Thing #9

Google is the easiest to use but comes up with a billion results most of which are not relevant.

Topix was easy to narrow down geographically significant posts. There are lots of local parents that think that we are lazy, overpaid, slovenly teachers in Rockwall but there are even more parents that think we do a good job and don't get paid enough.

Feedster was down on 6/20/10 but I will try it again tomorrow.

Syndic8 was especially confusing to use but it did seem to come up with some relevant results. It is by far my least favorite to use.

Technorati was very interesting and easy to navigate. It is by far the easiest for me. It allows you to search by category or to search similar to google. It came up with interesting and relevant results.


I found several interesting physics feeds including a blog put on by a physics teacher in Egypt. It had interesting video and pictures. Technorati had great articles about the LHC. Syndic8 just wanted to send me to MTV Deutchseland and Archer New England.

I have always seen that CNN and FoxNews have the RSS buttons on their stories that if they update them can be used and now I know what that is for.