What do these icons mean and how do I use them?
Blog United offers you a multitude of ways to stay informed about the latest updates on our website. We also have a number of ways of communicating with our users and these are scattered throughout the site in the form of clickable icons.
Below you will find descriptions of these services and a brief explanation on how you can use them.
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RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a technology that is being used by millions of web users around the world to keep track of their favourite websites. It is a format for delivering regularly changing web content that allows the user (you) to receive all of our website updates without having to actually visit our website. Our website will come to you. Cool eh?
Getting started with RSS
If it sounds a bit too “techy”, don’t worry, it’s simple to get started. All you need is a feed reader; you can download one for free from a number of places (SharpReader for Windows or NetNewsWire for Mac) or alternatively you may prefer register for a web based reader such as those provided by Bloglines or Google.
Once you have your reader sorted, you’re ready to start subscribing. Head to your favourite sites and look for the RSS icon or a subscribe link and click it to subscribe - it’s over on the top right of the page, see it? You can now view your favourite site’s content via your reader. You can repeat the process for as many sites as you like.
Think of your subscription as you would a magazine subscription that costs you nothing. You subscribe and your information is delivered. If you don’t like it; you can cancel it at any time.
Twitter (http://twitter.com)
“Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?”
Twitter is a great tool to share ideas and information as well as helping keep track of your friend’s goings on. By following us on Twitter, you can become our friend and engage with us in all things Manchester United. We love communicating with our users and hope you’ll sign up (it’s free) and join our community.
Facebook (http://facebook.com)
“Facebook helps you to connect and share with the people in your life”
Everyone’s heard of Facebook, no explanation needed surely? If you have a Facebook account, you can share our content with your network. If you find something you think others would enjoy, simply click the Facebook icon and you can share it instantly.
We are currently working on a Facebook App to make getting our content even easier for you. More information to follow.
Technorati (http://technorati.com)
“Technorati. Who’s saying what. Right now.”
Technorati is a search engine for Blogs which allows registered users to bookmark their favourite blogs and follow them all from one easy to use place. Because it is constantly checking the millions of blogs on the Internet, Technorati is able to provide unparalleled access to the world wide web’s most intimate of conversations.
Delicious (http://delicious.com)
“Delicious is a Social Bookmarking service, which means you can save all your bookmarks online, share them with other people, and see what other people are bookmarking”
Delicious has a massive user base and as such, can tell you the most popular pages on the net based on what other people are bookmarking.
Stumble Upon (http://www.stumbleupon.com)
“StumbleUpon discovers web sites based on your interests”
By telling Stumble Upon what websites you find interesting, it will learn what you like and recommend websites you would otherwise never have found. Stumble Upon works because of it’s user recomendations so if you see something on Blog United you like, don’t keep it to yourself, share it with the Stumble Upon community.
Google Bookmarks (http://www.google.com/bookmarks/)
With Google Bookmarks you can save all of you bookmarks online and access them from any PC with an internet connection. A big advantage to using Google for your bookmarks over other services is that you can use a single Google account for a whole host of Google services from blogging to word processing. For a full list of Googles offerings, you should head over to their labs.
