Tracking blogs
Generating newsfeeds
A useful introductory article can be found at: http://www.eurocall-languages.org/news/rssfaq.html This provides links to a number of other useful articles which, in turn, provide links to relevant software.
Aggregating newsfeeds
Some of the most popular tools are listed below:
Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com/) describes itself as “the most comprehensive, integrated service for searching, subscribing, publishing and sharing news feeds, blogs, and rich Web content.”
AmphetaDesk (http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/) is “a free, cross platform, open-sourced, syndicated news aggregator - it obediently sits on your desktop, downloads the latest news that interests you, and displays them in a quick and easy to use (and customizable!) webpage.”
FeedDemon (http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/) manages RSS feeds and includes tools for managing and synchronizing podcasts. Integrates with services like Bloglines, Feedster, Flickr and del.ico.us.
A list of newsfeed tools can be found at: http://blogspace.com/rss/readers
Newsfeed lists
You should create your own personal lists of newsfeeds, on topics of interest to you and maintain it by adding new ones and deleting old ones which are no longer of interest.
This process may be assisted by the use of newsfeed search engines like Feedster (http://www.feedster.com/) or The Feed Directory (http://www.thefeeddirectory.com).
