This document provides an overview of blogs and RSS feeds. It defines what a blog is, its key characteristics like frequent updates and reverse chronological order. It explains what RSS feeds are and why they are useful for keeping up with frequently updated websites. It also describes how to add feeds to a news aggregator like Bloglines or Google Reader using the feed URL. Finally, it provides some tips for using features of news aggregators and strategies for finding blogs of interest on a topic.

1. Blogging:beyond the basics Kathryn Paul Chris Smith April 2007

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8. From Bloglines 1. Click on Add 2. Go to Subscribe 3. Copy the url to blog or feed url (Ctrl C) 4. Subscribe 5. Go to Options 6. Choose Folder (if appropriate 7. Subscribe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7