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Why did you bother to build Full As A Goog?
Blogs are a useful way of distilling information from people in the know.
Blog authors in turn distill information from their experience, mailing
lists, the web, even other blogs. The problem with any diary is that it's
updated now and then. I got tired of having to check through my list of
favourite blogs for changes. I wanted a one stop clog of blogs and so "Full
As A Goog" was born.
What blogs do you aggregate and why?
For the moment I'm aggregating blogs I find interesting. One of the features
on my wish list is to enable users to dynamically add their own blogs. However,
the website is not database driven (it's XML driven) and I haven't figured
out a clever way to store user preferences yet.
How can I fill the goog with my favourite blog?
Just drop me a note and the chances
are I'll add it myself. Heh, the more interest I get the more I'll work
on the site.
What syndication feeds to you accept?
The site currently handles RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92, RSS 1.0 and RSS 2.0 syndication feeds.
The RSS 1.0+ feeds are the preferred format as they actually provides a timestamp
for when entries were made.
Why do so many blog entries have no date assigned?
The most common blog syndication feeds at the moment are RSS 0.91-2. Unfortunately,
this XML schema only has a *build date* for the blog feed and not a timestamp
for individual entries. So they all appear to be generated on the same day.
In order to blend these entries with others in the clog of blogs I make
a guesstimate. Currently I'm using the build date for the feed and then
subtracting 2-days for each subsequent entry, based on the assumption that
the average posting frequency is every two days.
What is your favourite blogging tool?
Without a doubt it has to be MoveableType.
I use MT for all the community blogs I have a hand in (Daemonite and CFGURU)
