I haven't used RSS for a long time, mainly because there are few blogs that I care enough about to check regularly. Those blogs and bloggers that I am interested in usually post links to their new blog entries on Facebook. I can usually tell from the first couple of lines that appear on a Facebook post whether or not I want to click on the link and read more.
Google Reader is easier to use than I remember it being. Maybe I'm just more used to it now. Or maybe I was actually using another tool before - it's been so long. I have put several blogs on my Google Reader page. I think it will be useful for keeping up to date with those blogs that have relatively infrequent posts. I can check them all out in one place, and I will not forget about them.
I have also added an active Albany Times-Union blog to my reader, but I'm thinking I might remove it. Blogs that have several posts and comments every day are hard to keep track of anyway, and it might just clutter up my reader page, unlike the blogs with more substantial comments. Also, newspaper blogs tend to attract more than their share of annoying and rude commenters, so I may, in the end, prefer to visit the page when I'm in the mood, rather than have it staring me in the face when I open my reader.
Something that I have noticed that I didn't expect is that blog updates are recorded more quickly on my iGoogle page than on my Google Reader page. I have put two of the blogs I follow on both tools, and in each case the iGoogle page was updated a full day earlier than the Google Reader page.
Interesting observation about the posting times! I wouldn't have expected that.
ReplyDeleteThat's strange about the posting times, but nothing surprises me! It might be that the Google Reader isn't refreshing every time you visit it? Might just be showing content cached in your browser?
ReplyDeleteTo keep things organized, I use tons of folders in GR. I have one called "Daily" and somewhere in the far off future, I'll actually look at that folder every day. Still, it does help!