Category Archives: Geek

Feedblitz Test

Pardon the intrusion. If you missed my earlier post, I’m amidst a blog technology “reset” – moving from Moveable Type to WordPress.

So far, I continue to be impressed by the ease of administration and customization with WordPress compared to MT.

As I continue to transition – I’m amazed at the various plugins, widgets, etc. that I must also update.

Feedblitz came up on my list tonight. I once blogged about moving to Feedblitz from Bloglet way back in the day. I have to admit, as I dug up my Feedblitz login and password, I gave pause considering that I might just skip it and go with Feedburner.

Feedburner is a similar company, recently purchased by Google, that “burns my feed” for me. Feedblitz handles email subscriptions for folks who want to be pinged when there is a new post to the blog.

I could probably just switch to Feedburner for both, but I have to say, going back through the Feedblitz interface – things have been upgraded since I’ve last checked.

The user interface isn’t fantastic, but it does seem to be feature-rich. While they weren’t purchased by Google – it seems like they have a fighting chance at competing. I wonder how it’s going over there.

Also, my subscribers are with Feedblitz – so why make them move (not that there are that many).

At this point I see no compelling reason not to stay loyal for the time being and try out some of the new features – it sure seems like they’ve been working hard over there.

For the email subscribers to Not That You Asked, served through Feedblitz – holler if you get this. Thanks. :)