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Best Blog Directory And RSS Submission Sites
RSS Top 55 - Original List - Part 3
Where To Submit My RSS Feeds And Weblog URLs To Get More Exposure, Visibility And Reach
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206) RSS Network
RSS Network is a categorized directory and search engine for finding RSS feeds by topic. The site groups related feeds by topic, but visitors can also do keyword searches. RSS Network also lets users search keywords in an entry's contents or limit the search to the feed's title and description.
The search engine also allows users to search for all words, any words and phrases. The well-organized results page (in spite of the ads mucking things up a little) lets you view the feed's contents in HTML or XML format, or click URL to go to the feed's Web site. The results page also displays the title and description for the feed. RSS Network comes from the same creators behind FeedForAll, a tool for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds.
To submit your feed to RSS Network, simply enter the feed URL, category and subcategory. After entering your feed, RSS Network immediately displays information about the feed and the latest items.
Posted on February 26, 2007
205) BlogSiteZone
BlogSiteZone is a human-edited blog directory organized by categories. The site neatly organizes the categories and indicates the number of blogs in each one. BlogSiteZone offers new listings, most popular listings and top rated sites.
The listings pages contain a thumbnail of the blog along with its description, category and added date. Visitors can rate and review the site and report errors with a blog entry. The details page doesn't provide much more information other than who submitted the site. The site's layout and content make it easy to navigate, scan and use.
To submit your feed to BlogSizeZone, review the submission guideline before adding a blog. If you the submission guidelines suit you, complete the form to submit your blog.
Update: The site has been removed and does not work anymore.
Posted on February 19, 2007
204) News on Feeds
News on Feeds provides the latest news from sources around the world. The site tracks and aggregates news feeds into categories and arranges them by their published dates.
Search the directory through the top level categories and their sub-categories. All categories and sub-categories, have feeds available. The site also has a search tool, which not only lets you sort by date, but also by relevance. For a surprise, click Random News on the bottom of the web page and the site sends you to a random article on another web site.
Another useful resource is the list of aggregators sorted by type, i.e. web-based, email and mobile devices. The unusual category of Odd News is a fun read.
To submit your feed to News on Feeds, simply enter your blog's feed. If you have an OPML file with all of your feeds, you can submit the file instead.
Posted on January 29, 2007
203) Blog Toplist
BlogToplist.com is a blog directory sorted by the score each blog earns during the week. The list resets to zero when the week starts over (Monday 00:00 CMT), so new blogs have a chance to get to the top.
Here is how the scoring works: 50 percent of the score each blog get comes from the votes that are sent from the blog. 35 percent of the score comes from the amount of visitors the blog has and the last 15 percent comes from the rating that the readers provide through Blog Toplist's list. The blogs ranked at the top are the best, most visited or receives the most votes from its readers.
The site offers many ways to discover new blogs and entries through its directory, which sorts blogs by category. Or you can view all the blogs by rank regardless of category. Each blog comes with statistics including unique visitors, incoming links and outgoing links. One of Blog Toplist's unique features is RSS articles, which lets you browse articles by topic. This is a great way to find articles about a topic of interest rather than be limited to blogs of the topic.
To submit your feed to Blog Toplist, read the information on how Blog Toplist works before completing the form. Though the RSS feed is an optional field, it's recommended to fill it in. After registering your blog, you receive a HTML code in the form of a small button to put on your blog. This button tracks unique visitors to the blog and displays will your blog's current rank in your category if you're in top 99.
Posted on January 22, 2007
202) Photarium
Photarium, a directory of blogs, sorts blogs by tags as submitted by blog owners to ensure accurate categorizing. The people behind the site review all entries to filter out the spam blogs and only let in good quality sites.
This site keeps things simple by displaying a list of the most popular tags. The larger the category or tag text, the more popular it is. You can also browse blogs by reviewing the complete tag list or check out the recently added blogs. Category / tag pages list blogs along with their description and three tags.
To submit your feed to Photarium, enter your blog's URL, site title, three tags, a description and your email address. No registration needed. After submitting your blog, an editor reviews your site for submission.
Posted on January 15, 2007
201) Outpost Earth
Outpost Earth collects the latest updates from bloggers around the world. The site lets visitors browse blogs by location or topic to discover what people are talking about in your area.
