alerting people to updates

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  tjparker · Member · Aug 9, 2008 at 12:51 pm

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  Is there an easy way to alert people to know that my blog has been updated?

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  boblets · Member · Aug 9, 2008 at 2:27 pm

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  I think it’s either RSSfeeds or a manual mailinglist.

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  petrafeli · Member · Aug 17, 2008 at 11:52 am

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  Sorry for the stupid question, but does ‘manual’ really mean ‘manual’? I mean, I have to write an email to all people I want to let know? Otherwise I will have to explain RSS to everybody.

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  wpvstp · Member · Aug 17, 2008 at 12:05 pm

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  You can sign up for Feedburner and add a “Subscribe to my feed”-link in your sidebar. Readers that chose to subscribe will automatically receive an email every time you publish a new post.

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  vivianpaige · Member · Aug 17, 2008 at 6:19 pm

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  Every time? I thought the email only came once a day.

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  wpvstp · Member · Aug 17, 2008 at 6:22 pm

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  @vivian
  I only post once per day, so to be honest, I’m not sure. Maybe it IS only once per day.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Aug 17, 2008 at 6:39 pm

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  In my experience, it is only once a day, even if I publish multiple posts.

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  petrafeli · Member · Aug 23, 2008 at 11:48 am

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  Thanks for the ideas, I myself already have an account with bloglines, but I was looking more for something like an email newsletter, but I suppose, there is none. I mean for some people it is annoying to have to visit *another* site – not me, honestly, but I already discussed this with some people. I would need something more in a push manner, not pull.

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  petrafeli · Member · Aug 23, 2008 at 11:49 am

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  btw – on bloglines I get new teasers every hour or so, but I guess that depends also on the feed.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 23, 2008 at 11:49 am

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  No, what Vivian is saying is that the Feedburner option allows people to receive your feed by email instead of by RSS reader.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 23, 2008 at 11:50 am

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  Sorry, I should have scrolled up more. It was wpvstp who was saying that.