Hi guys, If you aren't already using Google's personalized homepage to keep up to date with all your blogs you should check it out. It allows you to add any blog you want right to this page and allows a ton of options in the settings. Check out my home screen here It's really a neat little tool. Most people have their blogger accounts set up to automatically feed. So say you wanted to add asphyxiate's blog.. you would go to Content > Custom Section > and add the following URL
http://www.catspit.net/atom.xml
And that's the same for anyone using blogger. Most sites will have an RSS or ATOM button you can just click and then cut and paste the URL. Here's a few of the bloggers from here to give you the idea.
http://headgamer.blogspot.com/atom.xml
http://fuggo.blogspot.com/atom.xml
http://www.csb7.com/whyblogwhy/feed/rss2/
http://metatag.blogspot.com/atom.xml
etc, etc.. its very cool since it auto loads any new posts. It can save you the 15 minutes of hunting for the new stuff. Hope you like it if you aren't already loving it!
You can get it here: http://www.google.com/ig
4 comments:
Thanks, Jay!!
Glad you like it!
Hi Jay, This info was very helpful to me. I had already seen your earlier post on this topic and set up my own homepage with Google. One question: Why is my Blog not among those highlighted on your home page? hmmm? Speak up Tech man! The one thing I would change is the instruction: Click on "Add Content" in upper left corner, and then "Add By URL" to the right of the Top Search Box. It took me quite a while to find out how to do this using your instructions. Note: I am not saying that you had it wrong, or that you are a bad person, or that you have no idea what you are talking about. I'm only saying that I see room for improvement in your methods. Sheesh! You tech guys are so sensitive.
Jason . . . a few follow-up questions:
1. How did you take a snapshot of your Google homepage to link here? I want to send you a copy of mine and ask another question.
2. Where is the setting for auto-feed? I have a friend in Atlanta whose Google homepage doesn't get updated in mine when she adds another post.
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