Here’s one “old” way to read blogs:

1. Find a blog you like
2. Bookmark the page
3. Frequently remember to check that bookmark to read the new entries

If the blog which interests you has an email subscription box (see top right for this blog right here), you may be able to enter your email. In which case, every time there is a new post, an email will be sent to you which you will ignore because you are already getting too much email.

When you start to track dozens of blogs, neither way works well.

Here’s the “new” way to read blogs:

1. Go to bloglines.com
2. Create an account (believe you me, it’ll be one of the most useful websites you’ll ever find)
3. “Subscribe” to the blog(s) which you want to keep up with. You can create folders to categorize them.

Advantages:

1. No more email inbox clutter
2. It becomes much easier to track many blogs, as next to each of the blogs there is a number which lets you know how many new entries there have been since your last visit.
3. Very efficient: by scanning the summary of the listed blog entries, you only need to go to the actual blog page if you want to read the full entry.

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