Most of the locations that appear in the list are major cities in the United States and a handful of countries. If you don't hail from any of these locations, pick Earth. Once you pick a location or a topic, the site serves you with the latest entries.
The home page lists the newest entries from all areas as well as the latest three entries from several topics (at the bottom). Outpost Earth is a simple site that focuses on only the latest content, so you won't get overwhelmed with too much information.
To submit your blog to Outpost Earth, requires joining the web site (free) and entering the URL for your validated feed. If it doesn't validate, the site won't accept it.
Posted on January 9, 2007
200) Newgie.com
Newgie.com delivers the news that people are most interested in by gathering, filtering and ranking news articles based on human interactions (page views, recommendations, favorites, etc.). Newgie uses the attention given to each news story by its readers to determine which stories are the most “newsy.”
News still comes from the same reputable news sources that people are accustomed to using, but rather than viewing news as pre-packaged by the media, Newgie users view their news based on its “newsiness,” as determined by their peers. The database is coninuously updated with news stories from many news providers. Users have the ability to sort through these news articles using a variety of Newgie's tools. The IntelliRank-powered Newsiness score helps users locate the most relevant and important articles.
Newgie.com provides a variety of ways to browse news and content. The At a Glance (home page) gives you an overview of most newsiness news, categories, community and feeds. Since the site relies on user interactions, registration is required to customize your preferences. The site allows unregistered users to access basic tools. About Newgie and frequently asked questions provide more details on how the free site works.
To submit your feed to Newgie.com, enter your email address, name, subject and your feeds into the text box. A Newgie Feed Reviewer evaluates every feed before entering the feed into the database. The reviewer looks at the quality of content, originality, frequency of updates and ensures that the site doesn't have inappropriate or offensive content.
Update: The site has been removed and does not work anymore.
Posted on December 11, 2006
199) BlogAnnounce
BlogAnnounce is a human edited blog directory that lists family friendly and spam free blogs organized by category. The people behind the directory have rules and procedures in place to prevent spam blogs from being listed.
Explore new blogs by checking out the Latest Links and Top Hits pages, both of which provide a brief description for each blog to facilitate quick scanning. The directory also includes a search box and entries can be sorted by hits or in alphabetical order.
Get tips on how to get blog traffic with blog directories in SEO Tips or try SEO Tools so you can identify your web site's keyword density, find out what sites link back to yours and learn your site's ranking with several search engines. BlogAnnounce also has a Google Groups page to answer questions and get feedback.
To submit your feed to BlogAnnounce, enter your blog title, URL, description, your name, email address and category. After the submission gets processed, you should receive a confirmation on the top of the page. Leave the "Reciprocal Link URL" blank if you haven't place a button or text link pointing to BlogAnnounce. However, the confirmation note says the site requires reciprocal links due to the large amount of spam the directory receives.
Posted on November 29, 2006
198) moQvo
moQvo is a social media center that allows you to add web sites and feeds that aren't already in the directory. Find content on the site by browsing the Channels in the Content Categories bar on the left side. After choosing a Channel, there’s more choices under the Shows tab. Once you see a Show that matches your interests, click on it to view a list of Episodes with descriptions of the content. Then select View or Listen, to experience the content you want.
You can also search for content by name by clicking the Search tab at the top of the screen. Type in what you’re looking for, click search, and browse the content that matches your request. It takes time for the search to run, but you know it's running when you see "Searching" at the bottom of the box. View takes you to the content and Share with friends.
moQvo provides frequently asked questions for more information and help. Be patient with the site as it takes time to load content. The site doesn't work well in Firefox and works better in Internet Explorer.
To submit your feed to moQvo, register and click on MyMoQvo tab. Select the blue MyMoQvo Directory tab to open the window that lets you add your favorite Web links.
Update: The site does not work anymore.
Posted on November 13, 2006
196) GoldenFeed
The Golden RSS Feed puts a spin on RSS feed to give users a chance to create traffic. Advertisers bid on spots within the feed and compete for a higher rank. The frequently asked questions page explains this process in detail. There's no charge for submitting a blog feed, however.
The Golden RSS Feed shows only the top paying sites. But you can find sites of interest using the site's search box or viewing all feeds. The site also has a list of the most popular blogs. Each entry has its own detail page that contains its release date, link, last view and refresh, page reviews, user comments and the ability to save the feed to your favorite tool or application.
