Do people still check their favourite sites in a web browser? I would like to recommend news aggregation as an alternative.

What's that then?

It basically means that all the websites (more or less) I want to watch are in one place. It automagically pulls the feeds from the sites at intervals (usually every hour or two) and shows me them in one page.

I can see which ones have been updated and go on to read or comment on an article that pushes my buttons.

Why?

Coz life is too short to be hitting sites which haven't updated their content in days.

How?

Get yourself a news aggregator. I use Amphetadesk with AmphetaFrames. There are online alternatives too.

How can I add my favourite sites?

Well the sites have to offer you some sort of way to get their site in a bite-sized chunk. More than likely a site will identify RSS or XML feeds available.

Here are some examples:

• BBC News - many, many news feeds
• Boing Boing
• Witt and Wisdom - what it says on the box
• What a quiet stiff - a slice of net images
• Snowblink - go on, you know you want to

How do I enable this on my site?

One of the reasons I switched to Movable Type was that their RSS feeds were available by default. They are just another template. Other blogging tools have ways to do this too.

If you want a wider readership, then enable this on your site. People will grow tired that you are the only site they like to read without a feed.

I hope to be adding your site soon. :)