HOWTO - Blog subscription
If, in this image, you see only a fountain, then this post is for you.
Blogs contain news that change quickly. How can you follow the contains of a blog? If you browse the blog web site every day just to see if something has changed, you’ll waste a lot of time. It would be beautiful to have a method of being informed only when something on the blog changes. Still better would be to read only the news, always in the same format.
This method exists.
Some programs called aggregators, or news feed readers, enable you to follow blogs and other news sources. I use Akregator. Others use Firefox’s live bookmark, and still others prefer Google Reader. Even with little differences, the main point is that those tools permit the reader to be informed only when I change something; then you don’t need to waste your time to click on my blog only to see if I posted something. A list of aggregators can be found following this orange symbol here on the right. Be prepared to see that symbol everywhere because, where it is, there is a news source.
Trust me, using an aggregator is mandatory. Your possibilities will be multiplied more than with any other tool. Today 1 out of 3 of the visits to the most important blogs are through news feed readers.
But all this can still sound difficult to some people. Then, with the help of Feedburner, you can subscribe to this blog even via email. Just insert your email address in the box here at the right. You will receive a confirmation request from emaildefuego. By accepting, you will be subscribed and will receive all my posts in your mailbox. It’s really easy.
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