Blog Tipz

Countless times I find myself wishing that I had subscribed to, bookmarked, or simply written down a resource, well-designed/inspirational blog, or any site that I wanted to view later. I see this as a large problem that many of us face, due to the large number of sites out there, but with the lack of time that everyone shares.

There are some tips that I want to share to help you ensure that you don’t get into this situation as often, and can also help the owners of the sites know that you are really interested in their content and work.

1. When browsing, take notes (with paper or in a text document) about the site that you have found interesting. This is similar to bookmarking, but you are given more options, such as more notes about the site.
2. Ask others. Find out what sites others are looking at and then you might be able to find a site that you have been looking for. Ideally, this shouldn’t be the case, but you have to accept that you probably like at least a few sites that are categorized as “top” in their own respective niches.
3. Subscribe to all. Whenever you find something interesting, it is quite easy to subscribe to the site. For example, there are bookmarklets (bookmark buttons that reside in your bookmarks bar) that allow you to bookmark/share/save your favorite sites to online services, including your feed reader. You have to be aware that feeds can quickly add up and you will need to go through and organize them after a period.

In lieu of all these options, there are other ways to remember sites that you visit. However, these are the primary ones and should be focused on. It can be difficult to go through your history, especially if it has been deleted recently.

RSS can help you in other ways, including allowing you to “star” your favorite posts by a particular blog author, save and view all the posts of a blog, even when you are offline, and easily share posts with others using your feed reader.

The most important aspect of all this to remember is that there is really no limit as to how many sites you become a member of, subscribe to, or bookmark. As long as you have the time or desire to visit them sometime in the future, it won’t be hard to focus on remembering the sites that are worth visiting.

After all, the site owner benefits through increased Twitter followers, blog subscribers, direct traffic, and new readership.