OK, I think I've finally done it. Because the workings of RSS feeds and readers are new to me,and I'm so cautious with what I'm doing (I read all the popup ads because I need to make sure it's not something important...), it took me most of the morning to open a google account and put my IDE 611 blog group into my subscriptions (I must admit, I subscribed to a few other sites to see how it worked). I'm still learning. Google reader has another how-to video that was pretty simple: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPZ2Uu_X3Y
I still have a ways to go... I can't get this URL to appear as a direct link! Anyway, I know the difference between a RSS feed, which is the information- the subscription address you need to get automatic updates from the website. The reader is where they go, so I can see everything new in one place. I'm hoping this will make web navigation easier, and save a bunch of time. The best part will be that I can see new blogs on my blog buddies, and know when to post, instead of trying to remember to "go and check" once or twice a week. I'll keep you posted!
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I just added the blogs I need to follow to my Google reader. This will make it much easier to stay up to date with. Before I was going into the blackboard post and accessing each blog through the original post. What a waste of time? I could have just bookmarked them but the functionality of the reader adds another level convenience.
picture speaks louder than words. Thank you for your Youtube link. That is a very clarifying video. Now I know how google readers works. However, I don't think I will ever use it. I will just bookmark the pages I browse everyday and I think it is more fun exploring on a real website.
Ok... I'll show my ignorance and admit I never really figured out bookmarking, though I know it's a pretty basic web tool. So the RSS reader works great for me. I discovered I messed up yesterday, though, and had my blog under one email, and my google reader under another, so the two weren't communicating. I've got that figured out no, I think. Now I need to know the difference between google home and the google reader- looks like igoogle's home page is just a different RSS format... can anyone clarify for me?
ellen,
the igoogle home page is like your personal portal page (central one-stop station) from which you can access stuff quickly across the web via the links you set up; it's not just to pull in content, it also allows you to access other serices. It does not indicate how many new postings or articles have been written since the last time you visited the site. This is what a RSS news reader does, it is smaller in scale than a personal portal but it assembles a reading list and monitors how many postings you have yet to catch up with.
- yin
Thanks, Yin, that does help. I've been using igoogle home all week, and it seems to organize my stuff pretty well- also pulls in weather and news for the day, some key websites I refer to often, and the blogs for this class. I guess I'm not sure about what I missed while I was gone, because I'm not using a "real" RSS reader. That's OK, since I see this home page several times every day, and am now looking for new stuff all the time.
I just created my own igoogle last week, and it really makes life easier. :P Before, I thought bookmarking web pages in the internet browser was already enough. Even after knowing how RSS feeds works didn't make me made my own RSS reader. I don't know what resisted me. However, now I have first-hands experience of RSS reader's benefit. :)
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