I subscribe to a lot of blogs, I’m not sure how many, but whenever I log in to my Google Reader I have hundreds of new blog posts to read.
Earlier, it took me a while, it took me several days to go through the list of blog posts. And when I thought I was finished, new blog posts had arrived.
It was a constant struggle.
Until I discovered the stars…
Now, what I’m doing it his.
I browse through all the headlines of the new blog posts, and when I find a new blog post I add a star to it. I don’t read it right away, I only add stars to the blog posts I find interesting.
Then, when I have finish adding stars, I click on “mark all as read”.
Now, when I click on “starred items” in the left menu, I’ll only see the blog posts that I found interesting.
This technique saves me a lot of time.
Thanks, that was a great recommendation.
Good idea, it can be hard to get through all the different blog posts, especially when you subscribe to blogs that post once or twice every day.
I have a bunch of blogs that I read daily. I would love to use Google reader. But, I dont know how to add the blogs that I read to it.
Twitter: berget
It's actually very easy. Once you log in, just click on “add a subscription” in the left menu. Then paste the url, and you're done (well, you can put the blog in a category to keep track of the various blogs).
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Hey Jim. Thanks a lot for your comment.
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Yes, if I didn't do this, or something similar, I would never “read” as many blogs every day.
Twitter: ricnunez
I'm like you, tons of blogs post, and I try to not unsubscribe from any blog. There's always good content showing up every now and then. Thanks for the tip.
Twitter: berget
Hey Ric. Thanks a lot for you comment. I agree, there are always some good content showing up once in a while on all blogs, and by using the “system” I'm using, it just takes a few second to spot the good / interesting posts
Cool Tricks. Never thought of it.
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Hey Mushi, thanks a lot for your comment
Thanks for the tip. How do you deal with double news (same news blogged by 2 blogs)?
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Then, I'll star (and eventually read) the blog I find most entertaining and the one I trust the most out of the two… that's if the title of the blog post is identical.
I haven't had this problem yet. I might actually read both blog posts as well, and only when I got to the end would I figure out that they were two identical posts
Good Tip. I pretty much do the same on Twitter. I favourite what sounds interesting and then work through the favourites later instead of reading everything when it comes in. I guess the trick generally is to find a way to seperate the “clutter” from the good stuff and organize yourself to not get overwhelmed in times of Social Media.
I too am following hundreds of blogs a day. I have a somewhat obsessive personality, but it’s a way I get “fully engaged” in what I am doing, and I find it’s a great learning experience.
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yes, it’s great to see what other people in the same niche are writing.
Twitter: technarycom
Simple and useful tip. Thanks.
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, just downloaded your eBook, thanks for that. I use google Reader as well and it is quite helpful in following trends and catching up on a regular basis
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Twitter: berget
Thanks a lot for downloading the book. I hope you’ll enjoy it.
Please let me get some feedback, I’d love to improve it.