Comments on: Making a del.icio.us blog with FeedBurner http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html Tech' views that are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself... Wed, 23 May 2012 06:51:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Clare Swindlehurst http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-6362 Clare Swindlehurst Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:43:03 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-6362 Thank you so much for posting this. I have just spent an hour trying to work out how to add a delicious feed to feedburner - this solved the problem in two clicks! Thank you so much for posting this. I have just spent an hour trying to work out how to add a delicious feed to feedburner - this solved the problem in two clicks!

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-1888 David Bradley Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:01:20 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-1888 Fair enough! Like I say, I do see the pros, but just from a personal point of view I want to read your blog posts when I read your feed (I mean that most broadly of course, not just referring to BBT) rather than from other sources that I may already subscribe to myself. And yes, it's always worth thinking about the don't make me think mantra. db Fair enough! Like I say, I do see the pros, but just from a personal point of view I want to read your blog posts when I read your feed (I mean that most broadly of course, not just referring to BBT) rather than from other sources that I may already subscribe to myself. And yes, it’s always worth thinking about the don’t make me think mantra.

db

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-1887 Wayne Smallman Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:57:08 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-1887 Hi David, I write four articles a week, which when compared to a lot of the major websites out there isn't even close to what they churn out in terms of raw content. I'm giving my readers a pool of related content that feel bolsters and often adds value to what I write about. These are often the very articles I cite as sources, so I don't see how these articles don't reflect what my 'blog is about. The whole point of linking my del.icio.us feeds into my FeedBurner account is because they <em>do</em><em> reflect the themes of my 'blog. Also, having a second feed will only confuse matters. Sometimes, offering a choice is an invitation to leave. The mantra is — don't make me think!</em> Hi David, I write four articles a week, which when compared to a lot of the major websites out there isn’t even close to what they churn out in terms of raw content.

I’m giving my readers a pool of related content that feel bolsters and often adds value to what I write about.

These are often the very articles I cite as sources, so I don’t see how these articles don’t reflect what my ‘blog is about.

The whole point of linking my del.icio.us feeds into my FeedBurner account is because they do reflect the themes of my ‘blog.

Also, having a second feed will only confuse matters. Sometimes, offering a choice is an invitation to leave.

The mantra is — don’t make me think!

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-1886 David Bradley Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:43:58 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-1886 I think it just means that your newsfeed is not really reflecting your blog if it's interspersed with deli.icio.us or some other material. Couldn't someone just subscribe to the feed for that if they're interested? I know that's an extra step and all. However, the fact that people are reading those links you point to in the extra feed also means they're not necessarily visiting your site and not necessarily remembering that's where they found the link. It is just a personal preference though and I'll eat my words when I spot something I couldn't have lived without in your del.icio.us list next time I fire up Google Reader ;-) db I think it just means that your newsfeed is not really reflecting your blog if it’s interspersed with deli.icio.us or some other material. Couldn’t someone just subscribe to the feed for that if they’re interested? I know that’s an extra step and all. However, the fact that people are reading those links you point to in the extra feed also means they’re not necessarily visiting your site and not necessarily remembering that’s where they found the link.

It is just a personal preference though and I’ll eat my words when I spot something I couldn’t have lived without in your del.icio.us list next time I fire up Google Reader ;-)

db

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-1885 Wayne Smallman Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:17:32 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-1885 I suppose it's all about personal preference and choice. When I look at the numbers for the articles that are being read via my FeedBurner account, I can see that my subscribers are reading a lot of my bookmarked articles on del.icio.us — thus me offering up this idea in the first place! If your numbers vary, or show signs of people not reading your stuff, then it's maybe as well to stop... I suppose it’s all about personal preference and choice.

When I look at the numbers for the articles that are being read via my FeedBurner account, I can see that my subscribers are reading a lot of my bookmarked articles on del.icio.us — thus me offering up this idea in the first place!

If your numbers vary, or show signs of people not reading your stuff, then it’s maybe as well to stop…

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-1884 David Bradley Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:50:19 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/01/making-a-delicious-blog-with-feedburner.html#comment-1884 I dunno Wayne. I can see several benefits, from the reader and blogger viewpoints, but when I subscribe to a blog's newsfeed I want to read the content from that blog rather than follow links to what the blogger is flagging elsewhere, especially if the blogger is then going to write their own post at a later date based on which of those tasty morsels they found turn out to be most popular. I'm sure other people will have the exact opposite view in that they'll prefer to read the del.icio.us morsels and ignore the actual blog posts ;-) db I dunno Wayne. I can see several benefits, from the reader and blogger viewpoints, but when I subscribe to a blog’s newsfeed I want to read the content from that blog rather than follow links to what the blogger is flagging elsewhere, especially if the blogger is then going to write their own post at a later date based on which of those tasty morsels they found turn out to be most popular. I’m sure other people will have the exact opposite view in that they’ll prefer to read the del.icio.us morsels and ignore the actual blog posts ;-)

db

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