hey everyone! (happy december!!)
yesterday i was messin around with my blog, just cleaning things up on the main navigation bar and such.
i thought i’d try to use feedburner to make it easier for folks to subscribe, because i like using it on others’ blogs. so but well, previously i had used my host’s RSS subscription set up and they had it so peeps could subscribe to my content as well as my comments. im not sure why they do it that way, cause i dont see a MAIN subscription for comments on most other blogs. maybe because the level of blog hosting i pay for doesnt include the ability for people to subscribe to comments from a specific post? i’m not sure :(
anyhoo, i made two feeds on my feedburner account—one for my content and one for my comments. it doesnt seem to be working as far as stats, tho it appears the actual subscribing works. i dont know! lol! im sure there’s something simple im missing. anyone have any suggestions or just general info about stuff like that? i just wanna have the right up-to-date tools on my page without being all cluttered up.
i guess another thing is the “you comment, i follow” thing. i dont quite understand it all. ive read some stuff about it, but its just not clicking in my newbish brain ;) there’s too much techie language and i cant get past that *lol* when someone leaves a comment on my blog, they can enter their URL, but once the comment is complete it’s not a direct link back to their site ,but instead one to mine and then it lists theirs.
to me, that doesnt seem like theyre getting any benefit from commenting! i just wanna make sure those who comment on my blog get their linky love! (and speaking of, i’m actually a little foggy on the link love, too! oh, the shame. does it have to do with google ranking or technorati authority or what?)
i’ve been a little afraid i chose the wrong blogging host and its just not newbie-user-friendly enough for me. but then again, maybe i just need to study up!? HELP!
oh yeah, and how do you get those kewl little tags at the end of your post for digg, technorati, etc…? is it simply a CSS thing or whatever that you have to add to your style sheet? cause i dont know how to do that. LOL. is it redundant to have them in your sidebar AND at the end of your posts?
one last thing…google reader. is it just me, or did they change it or something last week? i cant seem to be able to add a subscription manually anymore, but instead am forced to use some button i had to drag to my toolbar. this is an issue cause now i cant seem to add, for example, speedcat hollydale, to my reader—it says it cant find a feed!? if i click his subscribe button, it takes me to my yahoo (should i just be using yahoo? is that the problem? lol.). previously, i was able to go my google reader page and simply type in ANY URL. *CRIES* i dont get it!!
so, if someone could please enlighten me on the whole reader scene i would be forEVer grateful!
FYI for all you whom i have subscribed to (which is pretty much anyone on whose site i comment!), i simply use the reader to find out when you have posted something new. then i always GO TO YOUR BLOG and read up! that way you get the satisfaction of another hit :D plus, i’d just rather “feel the ambience” of the page you’ve created to express yourself. maybe that doesnt matter, but i personally think its a nice thing to do. hehe. i suppose its like going to a friend’s house to see them instead of just emailing or something, right? RIGHT! =D
okay my brain hurts now :\ hehe. i’ll watch for your educational comments *crosses fingers*…and i’ll check in tomorrow for Simple Sundays!!
have a superiffic saturday :) im putting up my christmas tree today!!
~jos~
ooohhh p.s. i just had to post this, it made me giggle. i love kitty commentators! i just imagine this one whispering, with a British accent. LOL!!
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isn't just plain crazy? I cant understand all of either, and then its even more difficult to explain it through just typing it because it is easier to just tell someone other then typing it, keep me updated if you happen to figure anything out, and Happy Holidays !!!
ReplyDeletehi terry :) yes, it IS crazy. however, i'm pretty new to all the blingo (LOL), so hopefully over the next few months i can somehow familiarize myself with the important stuff. i'll definitely let you know if i receive any clarity! haha!
ReplyDeletehappy holidays to you, too, and thanks as always for stopping in :)
oh my heck (how's that utah slang treating you?) - you are over my head. you sound like an oldbie to me. i have only a slight idea of what you're referring to. i do use GoogleReader but not as much anymore since I also like to make my "appearnance" on a site instead of just a ping (which incidentally it does do - it just doesn't tell you "who" was there like it does when you pop in using BlogCatalog or BlogLog). As for that other junk, good luck!
ReplyDeleteohmyheck, huh? i like that, amy! hehe!! i'll have to add that to my regional slang repertoire (not that i have much of one. hahha.).
ReplyDeletehmmm well maybe i'm not as newbish as i think i am...maybe all the peeps out there who appear smarty-farty really have had someone else spiff up their blogsites so it makes them look good? LOL! oh well i guess as long as my own site is halfway readable then i'm good to go. it would just be nice to know some of the extra-techy stuff as an added bonus :) (patience, patience and practice makes perfect i spose!)
so, for now, i'll continue using GR as just a source to let me know when my fave peeps have posted something new! i check it often. hehe :D