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#1. Here’s how to extract feed stats from the Google Reader.

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#2. Here’s who to extract feed stats from the daily raw logs (so as to track Google Reader, BlogLines, NetVibes, NewsGator, PageFlakes, My Yahoo!, Rojo, Pluck, etc.).

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The picture above shows the number of feed subscribers for the Google Reader (and iGoogle), but if you browse the whole daily raw logs, you will spot the numbers from all the other Web-based feed readers —but not for the PC-based feed readers, alas.

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External Links: Search Engine Land on RSS stats + Google Reader Blog on RSS stats + Google Reader Help on RSS stats

NEXT: Blogging Software = Freedom to write in any form and shape you want

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