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Online Productivity: RSS Feeds & Google Reader

Online Productivity: RSS Feeds & Google Reader. LeAnn Suchy, Metronet MILI 2011-2012. How many sites do you visit to find or review/watch/read information?. News sites Newspapers Magazines Blogs Video sites Even… Websites for TV listings, movie and book reviews

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Online Productivity: RSS Feeds & Google Reader

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  1. Online Productivity:RSS Feeds & Google Reader LeAnn Suchy, Metronet MILI 2011-2012

  2. How many sites do you visit to find or review/watch/read information? • News sites • Newspapers • Magazines • Blogs • Video sites • Even… • Websites for TV listings, movie and book reviews • Websites for products, like Amazon

  3. Forrester Research Annual Online Habits Report: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/files/understanding-the-changing-needs-of-the-us-online-consumer_2010.pdf

  4. Forrester Research Annual Online Habits Report: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/files/understanding-the-changing-needs-of-the-us-online-consumer_2010.pdf

  5. If these are the types of sites you regularly visit… • News sites • Newspapers • Magazines • Blogs • Video sites • Even… • Websites for TV listings, movie and book reviews • Websites for products, like Amazon

  6. You can save so much more time by subscribing to their RSS feeds instead of visiting all of their websites!

  7. What are RSS feeds?

  8. RSS = Really Simple Syndication • A way to get information to you instead of you going out to get the information

  9. Subscribe to RSS feeds in an RSS Reader – Google Reader You visit Google Reader to read items, not the websites.

  10. RSS feeds save me time. The websites I check are all in one location.

  11. At our in-person meeting we’ll… • Go over suggested blogs & websites you may want to follow • Show you how to get RSS feeds into Google Reader • Go over how to use & organize Google Reader • All dates & times for our meetings are in the MILI Wiki under the Calendar

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