To submit your feed to GoldenFeed, just enter your blog's URL or feed and it's immediately submitted for review. You can only submit up to three feeds per day.
Posted on October 30, 2006
195) Feed Mailer
Feed Mailer is an RSS subscription directory that sends feed updates to readers by email. Select the feeds you want and Feed Mailer emails updates on those selected feeds. Updates can go out every hour, daily or weekly. You can also select the number of items (blog entries) you want to receive. Its Global Directory holds over 1000 feeds.
You can browse the directory by category including podcasts and non-English feeds. The directory lists blogs with the option to add them to your account. There are no details available for each entry. Find feeds with the Global Directory's search box. To add new feeds requires free registration and adding them to your account. Once you've added the feed, you can delete the feed and it remains in the directory.
More information is available from the frequently asked questions page and the news page keeps you updated on the web site's changes and problems.
To submit your feed to Feed Mailer requires free registration. Once registered, you can add feeds by entering their URL. If you want to receive the feed by email, also select the frequency and the number of items (blog entries). The default for receiving a feed is daily with 10 items. You can change these options any time.
Posted on October 23, 2006
194) Shadows
Shadows is a community-oriented site for sharing links and giving users the ability to discover, rate and share saved pages. If you just want to search tags and browse Shadow pages, you don't need to register. However, the site requires free registration to take advantage of its features including adding your blog and favorite web sites. With registration, you can track your links, friends, comments, groups and tags.
Shadows provides a toolbar for tagging web pages as you visit them. The toolbar also allows you to search tags, rate pages and link directly to the Shadow Page of any web page you're visiting. It also has buttons to take you to your own User Profile page and to the Shadows homepage.
For more help, check out the the frequently asked questions, tagging tips and support group. You can also import bookmarks and del.icio.us links, so you don't start from scratch.
To submit your feed to Shadows requires free registration. Once done, add a blog like you would add any web site when you come across one. Click Add a Link that appears on the top right of every page to get the popup box and enter the URL, blog title, tags and comments. You can also add your web site and blog to your profile.
Update: The site does not exist anymore.
Posted on October 17, 2006
193) Tailrank
Tailrank is a memetracker which finds the most popular posts from thousands of blogs. Tailrank looks at linking behavior, the entry's content, links in common with other users, search relevance and other factors.
Tailrank's blog covers product direction, feature releases and other Tailrank news. The site also has a mobile edition for those on the go with cell phone and small devices. Just create an account, import your OPML, and then you can read it on your mobile device.
Tailrank filter lets you view recommended posts within your blog subscriptions filtered by ranking. This saves time in scouring hundreds of feeds as Tailrank lists thousands of posts every week. The site also offers tools to help users.
To submit your blog to Tailrank requires free registration. Once you've registered, you can import your weblog feeds from an RSS reader like NewsGator or Bloglines or you can enter a URL. enter the blog's information into the Add a Company page. You don't have to fill in all of the fields.
The frequently asked questions page states, "You don't need to do anything other than have other people link to and discuss your content. If people aren't linking to you or talking about a specific blog post or some news story about your product or weblog then Tailrank won't index it."
Posted on October 9, 2006
192) HappyFish
http://thirstycrow.net/happyfish/
HappyFish is an RSS reader, podcast client and feed directory. HappyFish mainly provides software for you to download and add feeds. But it does have a growing directory in which you can download feeds by subject.
Read an overview of Happy Fish and check out its frequently asked questions. Here are screenshots of HappyFish's RSS reader and podcast client. Download the client -- beware it requires installing the free .NET Framework. The site explains how to do that.
The forums discuss bugs, feature requests and general comments.
To submit your feed to HappyFish, you can use the form or upload your OPML file. In the form, enter your feed title, URL, category, description and your name.
Update: The site does not exist anymore.
Posted on September 25, 2006
191) Free Feeds Directory
http://freefeedsdirectory.com/
Free Feeds Directory is a basic feeds directory with links to RSS-related sites and their feeds as well as to sites that have feeds including blogs, business and retail sites and more. Check out the latest links to see the most recently submitted links and a description of each. The links take you straight to their respective feeds.
