PART 2: Google Reader HOT TIPS

So, you've added all your blogs into Google Reader. Enjoying the ease of reading all ya blogs in one place. You feel so-up-to-date and have a few more hours in the day to make those cookies and watch a little Masterchef too. BUT did you know there are a 2 things that we lurrrveeee about Google Reader.
Here goes...

1. Stats (Statistics)
Find out how regularly a blogger posts and an estimate of RSS readership. Note that this readership number only calculates Google Reader subscribers not direct hits or any other RSS feeds, so it is indicative only.

2. Starred items
Like-a-post? Want to remember it for that time you need it. Bookmark an image. Well just simply click the star next to the title of the post. Then go to your "starred items" in the left hand side bar to scroll through your bookmarked items. Friggin' genius!

 

Hope we've taught you a little something-something this week.
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PART 1: How to Manage your Blogs & love them too!

It's a question I get a lot. "How do you keep up with what goes on especially with the www going so fast?"

Two words. Blogs. Twitter. They are the fastest form of media and news - they are almost instant, making Blogs the new form of PR and some of the powerhouses of the online arena. To manage one side - blogs - I use an RSS feed, the most well known one is Google Reader. Here is a step-by-step guide of how to set one up. Don't be scared it's really easy and will mean morning blog reading is a breeze.

1. Sign up for a Google Reader account.

   

2. Add a Subscription, enter the Blog URL into the box. Top left!

 

3. Your subscription will pop up in the side bar. BOLD indicates that there is new content to view - a new post. Once you have clicked on the post, view it in the right hand side then scroll and it will UNBOLD. The number in the brackets indicates how many unread posts there are.

So you can read ONLY the ones with new content rather then typing in every, single URL into the browser - genius - ding, ding, ding!

4. You can now add more blogs, then categorise the blogs into folders by clicking the side arrow and selecting New Folder, simply drag and drop the blogs into the folders.

So once you get this set up we can show you some HOT TIPS that make Google Reader, so super for Blog management, reading and keeping up-to-date.