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How do I find a good newsfeed for South African news?

In preparation for a trip early next year, I want to start reading up on the news and contemporary events in South Africa. Now, is there some general approach to doing this with online tools?...

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How do you stop someone scraping / stealing your blog content?

Hi Dave. I'm a follower of your blog..its wonderful that you answer so many questions. I'm in a trouble and hope you will help me. :-) I have a blog on Blogger. Recently I discovered that whenever I post in...

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How do you keep track of comments in Twitter?

Now that I've learned about Twitter, I want to start monitoring what people are saying about both my company products and those of my competitors. Is there some decent tool to do this? Twitter certainly doesn't have that capability!...

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How do I create my own Google Profile?

I've read about "Google Profiles" and am definitely interested in figuring out how to set up my own profile. I'm still not entirely sure why I'd bother, but can you at least tell me where I'd set one up within...

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

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...

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How do I activate my AT&T Apple iPhone?

I'm psyched by all the hype and enthusiasm and am seriously considering buying a new Apple iPhone when they replenish their stock here in San Francisco, but I'm curious: do I have to go to a Cingular/AT&T store to activate...

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Is the Gmail RSS Feed Secure?

Is it true that it is not secure to subscribing to my Gmail Inbox RSS feed in a RSS reader, say Google Reader or newsgator? I've heard that by doing so everyone can see my e-mails......

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

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...

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Does Digg just dislike Harry Potter?

I have a quick question for you, Dave: I'm trying to bookmark a Web page at The Leaky Cauldron, a Harry Potter website, and Digg refuses to work with it. Does Digg just dislike Harry Potter, or what's going on?...

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How do I customize Kontera contentlink text adverts?

Looks like you've switched from IntelliTXT to Kontera in-line adverts, Dave. But your implementation of Kontera seems to be more targeted than I'm used to seeing on sites. How did you change the link color? How did you avoid having...

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Can I subscribe to reviews from a specific Amazon reviewer?

I'm a big fan of the book reviews that Thomas Duff writes on Amazon.com and was suddenly struck with the question: can I actually get his reviews mailed to me so I can keep up on what he's recommending? For...

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How can I keep track of my favorite musicians?

I live for music and have a ton of different musicians and bands that I want to keep track of. I know I can go to somewhere like Google News + Technorati and create dozens of searches, but, man, it's...

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How can I track blog articles about Neopets?

My daughter is a complete Neopets fanatic and has asked me to help her keep track of what people are saying about neopets in the blogosphere. I tried using NewsGator [see Searching the Blogosphere with NewsGator Online] but its search...

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How do I track the buzz on the Volvo c30 release?

I'm interested in watching how the online world responds to the release of the brand-new Volvo c30 coupe, and am wondering what tools are out there to make it easy to accomplish. I know that I can use something like...

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How can I improve my email newsletter "deliverability"?

I'm in charge of my company's market communication and am getting stuck trying to figure out how to ensure that our email newsletter is actually being delivered to our customers and, more importantly, what changes I could make to my...

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Are there any free RSS toolbars?

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...

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

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...

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How can I add the Ask Dave Taylor RSS feed on my Web site?

I hate to sound like a groupie or something, but I love your site, Dave, and I'd love to be able to include a little box somewhere on my own site that featured your latest entries! Is this doable, and...

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What are Gmail Web Clips?

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...

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How do I delete an RSS feed in NewsGator Online?

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...

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How do I set up my blog for RSS autodiscovery?

I think I have my weblog set up properly, but someone recently emailed me saying that I haven't set it up for "RSS autodiscovery". But I have an RSS feed and I even have a little 'xml' button that links...

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Does MSN Search work with RSS web feeds?

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?...

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Is it dangerous to subscribe to RSS feeds?

Dave, I have read alot about RSS and XML feeds, and I daily use a RSS aggregator to subscribe to and read some feeds of interest to me. My question is: Is there a security risk in using RSS feeds?...

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Subscribe to RSS Webfeed in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)?

I'm running the new Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta and while I'm impressed with all its new features, I have no clue how to work with RSS feeds (Microsoft calls them 'webfeeds', of course) in the browser. Help?...

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How do I subscribe to RSS feeds with Safari?

I've been running Mac OS X Tiger for a while now, and when I encounter Web sites that have RSS feeds available, I've noticed that a blue "RSS" graphic appears in the address bar, but I haven't figured out how...

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How do I use Feedburner for my Blog RSS?

Dave, I've been blogging for a while now - partially thanks to your inspiration with this great site of yours! - and would like to include one of those neat FeedBurner graphics on my site so I can track RSS...

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How do I add Google AdSense to my RSS feed?

Hi Dave. From reading your earlier postings, I see that you too have been approved by Google for their new AdSense for Feeds program. What I don't get, however, is how to actually add their adverts in my RSS feed....

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How do I subscribe to an RSS feed?

First off, what is an RSS feed? I think I understand it, but I'm not sure. Also, how do I subscribe to an RSS feed and why would I want to?...

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How do I keep track of people blogging about me?

Hi Dave. Like you, I'm a blogger, and sometimes I bump into other bloggers who have written about one of my postings, but somehow I haven't gotten my trackbacks to work on my site. I don't care too much about...

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Best practices for Google AdSense for Feeds?

Hi Dave. I know you haven't included AdSense in your own RSS feeds (yet?) but have watched the space closely. My question to you: I am interested in adding Google AdSense to my own RSS feeds and am wondering if...

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Google has AdSense for RSS: Any Risks?

Dave, I see that Google's just released AdSense for RSS and it seems like a great idea (though I'm a bit leery, based on your article about the dangers of RSS advertising) but it seems that there are some oddities...

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How do I subscribe to an RSS feed with My Yahoo?

Dave, I use the RSS feeds on my personalized MyYahoo! page and sometimes it can't find the feed, even if I put in the exact URL. I especially have problems with RDF feeds. When I click on them, it looks...

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Firefox as an RSS aggregator or reader?

Dave, You say Firefox has "elegant built-in RSS capabilities but I can not find it in any menu or help. How do I get Firefox to function as an RSS 'browser' or aggregator?...

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What's an RSS Aggregator?

Dave, I keep hearing about RSS, XML and RSS feeds. I just barely have a clue what they are, but when people then start talking about RSS aggregators, what are they talking about and why would I want one?...

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Why would I bother with a Weblog or Blog when I could just build a regular Web site?

My sister and I have been engaged in a dialog about the merits of weblogs versus traditional Web sites and it's evolved into a quite interesting discussion. She asks: "I still don't see how a blog would be better for...

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What's the Right Way to Link To Pages On My Site?

Here's a topic that should be obvious, but isn't: how should you best code links on your site from page to page? Should you use something like "page two" or "continued..." or "more" with the page filenames as the links?...

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How does Google figure out what pages are more relevant? Pagerank.

A core question for anyone on the Web, and certainly a question you should be asking if you're trying to monetize your Web site, is how the heck does Google figure out what sites are more relevant to a given...

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