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Organized Your Google Reader Lately? You Should.

Over the weekend I finally did something I’ve been meaning to do for a while now, which was to organize my Google Reader feeds. The problem I had was that I was trying to follow over 50 blogs and other miscellaneous feeds but there was no organization to it. Some feeds were much more important to me than others but I hadn’t made it easy on myself to get to the preferred feeds quickly. I’ve known for some time that Google Reader allows you to create folders so it was time to give it a shot. I created the following for my use:

  • Top 5 - The top five blogs I read to stay aware of what’s going on in new media marketing. These are Seth Godin’s blog, Mashable, TechCrunch, TechMeme, and Mitch Joel’s Six Pixels blog.
  • Friends - Blogs that my friends write.
  • My Stuff - Anything I do that has an RSS feed.
  • Clients - Blogs and anything else I’m monitoring for clients including some Technorati feeds and Tweetscan feeds.
  • Everything Else - Catchall for anything I want to check in with from time to time.

So far it’s been great. I find myself using Reader more now than before. A nice little surprise for me was that Google will aggregate all the feeds from a single folder so I can quickly see what’s new from my Friends blogs for instance. I should have done this a while back but I’m glad it’s set up now!

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8 Responses to “Organized Your Google Reader Lately? You Should.”

  1. bob Says:
    June 18th, 2008 at 11:29 am

    As I was organizing my google reader - this post popped up into it - go figure :)

  2. billseaver Says:
    June 18th, 2008 at 11:53 am

    Thanks Bob. That’s funny…and yet you needed it least!

  3. Kim Says:
    June 19th, 2008 at 8:04 am

    I just recently discovered Google Reader… it’s truly a gem. I will be taking your advice and organizing soon. It does get a little overwhelming when there is no organization.

  4. billseaver Says:
    June 19th, 2008 at 9:30 am

    Great to know Kim. You’ll be glad to have it organized.

  5. Mitch Joel - Twist Image Says:
    June 20th, 2008 at 4:32 am

    thanks for keep me in such high regard Bill… I’m honored :)

  6. billseaver Says:
    June 20th, 2008 at 7:05 am

    Thanks Mitch. Keep up the good work.

  7. HeyStephanie Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 10:49 pm

    Great advice, I’ll be implementing this strategy later this week. So far, I have 31 subscriptions which isn’t bad but Mashable puts out a ton of new posts in a day it clogs up my reader.

  8. billseaver Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 7:03 am

    Thanks Stephanie. Yes, Mashable and a few others like that can absolutely overwhelm you with information. They’re the type of blogs that turn us into headline scanners rather than readers. Thanks for the comment.

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