Do You Subscribe to Your Own Blog?

[sukosaki]

Come on now, you can be honest

[sadiessay-so]

No... I know what's on my own feed.

[sukosaki]

but do you know what it looks like to your readers?

[sadiessay-so]

Originally Posted by sukosaki

but do you know what it looks like to your readers?

Yes - I go to my feed quite frequently to make sure that everything is kosher

[Strongbow]

No but i sometimes subscribe to my own newsletters to make sure there are no problems so i might start doing the same with blog feeds.

[sukosaki]

Its not a bad idea just to make sure your feed looks normal in email and in feed readers.

[Nathan]

I have subscribed to one of my feeds in Google Feedreaders to make sure that all my feed posts look good. Sometimes they look different in feed readers than they do on your blog.

[QuirkyJessi]

Yep, I sure do. I like being able to see how it formats.

[reveal]

Originally Posted by sadiessay-so

No... I know what's on my own feed.

Ditto for me.

[Michigal]

Originally Posted by sadiessay-so

No... I know what's on my own feed.

It's not a case of knowing what's on your own feed. It's a case of knowing when something isn't working correctly. And I highly recommend you subscribe, preferably through email if you're using feedburner.

And as an aside, the fact I subscribe (via EMail) saved my butt completely when my host went down for a week, and the backup they restored it to was over a month old. A full 25 posts would have been gone since I hadn't backed up recently enough (in fact had planned to do it when I logged in and found site gone!). But because I had them in email, saved, I was able to copy and paste, manipulate the dates, upload the correct pictures, and after a cople of days work, had all my posts back.

This is not a question of vanity, it's a question of being smart.

And, those who have blogs at Blogspot are even at more risk. You can't do a backup of the database, so if anything happens (including getting suspended from Blogger), how would you be able to replace the posts?? Think about it.