Romancing the Blog

November 12, 2006.

So.....thanks for the two responses (um one of you got rid of your email account and I can not contact you....), and the advice too.  And, thanks Mom for not even responding...(sniff - more time in therapy).

Apparently I am quite the novice (read idiot) when it comes to tracking people and viewers of my blog and I even went as far to sign up for some of these services, but, um did not sign up just registered....idiot....no it's okay I use that word as a term of endearment.  It is similar to when my sister and I used to call each other ugly in college, but say that to the wrong person and well...you know. This time, I went back and actually used the service, and it is pretty amazing.

So, my new friend and fellow blogger (she started her own blog) has informed me of some wonderful tools I (and you) can use:

• If you want to subscribe to other peoples blogs use www.bloglines.com.  I had signed up for it when I started my blog but uh..forgot to uh duh...add my own blog - please don't ask. It tells you when your favorite writer has updated their blog and it lets you know how many subscribers they have on each feed.
• Using a site called www.sitemeter.com let's you know how much traffic you are getting and where it is coming from
• Use www.flckr.com let's you store photos and start groups, I have yet to use this but I am typing a quick as possible.
• Technorati (www.technorati.com) Technorati will tell you how many other sites link to you and which ones they are.  This is the one I signed up for but never fully understood the potential.
• Feedburner (www.feedburner.com)  keeps tabs on how many subscribers you have, including Bloglines and the other aggregators.  From my new friend, a quick definition of an aggregator is, "An aggregator is like the newspaper.  You tell the aggregator which columns you're interested in and it will assemble any recent posts from your 'columnists' into one easy place to read." Okay this one trips me out, and as soon as I finish this blog I am SOOO signing up for it. 

So, um I guess I don't need feedback I need some *free time* to figure this whole blog thing out.  Right now I need to go write a pitch for TV shows Holiday Gift Lists that has to be sent out tomorrow morning.  And I need to figure out how to bathe two kids in the morning, get dressed, clean the house, get 30 invites printed and the two kids to school at the same time....hmmm.

 

Comments

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Are you talking about MY email???

First: Bloglines is great. I've used it for ages. In fact, that is how I knew you just posted this and am responding so quickly. See how that works? That said, Google just revamped their Reader for RSS feeds and it is superior on many levels, not the least of which is the ability to "share" items which people can then subscribe to via RSS feed. It is lovely.

Flickr is awesome. They do one thing and do it well. Get yourself on their and I'll make you a contact.

Last, since we know I'm a giant nerd and I use every one of these sites. (Hey, it's my JOB! I have an excuse!) If you haven't joined Yelp.com, you need to. In fact...I wonder if you've been reviewed.... I'm going to go check right now.... :)