How to Pick a Podcast Reader and Subscribe Today!

As a de facto podcast fanatic, I have to admit that the choice of podcast readers out there is a little underwhelming. Unlike blogging, where you’ve got everything from Google’s customizable homepage, plug-ins for Outlook, plug-ins for Firefox, and standalone RSS readers, finding the right combination of functionality and ease of use in a podcast…

How to Subscribe to a Blog in 5 Easy Steps

We’ve had many people ask us how to subscribe to our blog, but more often we get the question,”What is RSS?” and “Why should I subscribe to a blog?” RSS = Really Simple Syndication. Basically, in the same way you would subscribe to a magazine and receive it in your mailbox monthly, RSS allows you…

YouTube is Now Really… Yours

YouTube has remained on the bleeding edge of the web video for no shortage of technical innovation and controversy. The ubiquitous video sharing portal took another leap today with its announcement of new APIs allowing developers to upload to YouTube from other sites, reskin the tube player, modify data, and pull customized feeds. This may…

Search Engines Unite to Support Global Sitemaps

Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft all announced this morning that they’re supporting an addition to the Sitemaps protocol that makes it easier for site owners with multiple subdomains to manage sitemap files. In the past, you were forced to maintain an XML sitemap in the same domain as the domain which it referred to. i.e. www.hallme.com…