Comments on: Blogs and RSS Buttons

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:44:33 +0000

I feel your pain! lol

My wife calls it a “page full of useless code” (she here’s me talking about html code once in a while but has no idea what it is). I had to explain to her what it’s purpose is, why it is so crucial and wonderful and so on. But now she has her own reader set up and lvoes the fact that she can simply check one place for updates on all the sites she likes.

Great post Barbara, I really needed a good laugh today! So, thank you.

By: alli

alli — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:36:06 +0000

Good post. I never thought about exactly where it should be placed, especially since I use Google Reader and just put the url of the site I want to subscribe to in their subscribe field. But it makes sense.

And I have tried and tried to get my dad, who loves to read blogs, to start using some feed reader, but he insists he likes to “cruise.” I quit bugging him.

By: Todd Jordan

Todd Jordan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:00:20 +0000

Great read. I’ve have both RSS and email buttons up on my blog. Not many subscribers yet, but I’m hopeful. To not use it because some folks are confused seems like a crime. Folks that are reading blogs intentionally will know about RSS. At least putting up a Feedburner icon for the emails would be good.

Thanks for the interesting read.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:15:31 +0000

I don’t know what I’d do without an RSS feed, to click on and subscribe and having one for my readers. I agree with what you said that folks should just learn about it and then decide if it is for them. Chances are, they will see the value and keep it.