2 Tricks to Keep Your Online Reading Manageable

As you can imagine, I do a LOT of online reading, across hundreds of sites and blogs. To manage it all, I do 2 things:



I use Google Reader, which is an RSS reader. See
here to learn how and why to use it, for free.

I use the PostRank extension for Google Reader.
PostRank helps me see which posts are most popular (and perhaps important) for me
to read/review.



Here's what my Google Reader looks like WITHOUT PostRank.



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And here's what it looks like WITH PostRank.



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Additional tips




Many professionals use RSS readers (and/or Twitter) to keep on top of important online
posts & articles. This makes your article/post headlines incredibly important!


You can use Google Reader as a social networking & conversation tool by following
what other people share/comment on in the Reader. (See Guy
Gonzalez up there in "People I Follow"!)



You can add Twitter feeds to Google Reader, too. (Just paste in the Twitter user URL
into the subscription feed box, e.g., http://twitter.com/janefriedman.)

Keep up with my Shared
Items even if you don't use Google Reader.






Do you have any tips to share to streamline online reading? Leave them in the comments!



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