Feeds on the Brain
So the Feedburner saga continues…
Well, not just feedburner.
My Google Reader Feed list too.
If i showed you how many blogs I’m subscribed to, you’d be appalled.
And then you’d probably laugh your ass off.
Bloody GFC.
Sure, I’ll join this site…then I’m auto subscribed. but what’s the point when GFC goes away for WP and I don’t bloody use the Blogger backend?
I decided this morning to sit in Google Reader and just unsubscribe from all and then resubscribe to those I want easy access to. You know, the ones I read.
One. I can not dump all in a folder. So I can not delete all in bulk.
Two, there’s over 1000 of them suckers. Really.
it’s nothing personal against the blogs. I just need to be better organized.
my favorites come via email, but my Mail app just can’t deal.
I need to be better organized. Seriously…Grrrr.
School starts Thursday. The teens will be gone. That means even less time at the desk. So me and the Google Android tablet…well, we’ve got to learn to be productive, ya’ know?
As for the Feedburner deal…
Well, I’m about to try a very dangerous experiment. As far as the blog is concerned.
I’m going to leave feedburner and start fresh.
I considered Feedblitz, but I’m having issues with trusting my feed to anyone else again.
I have a Mailchimp account – for a while now and it’s never failed me – and there is the option to integrate it with my RSS Feed so people can subscribe and it won’t cost me too much if i all of a sudden get super popular.
Cause you know, that will happen…yeah. Moving on.
I remember this story where Scott, the unmarketing guy, created a video that went viral. Because he didn’t expect it and because there was a cap on his bandwidth, he ended up paying thousands extra for the extra bandwidth used to view the video.
I always keep that story in mind. It reminds to be prepared.
Read the full Google+ Post here visit mastermind Chris Brogan
I guess I’m getting a backbone transplant.
I’m going with my WordPress feed address.
I’m going to offer email subscription through my Mailchimp account using the RSS-to-email option.
Here’s how easy it is to hook it up with Mailchimp.
I don’t have a big audience, but I like to be prepared, ya’ know?
Will I do it tonight?
Oh hell no. I’m too bloody tired. unsubscribed from 700 blogs today. one by freakin one dude.
Don’t want to think anymore.
If Feedburner comes to an end, what are you gonna do?
I know the pain of unsubscribing to blogs one by one – which is why I gave up months ago
I am actually writing a post now about numbers – subscribers etc. I’m giving up, basically!
Alison recently posted..Physicalness
whoooawh little lady. what are you giving up? i wanna see that post. if you remember to, please tweet it to me. i usually drop by my email subscription to you. but don’t want to wait on that.
Vanita Cyril recently posted..Feeds on the Brain
Just giving up on worrying about numbers etc. Not giving up blogging
It’s set to publish 10pm Eastern (your Tues). I linked back to your Feedburner post (the first one)!
Alison recently posted..Physicalness
GFC never added them to my google reader. Thank goodness, I didn’t actually want to follow those review blogs I signed up for anyway. lol
I’ve used google reader for many, many years now. I only ever add blogs manually. Then I can add them to folders. I don’t always keep up but if there is a blog that I will just skim over for more than 2 months when checking in then I delete it. I don’t care what kind of backlink it may give me. If I can’t stand to read it then it’s out.
Val recently posted..7 Questions About Switching to WordPress
backlink? you’ve got me good with this one. lol.
Vanita Cyril recently posted..Feeds on the Brain
Vanita, you spake too soon. You haven’t seen my subscription list! But I’ve made it a point to subscribe by email to all my favorite blogs, so there. But if feedburner goes, I am *&&%-ed too. I guess.
I will wait for the axe to fall and then decide. Who knows, I might come grovelling to you to move my blog to wordpress and use their feed. Eh? Hmmm. MMuah. You get some rest, babe. You’re working wayy too hard.
Vidya Sury recently posted..People Watching
ok sis i’m heading to bed now. Blogger platform may not be affected as GFC still works for y’all. however, i think feedburner sucks.
Vanita Cyril recently posted..Feeds on the Brain
Woa…I’ve just starting to use mailchimp but for work. Just starting is the keyword as I still have so much to learn from it but I didn’t know it does RSS feed too. Awesome info, Vanita!
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Maureen it only does the email part – for those who want to subscribe via email. for this combo to work, you’ll still need to have a link to your regular RSS Feed yourdomainname.com/feed for those who use readers to signup.
Vanita Cyril recently posted..Feeds on the Brain
Seriously, 1000 blogs? You are too busy for even 20. I’m following your advice closely but still only understand a tad of your issue. Who charges what for what? I don’t think I will have this problem though it sounds like a nice problem to have.
PragmaticMom recently posted..How To: Learn 100,000 Words by 8th Grade
you kill me, because i have 19 favorites that come via email
Vanita Cyril recently posted..Feeds on the Brain
I was following thousands of blogs, too. But then when GFC was going away, I cleaned up 75% of them. It was hard work, but I did it bits at a time, so I didn’t feel as bad. This time, if feedburner goes away, I don’t plan to do anything. It’s just too much work!
Jessica recently posted..5 Things I Wish I Didn’t Do as a First-Time Parent
girl i’m finally down to where i need to add blogs in. yay for me!
I just have to do ‘subscribe by email’ and – like you mentioned – the wp rss feed that comes in different flavors like RSS, RSS2 and Atom. I’ve got a feeling there’s going to be a worpress specially for rss feeds (There are some available) with richer content and related post segments in the RSS feed.
We’ll see.
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well i’m using the wordpress rss feed, but i’ve hooked up the subscribe via email through mailchimp. i just didn’t want to trust wordpress.com with the email subscribers since it’s the force behind the native “subscribe by email”.
I will be interested to see how it goes! I would love to set up my Google Reader just so too!
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i’m actually at the stage where i need to add blogs in now. yay! and there’s a new post up about what i did with my feed. http://afterbedtimeblog.com/wp/leaving-feedburner