I think there is still A LOT of people out there that do not know about subscribing to blogs. In order to understand this concept, you first need to know that there are things called newsreaders out there. Let’s say that you read several blogs every day. A newsreader takes all of those blogs and lists them on the side and then shows you which ones have new posts. To read the posts, you simply click on their title and they show up in the same window. You do not have to go to each blog and check for new ones, the newsreader does it all for you. There are several newsreaders out there. Some you use online (such as Bloglines and Google Reader) and others are programs you install on your computer. I personally use a free Mac program called Vienna and I love it.
What does this have to do with the price of tea in China? If you look in the upper right of the screen, just above the search field, you will see I have added a new little gadget that shows you how many people subscribe to this blog. Not many. You can change this. Right now. Click on that sucker and go to town!
Thanks to Ryan Healy (again) for making me aware of this gadget. He wrote a post on how his readership has been rising ever since he installed a similar gadget on his blog.
Chris O’Byrne
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www.peacefulbirder.com
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Hi Chris - there are newsreaders and subscriptions. Subscriptions get delivered to your email - which I prefer. Others prefer to log online and use newsreaders.
~ Diane Clancy
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