Last weekend, I wrote about 10 bloggers who inspire me. They each write new articles on a near-daily basis; and I respect them for their prolific writing and quality of content.
I say this with authority, as I’ve followed each of their blogs for an assortment of weeks and months.
If you’re like me, you also have a stable corps of blogs you read on a daily or weekly basis.
How often do you break the mold and find new blogs to read? I challenge you to try. Only by learning from new people–and commenting on new blogs, if you enjoy jumping into blog dialogues–can you gain knowledge and share those teachings with other people.
Here are three ways you can find new blogs today:
1. Use Alltop. Alltop.com is like a news stand of blogs. Blog publishers opt-in and add their feeds to respective categories; I listed AriWriter in the social media category. If you mouse-over blog post titles, you can read a summary of what each is about.
By looking at the alltop list of zoology blogs, for instance, I can–with a single click–visit the Zoological Society of London and gain insight on mosquitos in the Galapagos.
2. Use Technorati. With less detail than Alltop, there is still a blog directory that enables you to click on a subject that interests you for more information.
By clicking the link for pet blogs, I notice about halfway down a self-description for Pitter Patter of Pink Piddy Paws: “A Single Gal and her Siamese Ferret tackle life and love with laughter and kitty treats!”
3. Use Google Blog Search. I use this search engine daily, to filter blogs from everything else on a typical Google adventure.
There’s a simple category list that displays popular results, but you can also type in a query for indexed results. When I inputted zoo pets, the first result is about a white rhinoceros born yesterday at the Madrid Zoo.
I challenge you to use one of these strategies today and find a new blog. I challenge you to find one new blog every day and add it to your browser bookmarks, your Delicious collection, or your feed reader. By learning at the new blog, you may realize it’s contagious to link to it for a new blog post of yours.
It may go without saying; but if you add a comment there, that person is very likely to reciprocate the action.
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Never heard of alltop before. I will be checking them.
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Wow, I’m surprised you didn’t mention twitter as a source for new blogs to read! I find so many great ones that way, from clicking on links to stories or posts that are relevant for me – in fact I have the opposite problem where I need to cull my Google Reader periodically of blogs I no longer read so I can keep things under control…
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If you didn’t have a Twitter account, would you use Twitter to find new blogs?
I prove my point why I didn’t include it.
Interesting. People who aren’t on Twitter read blogs?
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June 11, 2009 at 11:48 PM
I find Blogged.com to be a really good source of quality blogs as well. And Scribnia.com as well, with their ranking system.
And, don’t forget the CommentLuv plugin that’s in action on this very blog
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Excellent idea! This is very good if you want to build more links to your blog and win some comments and loyal readers, as well as some link love from those bloggers… I will do it as often as I can from now on.
Thanks a ton!
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June 14, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Those are truly great ideas- I also love reading new blogs- I’m an avid reader and seeing things from different perspectives helps me to grow intellectually, spiritually and especially in my communication skills.
Thanks for listing this way to search for new blogs I hadn’t though about going to Alltop – great idea!
All the best,
Eren
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June 16, 2009 at 3:03 PM
I actually DO use twitter to find new blogs. But then I also have two other methods for finding new blogs:
1.) Comments – I read through comments at times and click through on the ones that I find interesting. I’ve found some pretty good blogs this way.
2.) Blogrolls – I dig through people’s blogrolls to see what they’re reading. Again, I’ve found some pretty good gems here as well.
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Hi Ari,
I used google blog search for reading new blogs on my favorite topics. Reading blogs on daily basis is likely to enhance knowledge and writing skills which I observed for myself also. I agree with you on “if you add comment there, that person is likely to reciprocate action”. This phenomenon occurs if your comment adds value to blog post.
Good idea, i will note to do it.
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Great tips, I followed your guides and found lots of interesting blogs to read now.
Thank for your share.
I’ve never used alltop before but will definitely check it out. Technorati has more than enough blogs for me to read, I also go to blogged.com to find new blogs which I can follow and rate.
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Hi,
Blogs are ADDICTIVE! That’s the trouble. You start reading one, and then another, and another…and before you know it, the morning has gone!!
I love discovering unknown people commentating on their daily working routines and lives, their loves and hates and moans, their responses to major news events and the impact such events have on their lives.
Such food for thought. That’s the true value of the blogger.
A good idea indeed. However by signing up to technorati, you will have access to different new and popular blogs of today.
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April 14, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Will check out Alltop. Thanks Ari, for the useful content
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