Aggregator
Full vs. Partial Feeds
I just wrote up a post I’m pretty proud of over at Burning Questions. It’s specifically about the full vs. partial feed debate, but from a different perspective than most discussions on the topic. Specifically, I looked at the likelihood of partial feeds generating clickthroughs (low), the ability to increase clickthroughs by adding FeedFlare, and, […]
Shared items
The pace continues to accelerate here in FeedBurner-land, so I’ve been pretty slack in posting to the blog. I know, I know – you didn’t miss me! – but it still feels odd to be out of the habit of posting and then face the inevitable writer’s block when I sit down to post.
But there’s […]
How engaged is your audience?
Really excited with the latest post we put up today at the company blog: FeedBurner’s View of the Feed Market. The gist of the post is this: for all the attention focused on subscriber numbers, they’re an incomplete metric to use when evaluating a feed’s audience. What good are a million subscribers if they never […]
Google Reader feature request
I really enjoy using Google Reader as my online feed reader. But I just realized I wanted to do something that isn’t currently supported. Not sure whether this needs to be baked into the Google Reader code, or is doable via a Greasemonkey script: I want to be able to expand a feed (or a […]
Trying Google Reader
I’ve been trying Google Reader for the last couple weeks, and I really like it. The interface is very clean, and it’s taken very little time to get used to as my primary feed reading app. There’s also a mobile version, which renders very quickly on my Treo.
One nice feature is the ‘share’ button at […]
Outlook 2007 and RSS support
As I mentioned last night, I downloaded the Office 2007 beta 2 and have been using it today to see how it works. Outlook’s support for feeds is pretty interesting, so I thought I’d give a run-down on my initial reactions. More after the jump.
FeedDemon 2.0 beta rocks
Saw Brad’s comment that he was excited about the FeedDemon 2.0 beta, so I decided to give it a try (I’ve been using the prior beta, 1.6, for several months). It is, in a word, incredible. The updated UI is a dramatic improvement over what was already a clean, usable interface. Now it’s incredibly powerful, […]
Replacing my aggregator
I’m looking to replace my current aggregator, NewzCrawler. It’s become a CPU hog, often consuming every CPU cycle to the point that my XP system becomes unstable. Here’s my list of requirements:
Stability. I’m not looking to become a beta tester for another app. I want something that works. Movable Type integration. If I see something in […]
NewzCrawler as Aggregator
In making the switch from Radio to Movable Type, I needed to find a replacement for my News Aggregator. I tried several – including Amphetadesk and NewsGator – before deciding on NewzCrawler.
Some of the key features that make NewzCrawler a superior aggregator over the others:
RSS Autodiscovery. It serves as an agent that monitors websites I’m […]
NewzCrawler
Look out world, Ernie’s out testing software. Sounds like NewzCrawler deserves a look:
News Aggregating – a call for input – okay I’ve played with NewzCrawler enough to know that this is a much more flexible tool for reading blogs and gathering news. First, as I said it allows me to have a folder organized with […]