Top Hits just like it sounds, provides a list of the most popular links of sites listed on Free Feeds Directory. A search box appears on the top right-hand side of every page for quickly entering keywords to search for feeds.
To submit your feed to Free Feeds Directory, you must submit the link to the feed instead of the web page. Enter your blog's title, link, name, email and select a category. You can add a description, if you wish -- it's not required.
Posted on September 11, 2006
190) UncleFeed
UncleFeed is a resource for RSS technology. The site provides a directory for finding feeds by category, a forum for discussing RSS, articles and a list of software tools. Its sister site, YeahReader offers free program for reading news feeds in RSS, RDF and Atom formats and podcasts.
When searching for feeds, the site produces the matches in a column layout along with the search keywords highlighted. You see the title, category, description and date updated (probably when added to the directory) for each entry. The title takes you to the entry's detailed page. The site is well-organized, clean and easy to use.
To submit your feed to UncleFeed, select the category and enter the URL. That's it. No registration.
Posted on September 4, 2006
189) nfeeds.com
nfeeds.com is a basic portal for feeds sorted by categories. nfeeds.com lists recent and popular feeds. Select a category to view the feeds sorted by hits. You can change it to sort alphabetically. Every entry comes with its feed link, a brief description and links to add the entry to Google, MSN or Yahoo. The link on the name of the site takes you to the feed, not to the site's web page or to its own entry.
nfeeds.com has no bells or whistles. The portal is just a simple directory listing along with links to feeds.
To submit your feed to nfeeds.com, review the submission guidelines to avoid wasting your time should your feed not qualify for the directory. The site only accepts XML/RSS feeds, not links to web pages.
Submit your blog's title (it must be the title not a description or keywords), feed, name, your email address and select the category. You can also add an optional description of your blog. The submission page also requires entering the code shown -- beware that it can be difficult to read the letters and may take several tries.
You'll instantly receive an email confirming that your submission went through. If your feed is approved, you will get another email.
Posted on August 28, 2006
188) Wikology
Wikology is a wiki-based business and web site directory. Think of Wikology as Wikipedia meets Chamber of Commerce. The site lists business blogs, web sites and profiles. The business profiles contain information on the business such as the date fonded, number of employees, industry (category), annual revenue and organization type. How much information provided depends on how much information is entered.
Since Wikology is a wiki, visitors can edit almost anything on the site. But you have to be a registered user before saving changes. This ensures no one abuses the editing privileges.
Wikology has a category for blogs and its own blog, Inside Wikology, provides the latest news regarding its directory.
To submit your blog to Wikology, enter the blog's information into the Add a Company page. You don't have to fill in all of the fields.
Posted on August 21, 2006
187) Ranking Blogs
RankingBlogs.com is a directory of sites by ranking. A blog's worth is based on the number of unique and average hits the blog receives since the last reset (no information on how often the blogs are reset).
Blogs are rated by category as well for overall rankings. Every listed blog receives direct links and dedicated individual pages that contain statistics, a description and other information. You only have to register with the site if you wish to submit a blog, but it's not required for rating and reviewing sites.
Discover blogs by browsing the category, using the search tool or reviewing the top ranked blogs. The search tool allows you to search in all categories or specific categories.
To submit a blog requires free registration and adding the ranking HTML to your blog. The form requires providing your email address along with the usual blog information.
Posted on August 7, 2006
186) Octora
Octora is a resource for grabbing live content feeds to add to your web site or to find blogs through its search tool. No sign up is required to use search, which provides a list of related results with links to the feeds. When you click an item, a pop-up box appears (turn off pop-up blocker to get the full benefit from the site) with the the blog's home page, the more recent blog entries and many feed subscription links. If you use Pluck, NewsBlog, Bloglines and so on, you can subscribe to the feed with a click.
Click Deep Search to find more results where the keyword may not appear in the feed title or URL. You can limit your results to keywords that appear in the feed title or feed URL. URL Search filters the results to show sites that have your keyword in the URL. The results page also lists the most popular keyword searches.
Registration is for those who want to use the My Feedbox feature. The site also has a blog providing updates.
To submit your feed to Octora just enter your blog feed. Before submitting your feed, search the site to ensure your blog isn't already listed.
Posted on July 31, 2006
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