Thing # 11

Which methods of finding feeds did you find easiest to use?

I found that simply using the websites topix.com and technorati.com were very beneficial in finding newsfeeds. There were so many different categories to chose from! They were certainly filled with more information than I had time to explore.

Which search tool was the easiest for you?
Topix.com, I found, was rather simple to locate things using the links towards the bottom. They had lists of categories that you could click on to help you find what you are looking for.

Which was more confusing?

To be honest, none of it was really that confusing for me. The only problem I had was with a website called syndic8.com. The only reason I had issues with that website is because it kept saying it was offline, so I couldn't access it. Although, I must say using the edublogs as a resource wasn't extremely helpful for me.


What kind of useful feeds did you find in your travels? Any unusual?

I found a lot of cool feeds on these websites. You could find things about politics, cooking, businesses, or any other thing you could imagine. All of these could be useful because they could each teach you something about how to do something or simply inform you of new things going on in the world. As for the unusual feeds, I found a few that seemed to be people's desparate attempt to find a mate. Those were a little...awkward.

What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds?

I found that by simply using the google search bar, it would take you to more than enough sites to help you locate newsfeeds. Although it could be more time consuming than the other methods simply because you have to sort through some of the random irrelevant things, overall, it was pretty useful.