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Blanka:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on December 10, 2011, 06:56:35 am ---The real answer.... a waste of time.  Well maybe that's a bit harsh, but for the end user they don't make any sense.
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It is the hidden gem of sites, but you know what to do with it.
Instead of reading 20 blogs every day, tabbloid.com collects all stories I like based on RSS links I enter, and serves all in a PDF newspaper during morning coffee.

wp34:
This site has an RSS feed as well.  Check the link at the top of the page.  You can use it to track the most recent posts across forums.

I'm a big fan of Google Reader as a RSS aggregator.  It synchronizes between computers and mobile devices keeping track of what I have already read.  In addition to news I use it to track eBay and Craigslist searches as well as Podcasts.

Blanka:

--- Quote from: wp34 on December 10, 2011, 10:55:37 am ---In addition to news I use it to track eBay and Craigslist searches as well as Podcasts.

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Please explain. I really need to get easier access to the uggliest and most user unfriendly website of the world (Ebay), and I'm really curious how you tame the dumbest and most oldfashioned site in the word (CL).

Vigo:
I use it for craigslist. You can RSS exact searches. I have an RSS feed on my igoogle page, and every time i open up my web browser, i can check craigslist for all the items on CL I am looking for in about 10 seconds.

You just make the exact search you want on Craigslist (be sure to refine it as much as possible. Like my arcade search is something like: Arcade - fire -xbox -playstation -"fisher-price")

Once you got the search putting the results you want, click the rss button on the bottom of the screen. Copy the web page link, not the body, and paste it into your RSS program. Viola, you will now have an updated feed of your search.

I have never used it for ebay, mostly because I get email alerts for that site. Time is usually not so much of the essence, so a daily update is good for me. The few items I am desperately looking for, I get an instant email alert on.

wp34:

--- Quote from: Vigo on December 10, 2011, 11:59:12 am ---I use it for craigslist. You can RSS exact searches. I have an RSS feed on my igoogle page, and every time i open up my web browser, i can check craigslist for all the items on CL I am looking for in about 10 seconds.

You just make the exact search you want on Craigslist (be sure to refine it as much as possible. Like my arcade search is something like: Arcade - fire -xbox -playstation -"fisher-price")

Once you got the search putting the results you want, click the rss button on the bottom of the screen. Copy the web page link, not the body, and paste it into your RSS program. Viola, you will now have an updated feed of your search.

I have never used it for ebay, mostly because I get email alerts for that site. Time is usually not so much of the essence, so a daily update is good for me. The few items I am desperately looking for, I get an instant email alert on.

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Well put Vigo.  It works basically the same for both sites.

I also use RSS to follow people on Twitter.   

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