This is Step #15 in the 101 Steps to Becoming a Better Blogger.

Add a large RSS subscription button to your site.

“Large” RSS subscription buttons are kind of annoying to me. On some blogs, they fit in and seem to flow well with the theme, but thepinkc’s current theme doesn’t really lend itself to a large 125px by 125px RSS button! I do have a 28px by 28px button in the sidebar, as well as smaller buttons in the sidebar and the footer and at the bottom of every post.

Is there any research that really proves that a “large” RSS subscription button increases the number of subscribers? I think if people really like your content, they’ll subscribe, no matter how large your button is!

I just logged on to my Google Reader account, and lo-and-behold — Google Reader now has search!

You can search your feeds in various ways, including individual feeds, started items, shared items, or all items.

I guess Bloglines Beta is going to have to come stronger to get me back, now!

What do you think of the new search function?

Read more at: “We found it!” at the Official Google Reader Blog

This is Step #2 in the 101 Steps to Becoming a Better Blogger.

Sign up for Feedburner.

I don’t really like Feedburner. It is not as intuitive as I’d like a program like this to be. A lot of people find it useful, but I haven’t quite figured out how to set up all of my categories to all be run through Feedburner. I’m also not sure how my readers would be affected by making a change this late in the game.

Anyone have any ideas?