Creating categories at Blogger

The idea is simple: using Technorati site search for category keywords placed at the end of every post. First, you need to name categories using specific words you won't use when writing your posts. As an example for this blog I have chosen a combination of 'cat+category word'¹. Then you only need to use Technorati site search to look for those special words (check links at sidebar: Post by categories). And, if you are adding Technorati tags in your posts you may do as shown at the end of this post (here also). You'll be killing two birds with one stone².

I guess there will be lots of ways to create categories at Blogger, easier and more elegant. I'll be glad to hear about it.

You may read this post in Spanish here.

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(1) For best effect you may hide text from view matching font colour with background
(2) My first idea was to take advantage of tags and Searchlet but people at Technorati told me that 'it is currently no way to restrict your tag search to a given weblog'.


Categories and Technorati tags: cattips, Blogger, Technorati

Inserting a Technorati Cosmos link at Blogger

As a way to follow conversations many blogs insert at the end of their entries a link to Technorati (check Boing Boing or Joi Ito). To do this at Blogger you only need to add this code in your Blogger template:
<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&url=<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$>" title="Technorati Cosmos">Technorati Cosmos</a>

You may read this post in Spanish here.


Categories and Technorati tags: cattips, Blogger, Technorati

Links in your Bloglines subscriptions

Why nobody insert a link when subscribing a feed at Bloglines? Am I the only one? Some people write comments in their notes when subscribing, but take a look at public subscribers for feeds with more than 10,000 subscribers:

1. Slashdot - Bloglines subscribers
2. Wired News - Bloglines subscribers
3. Boing Boing - Bloglines subscribers
4. Dilbert - Bloglines subscribers
5. Gizmodo - Bloglines subscribers
6. Google Weblog - Bloglines subscribers
7. Engadget - Bloglines subscribers
8. New York Times Home Page - Bloglines subscribers

You will see that I am the only one to insert links (look for pmagsa among Bloglines subscribers for Boing Boing, Dilbert, Slashdot and Wired News). And adding a link is a very easy thing to do. You just need to edit the notes field (click on picture):

It puzzles me why nobody does it. On the Internet links are of the essence and they have quite a few applications at Bloglines.

You may read this post in Spanish here.


Categories and Technorati tags: cattips, Blogger, Bloglines