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10-10-2008, 09:34
I was exchanging ideas with some other bloggers the other day. We were trying to work out why blogs don't seem to do so well in the UK - on the whole they just don't seem to gather the large readership of many US blogs, nor do they seem to generate the interaction or discussion in the comments, nor do the UK blog directories do so well.

One hypothesis was that the whole RSS (Really Simple Syndication) thing had passed Brits by.
Really Simple Syndication essentially means easy sharing ...

RSS enables you to subscribe to a blog, then using a service such as Google Reader be informed every time there's a new Post in that blog.

Typically you will see a small orange square (http://www.feedicons.com/) with waves in it indicating that the blog or page you are viewing provides a feed that you can subscribe to.

Google Reader (other readers are available) allows you to bring together all the blogs that you are interested in following and then sit down and have a good catch up in one session with all your favourite blog writers ... (i.e. you do not need to visit the blog sites to read the latest posts, any new posts that you have not read are simply presented in your Reader).

So, did you know?

Do you use a Reader?

Poll attached.
Matt
13-10-2008, 14:37
Google reader all the way for me :)
steve
15-10-2008, 15:20
I know about RSS but I don't use it. I just don't have the time to find the blogs to subscribe to.
Tom
22-10-2008, 14:33
I had no idea about RSS and have no need for it. I cant fit enough into my day as it is.
Echocomputers
30-10-2008, 17:20
it built into outlook 2007
Thanet Star
05-11-2008, 20:45
One of the big differences between the US and UK blogs is that some are written by austraians (like ProBlogger). Aside from that we Brits have yet to master the ideas of reach, hook or emotional entaglement each of these (by one way or another) are basics for your yank blogger. This is because the publishing and TV industry has been overpopulated for so long that those that make it are *very* good at what they do and for them it is a science (don't believe me - visit copy blogger sometime) but for us it's a hobby.