Couple Questions, Maybe someone can help!

An rss feed basically allows you to place updating content from one site onto another - for example, I use rss feeds to show daily comic strips on my LiveJournal friends page, so I don't have to go to 10 different websites.

Blogging is just journaling - pick a place and start writing. I find that Livejournal is the easiest to understand, but there are a lot of other blog sites and you could even start your own independent blog if you wanted.

Bonnie, maybe if I come back and read all your answers I will find out what that is too, I have always wondered and never asked. Perhaps I should push on it and see what happens, afraid I might get lost in cyberspace away from my comfortable home here one Gather, lol

Bonnie,

You can find some basic information HERE.

Plus, there is more in THIS ARTICLE.

As well...

The 'Digg' service (digg.com), is a great means of reaching a wider audience, and getting your articles noticed across a wide spectrum of internet surfers, bloggers, and even professional blogging/content services. Gather provides the means to 'digg' all of your articles via the 'digg it' button on each article page (at the top and bottom, just under 'email to a friend').

You will need to join Diggit in order to post content links there. However, registration is completely free, quick, and painless.

Once you have clicked the 'digg it' button for your article (or the article of any other member), you will be asked to provide a title and description. This is important as the Diggit search engine uses this information to provide search results to members. While you cannot use 'tags' on diggit, you should attempt to include critical and appropriate keywords within your description and title.

Note: Be respectful of the Diggit service. Diggit is not for the posting of poems or creative literature. However, it is appropriate for news relating to poetry or publishing, as well as other news, interviews, reviews and almost all informative articles.

The del.icio.us bookmarking service is another option available for all articles and images on Gather. This allows you to 'bookmark' content to the web, and retrieve it from any other computer with an internet connection. This is helpful for keeping 'favorites' accessible between work and home computers, or between multiple offices or workstations/laptops.


Using del.icio.us to bookmark your content is another way to use the tools already provided on Gather to increase your exposure. Adding links in del.icio.us to your content on Gather provides another means for web users to locate your work, when searching for content on specific topics.

Like the Digg service, you can also provide a title and description, plus you can also use tags. Tags will allow you to provide a greater breadth of keywords to describe your work.

I hope that helps!

Glad I read this. I learned something too! C):-)

Great, thanks for sharing.

Great info, Kevin. I've wanted to know this stuff to but just never got around to asking... thanks for asking Bonnie!

You're asking me of all people?

Glad Kevin found you to help, because I didn't have the answers either.

yup - Kevin helped me as well when I had just about the same question YEAH kevin!!

I"m glad i read it too, although I'm not sure I 'got it'.
thanks for asking these questions!

Thank everyone for the comments and I am glad I ask so you know also.

I'm sorry, i don't know...

I was going to tell you to ask Kevin V., but I see he has already answered you. He is definately the answer man and is most helpful on most things about Gather.

Glad you got some helpful information. There is usually someone around who knows the answers.

Now I've learned something.

No idea before this article....I hope it helped you...it did me :)

Sending a 10 your way!

Hi Bonnie!

I hope you've had a wonderful day!

Wishing you and yours blessings!

:-)