After doing some testing of both Bloglines and GReader over the past week or so, I still think Google Reader is better.
UPDATE: Google Reader has added search capability. More info: – Google Blog – Matt Cutts – Tech Crunch -
UPDATE: The future of the Google Reader – Tech Crunch: Google May Add Comment Feature On Shared Reader Feeds
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How To Subscribe To Midas Oracle:
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You can subscribe for free to any of the Midas Oracle feeds by adding its URL to your PC-based or Web-based feed reader.
I recommend reading a blog within a feed reader and I recommend Google Reader (a Web-based feed reader). The alternative way of reading a blog is to check its website everyday for updates, which is tedious (since most of us like to read many blogs).
YouTube Video: A great video explainer on why and how to subscribe to blogs
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Feed Reader Tips
- Recommended: Read your feed items starting with the oldest items.
- Google Reader: Click on “View settings” and select “Sort by oldest”.
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For people who want to read all the Midas Oracle blog posts within their feed reader:
Site Feed – Posts Only
http://www.midasoracle.org/feed/
Subscribe to the Midas Oracle site feed via Google Reader
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For people who, additionally, want to read the comments within their feed reader:
Sub-Site Feed – Comments Only
http://www.midasoracle.org/comments/feed/
Subscribe to the Midas Oracle comment feed via Google Reader
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For people who don’t want to read all the Midas Oracle blog posts, but only the selected pieces:
Sub-Site Feed – Best Posts Only
http://www.midasoracle.org/category/all-best-posts-ever/feed/
Subscribe to the Midas Oracle selection feed via Google Reader
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For people who want to read all the Midas Oracle blog posts, but not Chris Masse’s ones:
Sub-Site Feed – Guest Authors Only
http://www.midasoracle.org/category/all-guest-authorss-posts/feed/
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For people who want to read only a small part of the Midas Oracle content, there are two other types of sub-site feeds:
Sub-Site Feed – Post Category
Sub-Site Feed – Author
Snatch the URLs at Archives and Authors and add “feed/” at the end.
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Web-based feed readers: Google Reader, BlogLines, iGoogle (with the Google Reader module), NetVibes, etc.
PC-based feed readers: browsers (MicroSoft Internet Explorer 7+, Mozilla FireFox), browser extensions (Sage with Mozilla CSS, or Wizz), cross-platform and open-source software (RSS Owl, Blog Bridge), etc. Parameter your feed reader so that it fetches the site feed once an hour, no more.
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Next: You can now search for PREDICTION MARKETS within your Google Reader.
UPDATE: A great video explainer on why and hoe to subscribe to blogs
Google Reader plays embedded audio files. Not yet video files —well, at least not in my old PC. (I will buy a new one soon…)
Google Reader does embedded video, too. At least it works on all my computers.
OK. I really need to upgrade my PC.
To refresh the Google Reader, I simply hit the “Refresh” button in my browser.
I don’t dislike PC-based feed readers, but Google Reader, because it is based on the Web, offers interesting functionalities that a reader in local can’t do. For instance, it creates a blog made up of all the items I read.
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/12716667927703060942
Not sure it is useful to other people to see what Chris Masse has read recently, but that’s an example of a functionality that only a Web-based application can do.