I LOVE RSS feeds, but I have to admit, I think using a Feed Aggregator such as Bloglines is a really clunky way to harness the power of RSS.
I do have a couple feeds that are aggregated in my Outlook account here at the Library, but I usually don’t have time to look at them and I don’t find it that helpful.
What I think RSS Feeds are the best for is embedding information into a web site or blog. When you embed the RSS feed, all you have to do is update the original location (your Flickr page, your blog, etc.) and the embedded feeds on any web site anywhere will automatically update too!
You can see an example of an embedded feed on the right side of this blog (YA Loft Blog). It updates itself as soon as I add a new post in the blog it’s feeding from.
hi maggie, i like your blog! i like using google reader to keep track of my feeds and if often find myself getting behind on reading all of the new content. i’m always weeding my collection of feeds.
have you heard of alltop? it looks like a nice alternative for those who don’t want to use bloglines or another aggregator.
By: rich on April 11, 2008
at 9:48 pm
Thanks for the comment! I’ll definitely take a look at alltop.
And now I’m going to go take a look at your blog too.
By: magpie79 on April 16, 2008
at 5:11 pm