Right now I have 120 blogs listed on my blogroll. And I read, or at least browse, each new post. But I also haven't been to many of the actual websites in months. Instead, I use Google Reader to follow the blogs. I have subscriptions of all 120 of the blogs in my blogroll. I'll just check in with Google Reader three or four times a day, and it gives me all of the blog entries posted since the last time I checked in. I'll read the posts, and if I want to leave a comment then I go to the actual blog. Otherwise, I just keep scrolling down.
Using Google Reader means I don't see your headers or layouts. It also means that I'm not included in any site meter you may have. But I am reading your blog. So feel free to add seven more hits a week to your count.
So how do you keep up with the blogs? Are you physically here at Wrigley Wax or do you use a RSS reader like Google Reader? I'm interested in hearing what you do.
I have 265 different blogs (most are card related, but not all) on my blogroll. I have a thumbnail, name and title and time of most recent post on my blog roll. I visit my own blog twice daily just for the blog roll and I scan from there. Even though I don't post much anymore, I still read them everyday. There are a few blogs like Night Owl, Play at the Plate and Cardboard Junkie that I read daily regardless. I have them linked on my desktop and read them in that order after work and then I hit up my own blog and sift through the roll... I have considered google reader. I know alot of folks use it, but I still prefer the blogroll with the thumbnails... Great post WW.
ReplyDeleteBeen using feed readers since '01, 'cause I'm a techy sort. I thought everybody used these things by now. I can't imagine how long it would take to check all the websites everyday without it. So I follow using Google Reader, and click through to comment when I feel like saying something on a particular post... like right now. Easy, quick, saves me tons of time.
ReplyDeleteI scan through the headlines in Google Reader, and I occasionally click on a post I missed in my blog roll. I usually don't click through to anybody's blog unless I want to leave a comment.
ReplyDeleteI'm waiting on a legit Google Reader app for Android to start reading via a feed reader. Right now, I just have a folder of feed links on my IE8 toolbar and check it every day. Not the most efficient, but I only have about 30 blogs in there so it's not the end of the world. -Andy
ReplyDeleteI have 300 card blogs on the google dashboard because that's all it will allow!
ReplyDeleteI don't use my blogroll to go to blogs, I just click from the dashboard. I like going directly to the blog because I like reading in the atmosphere of each particular blog (I see your Wrigley Field ivy backdrop every single day).
The only time I use Google Reader is when I'm at work. Less conspicuous.
I use Google Reader. Thanks for making me click through to leave a comment.
ReplyDeleteI'm old school, so I'm here physically. Virtually, that is! I keep up with blogs because I limit my blogroll to year-specific Topps set blogs, and a few choice others. I may add blogroll headers soon.
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