Tag Archives: Web-based feed reader

If you want to check the brand-new Midas Oracle comments every 10 minutes, don’t use a Web-based feed reader like Google Reader, do use (for this purpose) a PC-based feed reader (like Sage on FireFox).

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Google Reader fetches our comment feed once an hour or so. Too long for some. Scan this feed explainer, I have listed the PC-based feed readers. You can then decide exactly when to fetch our comment feed —every 10 minutes, … Continue reading →

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A case of advertisement mistaken for content

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Here’s the screen shot of the latest feed item from Felix Salmon’s finance blog (Market Movers) —as I got it in my Google Reader (a Web-based feed reader). Scan it, and then reach below for the remark that I want … Continue reading →

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Do use Google Reader.

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

About feeds: I recommend reading any blog within a Web-based feed reader and I recommend Google Reader. You should be able to scan-read quickly the items within your feed reader —classify them, tag them, share them, and search them. Read … Continue reading →

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Google Reader is a better feed reader than BlogLines.

Posted on September 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Read and Write Web: 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 … Continue reading →

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What is the most popular Web-based feed reader?

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

ANSWER: Google Reader… but BlogLines is a solid #2. Technical Note: The graph above is provided by FeedBurner, circa February 2007. They made another pie chart (“Clicks”), which includes My Yahoo! (which comes as #1). As you all know, My … Continue reading →

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Feed Readers + Blogging Professors + Subscription News Sites

Posted on February 10, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

From Professor Bainbridge dot com (a UCLA law professor, and also an open-minded and Bush43-critic conservative for whom I have the deepest respect): #1. FEED READERS. I renew my advice: read your site feeds with a Web-based feed reader as … Continue reading →

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The Merits of Site Feeds

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

About Tyler Cowen’s rant against RSS —a technology that brings all of the blog posts in one place, called a “feed reader”. #1. Try it. Don’t listen to me or Tyler Cowen. Go to Google Reader (the best “feed reader”), … Continue reading →

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Tom W. Bell blogs less… and wishes visitors turn into subscribers.

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Law professor Tom W. Bell is right: – Blog subscribers who read inside a feed reader don’t mind anymore about publication frequency. Their (PC-based or Web-based) feed reader (which is a piece of software that downloads the feeds) has freed … Continue reading →

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