Turn Google Reader into a semi-automated blogging machine! - Part 1

[moonlasor]

Great share Tim.

Have been on The Internet for 15 years and have had Google Account for years and never even heard of Google Reader before.

Thanks,

David

[moonlasor]

Originally Posted by Tim Dixon

I'm looking at writing Part 2 now but it's a bit more 'techinical' I guess you could say.

Still, I'll try and make it as step by step as possible.

Tim

Tim,

If you are using Yaab, how would you do this step?

'This is a great item about how to get into the world of ¬¬domaining¬¬. I personally like the way the author etc. etc.'

Now I'm assuming you have a WordPress blog set up and that you are familiar with WPOM at this point. Go into your campaign within WPOM that picks up the feed from the tag of the item we have just been editing.

On the 'Rewrite' tab type in your trigger word (with the special characters) in the 'Origin' box - so I would type '¬¬domaining¬¬' in there.

Then tick the box for 'Rewrite to:' and type your trigger word (without the special characters) in the box - so I would type 'domaining'.

Then tick the box for 'Relink to:' and type in the link of the page you want it to link to in the box.

Thanks,

David

[anomaly]

Hi Tim,

Great post ... any trick that can save time but still have the credibility of being done by a real person (vs a bot) in my opinion is a great idea ... good stuff and thanks for sharing!!

[Tim Dixon]

Originally Posted by moonlasor

Tim,

If you are using Yaab, how would you do this step?

'This is a great item about how to get into the world of ¬¬domaining¬¬. I personally like the way the author etc. etc.'

Now I'm assuming you have a WordPress blog set up and that you are familiar with WPOM at this point. Go into your campaign within WPOM that picks up the feed from the tag of the item we have just been editing.

On the 'Rewrite' tab type in your trigger word (with the special characters) in the 'Origin' box - so I would type '¬¬domaining¬¬' in there.

Then tick the box for 'Rewrite to:' and type your trigger word (without the special characters) in the box - so I would type 'domaining'.

Then tick the box for 'Relink to:' and type in the link of the page you want it to link to in the box.

Thanks,

David

At the moment YAAB doesn't have that functionality, but the developer posted in another thread where WPOM alternatives were being discussed and said that it should be available soon, so we'll just have to wait and see.

Tim

[Tim Dixon]

Originally Posted by anomaly

Hi Tim,

Great post ... any trick that can save time but still have the credibility of being done by a real person (vs a bot) in my opinion is a great idea ... good stuff and thanks for sharing!!

My thoughts exactly.
I have been looking into ways to do this in as automated a way as possible, but still retaining 'human control' to make the blogs a valuable resource.

Tim

[Enquirer]

Thanks very much for this. Very interesting. Any time you're passing, pop in for a cuppa.

I'll read part 2 tomorrow. I mean today.

To show my ignorance of all things blog, I read the words 'blogroll' further up the page and thought it said 'bog roll'. I was wondering why that was brought up and then I realised my mistake.

[Dave Earley]

Great stuff, Tim!

Google reader is very useful. It reminds me of Bloglines, only better!

It's also much easier searching for information within RSS this way, and I love the 'add note'.

Great job!

Dave

[Tim Dixon]

Thanks Dave.

Yes the 'Add note' feature is great and especially the bookmarklet feature that allows you to grab snippets of info from around the web.

It's very powerful and if used in the right way can really help enhance your RSS fed blogs.

Tim

[ironwood]

Lately I really have mixed emotions about finding a thread with Tom Dixon in it. Whenever I find his name I know I have to stop and follow what he is commenting on. His tips are golden. So I am distracted from what I was doing but I always come away with something valuable.

Thanks Tim. You are a real asset here and this thread is proof of that.

Chet Hastings

[Tim Dixon]

Originally Posted by ironwood

Lately I really have mixed emotions about finding a thread with Tom Dixon in it. Whenever I find his name I know I have to stop and follow what he is commenting on. His tips are golden. So I am distracted from what I was doing but I always come away with something valuable.

Thanks Tim. You are a real asset here and this thread is proof of that.

Chet Hastings

Thanks for those kind words Chet. Sorry that you find some of my posts distracting.

That's the trouble with the Warrior Forum, you can often loose hours in here if you're not careful.

Just to add to your emotional torment, I've just posted sort of a part 3 to this thread. You can find it here:

More tips for using Google Reader as a blogging machine

Tim

[freetime]

Hi Tim,How are you?
Ok I got my Rss in the side bar of my blog and when I do the Google reader with the share with a note, it does not show up in my Rss feed what did I miss.
Thanks Thomas

[Tim Dixon]

Originally Posted by freetime

Hi Tim,How are you?
Ok I got my Rss in the side bar of my blog and when I do the Google reader with the share with a note, it does not show up in my Rss feed what did I miss.
Thanks Thomas

Hi Thomas.
I guess you're using a widget to display the RSS feed in the sidebar, but that's not what this technique is all about really.

This is more to do with automatically populating a blog with blog posts created by an RSS to Post plugin such as WP-O-Matic, FeedWordpress or YAAB.

I did try the widget in the sidebar and you're right, it doesn't work very well with your Google Reader RSS feed, so I would take a look at one of the other plugins.

Tim