on the page, but I’d like to be able to file them on the fly, the way I can with my Bookmarks. A quick glance at the tools mentioned by my survey participants makes me think that Bloglines or Feed Reader might be just what I’m looking for, but I’d love to receive feedback on these tools, or any other suggestions you may have.
*This post was featured in the Virtual Assistant/Home Business Blog Carnival #6
Hi Janet,
Thanks for another good post. Personally I use bloglines. I like that I can see at a glance what has updated and I can save all the posts or just specific ones to read for later.
I also like that I can create folders so I can categorize my blogs. It helps if there’s something specific I’m looking for or if I just want to read my friends’ blogs I don’t have to trudge through dozens of business blogs.
Hope this helps!
Amanda
Comment by AMVA - Amanda Moore Virtual Assistant — June 13, 2008 @ 12:51 pm