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Testing FeedBurner Email Service

September 18th, 2006

Well, I can say that I’m very happy with the switch of my blog feed to FeedBurner. I get to see a much clearer picture of who my “subscribers” are, and I also get a lot of features to play with on my feed. I’m not going to activate or use them all just yet, but some of them do sound intriguing. One that I am going to test out is the Email Subscription Service. Over on my sidebar (currently on the right), I’ve placed a Subscribe section. If you don’t use an RSS feed reader (also called news aggregator), such as Bloglines or Newsgator or even My Yahoo, then you can be notified of new posts via e-mail.

I think this is good for people that just don’t want to take the plunge to use a feed reader. If you are a person that doesn’t regularly check web sites or use the Internet, then this is definitely for you. However, if you are using the Internet as part of your daily routine, then you really need to check out a feed reader. I highly recommend Bloglines, but there are a variety of others that might suit your taste.

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