I explored Topix, Syndic8 and Technorati. I also tried to view Feedster but it was down. Of the three I found Topix to be the hardest to use. There was too much information on the main page and much of it did not pertain to any interests of mine, personally or professionally. I decided to do a search for “style” to see if that would work better. The hits for this search were not relevant to me, for example “Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style” was one result. This search also brought up a few tags that were inappropriate.
This made me feel that this site would not be a good one to use at work. In Syndic8 I liked the clear headings and the “newest” sections. On a side note, I also enjoy the name of this site. The use of displaying random feeds was a nice try but I feel that it is executed better at Technorati .
My favorite of the three was Technorati. I felt that the scrolling homepage was a nice feature, and it drew me to blogs on topics I would not have searched for on my own, but still find interesting. On yesterday’s posting I discussed how I have not found RSS feeds that reflect the types of information I typically access online for fun. Technorati proved me wrong, and even contained an RSS Feed to blogs about Facebook in the right hand tool bar. I also found it easy to access a blog related to style here. Because this one was so easy to search and access I would definitely use it first when looking for new RSS feeds for both work and play.
This made me feel that this site would not be a good one to use at work. In Syndic8 I liked the clear headings and the “newest” sections. On a side note, I also enjoy the name of this site. The use of displaying random feeds was a nice try but I feel that it is executed better at Technorati .
My favorite of the three was Technorati. I felt that the scrolling homepage was a nice feature, and it drew me to blogs on topics I would not have searched for on my own, but still find interesting. On yesterday’s posting I discussed how I have not found RSS feeds that reflect the types of information I typically access online for fun. Technorati proved me wrong, and even contained an RSS Feed to blogs about Facebook in the right hand tool bar. I also found it easy to access a blog related to style here. Because this one was so easy to search and access I would definitely use it first when looking for new RSS feeds for both work and play.
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