I’ve been using an RSS feed reader, like GoogleReader, to keep track of my favorite bloggers and the stuff they write about. There’s only one problem…I had two dozen RSS feeds and it quickly became a real chore to slog my way through so many entries. And I also discovered that I really didn’t read many of the articles, because I had no real connection to most of the authors, which further clogged up my RSS feed reader.
Is there a better way? YES! You can now subscribe to my blog—assuming you’re interested in the stuff I write about—and get any new articles delivered to your e-mail inbox on the day they are published. No need to visit the blog site or use a feeder; and it’s really cool if you have an iPhone or other mobile phone capable of receiving e-mails. You can read my blog articles without the incredibly slow wait times on phone-enabled web browsers.
Feedburner makes the subscription process simple:
- Type your e-mail address into the subscription box (top right hand column)
- In the pop-up window, verify your e-mail address and enter the characters in the spam prevention cell
- You will receive a confirmation request via e-mail. Please click the link to confirm your subscription. That’s it!
If you prefer to subscribe to my blog articles in a feed reader, just click on the Subscribe in a reader link next to the orange RSS icon.
By the way, thanks to everyone who visits The Thin Edge, especially those who leave their comments!
Bill … what I’d really like to know is how you manage to keep it down to two dozen. It’s a good day for me when I keep my unread file to under 30 … I have about 115 subscriptions!! So … can you tell us how to have more self-discipline or something like that?
No, actually my two dozen subscriptions build up each week to well over a hundred articles, especially when they include those who occasionally have blogger’s diarrhea…does iMonk ring a bell?