I've been noticing over time that I have a lot of subscribers to my content on Friendfeed. That's cool, but now that I look at the service, there's a lot it can aggregate, including the items I mark as shared in Google Reader, my RSS reader of choice. What I can't figure out is how to tie the two together!...

Continue reading about How do I add my Google Reader shared items to my Friendfeed account?

This might be the last idiotic question you'll see for the next twelve months, but I still find myself bookmarking weblogs so i can go back and read them again. I have an RSS reader configured, but don't know how to subscribe to blogs. I use Firefox: is there a shortcut?...

Continue reading about How do I subscribe to a blog's RSS feed with Firefox?

I love your site. I learn a great deal from you. But I am stumped and need some help: I publish a small blog that I hope to monetize. With blogs I subscribe to, I like to read the content in a feed reader and rarely click through to a site. I would like to insert my own banner ads in my feed but have not figured out a good way to do so. I...

Continue reading about How do I monetize my blog's RSS feed readers?

Okay, I'm dabbling with Google Reader and am finding it pretty cool except for one big issue: every time I start up the program I have to read their "helpful hints" and am forced to click on "All Items" to see my news. Surely there's a solution?...

Continue reading about How do I change the default page view in Google Reader?

With all the new technology coming fast and furious - RSS, video blogging, mobile advertising - is it wise for me to jump into any of these technologies for my affiliate site or should I wait for wide adoption of a strong few? In other words, do I need all that tech on my site?...

Continue reading about What new technologies should I incorporate into my online store?

I'm kinda stuck, Dave. I really want to learn how to really focus my blog efforts so I can gain more business advantage, but I haven't been inspired yet. Worse, I am stuck out in the boonies and don't have any Internet folk or bloggers in the area who can help me advance. So, help, what do I do?...

Continue reading about I need help from an expert on how to focus my blog?

I just read about a new blog for money service with the exceptionally weird name of CREAMaid. What's it about, how does it work, and can I really make a few bucks signing up for its service? Thanks!...

Continue reading about Can I make money blogging with CREAMaid?

Dave, I'm impressed! My review of Growing Your Business with Google hadn't been up for much longer than an hour before you had already commented on it -- and posted the review on your own website. (Embarrassingly before I corrected a few typos in my own article.) You have this blogging thing down to a science! Which leads me to my question: What secret weapon (or weapons) do you use to keep so up-to-date on...

Continue reading about How do I keep track of blogosphere buzz?

Ever since you recommended it at a conference a while back, I've been a big fan of NewsGator Online as my RSS reader. As you said, being able to catch up on my feeds from any Web browser anywhere in the world is darn convenient. However, there's a dark cloud: I have been using various "smart searches" to keep track of our company, our competitors, my wife, etc., and find that I get the same...

Continue reading about Does NewsGator Online support sophisticated search patterns?

I own a small web design and e-commerce development company and I am reading your Growing Your Business With Google book and I am completely convinced that for our business to prosper all of our employees have to become better experts of the type of information you discuss in your book. The only issue, as you have stated in your book, this business is always changing. My question is what can myself and my staff...

Continue reading about How do I keep up with changes in my industry?

I've been really getting into this whole blogging phenomenon, thanks in part to your business blog, actually, but now I want to have some of the people on my team able to keep track of what I write about without them having to learn how to work with an RSS reader. My flash of genius: is there a toolbar I can install on their browsers a la the Google toolbar that would give them a...

Continue reading about Are there any free RSS toolbars?

I'm pretty clued into computing, but when I read your weblog, I have to admit that I'm a bit baffled by some of the things you talk about. Specifically, can you please tell me two basic things: what's a URL and what's a blog, and then explain to me both what "spillover pagerank" is and what a subdomain is too? Thanks!!...

Continue reading about Jargon question: URLs, blogs, spillover pagerank, etc.?

Should I adjust the blog I write for my company so it appears correctly when accessed via RSS readers? Is there a standard format in which the layout and content is delivered to RSS readers that I can use to ensure that my blog appears the way I want?...

Continue reading about Should we tweak our blog so it generates a valid RSS feed?

I really like how you have your weblog Ask Dave Taylor split into a question on the home page and an answer on the subsequent permanent page for that entry. I want to do something like that for my own weblog too, with the first paragraph or two on the home page and the rest of the article 'continued' on a subsequent page. I'm using SixApart's TypePad, however. is that doable?...

Continue reading about How do I split my Typepad entries into two parts?

Dave, I just logged in to my Google Gmail account and am rather confused by this new Customize Clips feature that's atop my mailbox now. What's the story with that, what does it do, and how do I use it effectively?...

Continue reading about What are Gmail Web Clips?

My weblog is now showing up on Feedster, but it has a dumb "i" icon rather than my logo or something else cool and eye-catching. I want to change it, but I have to claim my blog? What's that all about and how do I do it?...

Continue reading about How do I claim my blog on Feedster?

I've been using NewsGator Online based on your recommendation, and so far I really like it. Except I subscribed to an RSS feed from a site and I really don't like what the author has to say and would like to delete or unsubscribe from that feed. How do I do that in NewsGator Online?...

Continue reading about How do I delete an RSS feed in NewsGator Online?

Dave, I'm very excited! Finally, Google's unveiled its blog search system, called, ingeniously enough Google Blog Search, and I want to learn all about how to use it. You ready to take on that challenge?...

Continue reading about How do I use Google Blog Search?

I've just heard from some friends that MSN Search now lets me look through RSS feeds to find information, in addition to its regular search capabilities? Very cool, but how do I do it?...

Continue reading about Does MSN Search work with RSS web feeds?

Dave, I have an executive placement, coaching and consulting business in the Chicago market. In an effort to market and brand myself better I have launched a blog, but I'm unclear what I need to do to get more traffic and exposure to my blog. What do you suggest?...

Continue reading about How do I get more traffic to my blog?