Comments on: Day 12: Declutter Your Sidebar Part I – Blogroll Audit

By: Jim Beeghley

Jim Beeghley — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:20:36 +0000

Hi have always kept my blogroll short and to the point. Same with my sidebars simply because I don't like all the clutter. This was an easy one for me. Good thing too because I needed time to catch up. Jim Jim Beeghley´s most recent blog post.. Using Poetry to teach the Civil War

By: Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:09:39 +0000

I'm still adding blogs to my list. I guess I hadn't thought about using the Blog Roll to show others what I am reading. I did a little trim a few weeks back and took out five blogs that I wasn't reading much and the writers weren't updating. Felt bad though. Natalie´s most recent blog post.. Google Rocks...in the Ruins!

By: Sean Nash

Sean Nash — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:28:01 +0000

I have mine at 26. I am pretty good with those for now. Considering the fact that I only created it back in April (i certainly read & trolled blogs before then), is isn’t so bad.

For me, those are the names of my “go-to” folks. Really, it serves two purposes:

1) a recommendation list. i frequently aim local folks to my blogroll for resources.

2) a quick go-to list for ME to click when i get a minute of sanity in my day. my reader is just NOT appropriate for that. it is really an “incoming bookmark” of all blogs i find interesting and do not want to lose.

In April when I set it up, I added probably ten or twelve of the big reads for me. Since then, I have added there slowly.

I am sitting down to work with an instructional coach tomorrow who is just beginning a new blog and keeping these ideas in mind to begin will will be good.

Though I will try to convince her to not add anything here until she first becomes a reader of blogs. I think adding links here just to have them is silly in many ways. She is jumping into the blogosphere to first serve an immediate instructional need for her staff.

It is a good first step. Heck, any first step is a good first step, right?

Sean Nash´s most recent blog post.. And what do we teach our children?

By: Jennifer Dorman

Jennifer Dorman — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:11:20 +0000

I actually stopped using Bloglines about a year ago, dropping it in favor of Google Reader. Since I use so many other Google apps, Reader just seemed natural. I did look through my EdTech folder, which is the one I used to create my blogroll widget on my blog. I found some feed that hadn’t updated since the summer and others that I realized I really didn’t read regularly. I did also add some new feeds for blogs that I discovered through the 30D2BBB process

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By: Dan Callahan

Dan Callahan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:42:28 +0000

Well, this one was super-easy. I try to keep mine extremely tight, linking to blogs that I find genuinely interesting due to insight, writing style, or presentation. If anything, this made me realize I needed to add a link, which brought me up to a whopping 9 links, only one of which is an edublog. PS: a link to that "most recent blog post" plugin you're using would be awesome. couldn't find it easily, and it's a great idea for seeing what people have out there. Dan Callahan´s most recent blog post.. Child’s Play!

By: Joel Zehring

Joel Zehring — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:09:54 +0000

I use FriendFeed as a my dynamic blogroll. Google Reader shared items and Delicious bookmarks show up live, so I have a constant flow of specific sites that interest me. I notice you have a FriendFeed widget showing twitter posts, and then a twitter widget with different posts. What gives? Joel Zehring´s most recent blog post.. Making waves, spring toy-style

By: Day Twelve - Thirty Days To A Better Blog « Virtual High School Meanderings

Day Twelve - Thirty Days To A Better Blog « Virtual High School Meanderings — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:52:57 +0000

[...] Day eleven in the 30 Days to Being a Better Blogger series was yesterday and asked us to look atDay 12: Declutter Your Sidebar Part I – Blogroll Audit. Essentially, we were asked to size up our Blogroll and figure out if they were all still valid or [...]

By: JenW

JenW — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:31:58 +0000

Well, this one was easy……..
trimmed down to 18.

What I found interesting is that my bloglines account does not equal my blog roll………I have many more in bloglines.

So, I might start rotating blogrolls every once in a while….

And for now, I have found a theme which works for me……(FOR NOW!)

Until, of course, I read your post on tweaking the sidebar even more!

Thanks again for sharing, Steve!
Jen

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By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:17:41 +0000

Shaking my head — can’t believe you are still using Bloglines when it’s pretty much almost broken and struggles to update feeds.

Anyway there is no way I’m removing any blogs from my feed (unless I don’t read them) because the first place I search for information when writing posts is my Google Reader and it always brings up great information.

So my solution is I use Google Reader to create my blog roll with different types of blogs in different folders. Then instead of having my blogroll on my sidebar I have it embedded in a page with a link to the page from my side bar. Readers can choose to look through the list or check out the shared posts. Off course with the size of my list it is better to be a letter at the beginning of the alphabet like a D say compared to say a T

For me blogrolls take up too much valuable real estate in the sidebar.

Here’s how to create a blogroll using Google Reader

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By: Darren Draper

Darren Draper — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:51:58 +0000

If you had kept your blogroll trimmed to 10-15 blogs like you’ve suggested, I wouldn’t feel so bad about not making the cut. But seeing that I’m not even in your top 50 really cuts me deep.

I’ve also got another book you need to add to your list: Tribes, by Seth Godin. Definitely right up your alley. Get the link to the free audible version @ iJohn’s blog.

Darren Draper´s most recent blog post.. Learning By Immersion

By: mwright103

mwright103 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:46:24 +0000

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