Build A Blog You Can Be Proud Of.Keeping track of other bloggers
I LOVE to read other blogs. In fact I find myself spending more time reading other’s blogs than writing my own!
This winter, when I started seriously blogging, I needed a way to streamline how I kept up on my blog reading. Now, I know that I could subscribe to blog readers, but I really like actually visiting blogs to read them.
So, I came up with a way to do just that!
Making Folders
One day while I was straightening up my bookmarks in my Favorites bar I realized that I could create folders in my favorites bar.
The first folder I created was called Daily2Read. These are the blogs like Blogelina that I want to check daily for new and inspiring blog posts!
For a few weeks I would open this folder and systematically open each website and read any updates.
Then one day I saw at the very bottom of the folder, “open in tabs”. So, I clicked on it!
Opening a series of tabs at once!
Poof! It took a few minutes to load, but ALL my favorite blogs were opened in separate tabs!
Now I make it a habit to “open in tabs” all my favorite blogs before I take the kids to the bus. When I get back home I can quickly read and close each tab.
Streamlining blogging challenges
As a blogger I also like to participate in challenges like Blogelina’s 100 comments challenge.
Using the same folder method, I put new bloggers I am in a current challenge with in a folder.
That makes it easy for me to read all of their blogs during the challenge and interact with comments.
Blogging is a fun and time consuming job. I hope these tips give you more commenting time!
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I bookmark my favorite blogs too, sorted into categories (Wife & Mom Blogs, Writer Blogs, Photography Blogs, etc.). I rotate them and make sure that they get displayed as part of my blogroll once in a while. Makes it very easy to check for updates when they’re on my blogroll sidebar.
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Great tip with the sidebar!
I am so happy to be sharing here on Blogelina!
Thanks!
Lisa
Those are great tips! I had thought of trying to make a Pinterest board for all the blogs I like but Pinterest and productivity don’t exactly go hand in hand (for me, anyway!).
I can relate to that, Jean – so many distractions!
I use Google Reader. You can make as many groups as you want to, and GR lets you know when a link has a new post (so you don’t have to keep visiting URLs to see if there’s something new). Works GREAT for me!
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Does it take you to their site? I used to use readers, but as a blogger I want to be able to see how my bloggy friends blogs are updated and their flow.
I glean so much from visiting certain blogs everyday. More than any class could teach me.
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This is a great idea. I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it before. I use bloglovin for most of mine but it takes so long loading each one that I’ve been wanting to just go to each seperately. This should help. Thanks.
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This came right on time for me. Thanks for sharing!
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Any ideas on how to organize like this if you’re using an Android tablet? It doesn’t look the same as the pictures above.
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