Beware of the Post Feed Redirect URL Setting!

Blog Feeds are used to deliver blog updates to subscribers. The new Layout Blog Templates contain a big "Subscribe to Posts : Atom" link at the bottom of the post. However it is better to put a big orange RSS feed icon at the top of the sidebar to attract subscribers.When Google bought Feedburner Blogger introduced a new setting in the Settings--->Site Feed subtab : The Post Feed Redirect URL (

Calling all Newbie Bloggers!

Welcome to 2009 and your spanking new blog you created at Blogger.com.  Photo by Ben30 What are the next steps you should follow to make blogging an instantaneous and painless experience? How to be a successful blogger using only point and click and some fast keyboarding? Here are some fast tips for the ultra n00b................   The first thing when creating a blog is to select a short

Count Your Blog Feed Subscribers.

Google Webmaster Tools has now introduced a count of your feed subscribers : Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Subscriber stats and more.Previously if you needed to count how many subscribers you had you needed to channel your feed through Feedburner. At present only a count is available and only of those subscribers using Google services like Google Reader, iGoogle and Orkut.The interface

Feedburner Chicklet and Headline Animator.

You can modify the feedburner chicklet to display the colors you want in your blog. You can also tweak the code to change the text displayed. You can display the Headline Animator as your Blog Header. You will then have your header display the rotating headlines of your posts displayed in the blog header..........MODIFYING THE FEEDBURNER CHICKLETFirst you will have to register at Feedburner

List Count Your Bloglines Feed Subscribers.

Do you want to find how many people read your blog feed through Bloglines? Blogger does not have a method of telling you how any people read your blog feeds. For more information on Blog feeds see What is Subscribe to Posts. If you channel your feeds through Feedburner as shown in Feedburner and Blog feeds you can find out by going to your feedburner account but that does not give you the