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Organize Sites

Introducing a new feature - Organize Sites. A faster and easier organising experience!

The interface allows for the selection of multiple sites and bulk operations like moving and unfollowing sites. It displays the sites that have been followed and those that have been inactive on your Feedspot account.

Let's take a closer look…

Click on the gear icon to access organize sites page

You can filter sources by activity and by the feeds dropdown. Also you can search a particular site by entering the site name in the site name input box.

Click on Checkboxes to select sites to perform batch operations such as ‘Move’ or ‘Unfollow’.

Onclick ‘Move’ - Add to folder modal will appear where you can add selected site(s) to an existing folder or a new folder.

Unfollow allows you to delete a site/multiple sites from the Feedspot account. You can also simply unfollow a site by hovering over a row.

There are 2 main metrics:

Posts/Week - how many articles the site publishes per week

Last Article - last article published by a particular site.

We made it easier for you to import and export your sites.

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The rise and fall of Cryptocurrency searches on Feedspot

The graph represents number of visits on Feedspot for "Cryptocurrency" keyword.

Crypto and Bitcoin related searches started trending from the beginning of this year and peaked in June.

This trend seems to be fading away in June as you can see from the graph.

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Introducing Podcast player! Now you can listen to all your favorite podcasts along with blogs and news websites in one place on Feedspot Reader.

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Introducing Podcaster player! Now you can enjoy listening to your favorite podcasts on Feedspot along with blogs, news websites and other feeds.

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Share Your Feedspot Newsletter With Your Team

Now, you can send your Feedspot newsletter copy to team members.

By this feature, it will be very helpful for coworkers to get updates of Blogs that are relevant to your industry, whom you have subscribed to.

You just need to mention your Team members name and email address here - https://www.feedspot.com/useredit?set=dailydigest 

Feedspot Free Users can add 1 Team member’s account and Paid users can add up to 10 Team member’s accounts.

Some guidelines of Team newsletter feature includes -

They will not be able to login or make any changes to your Feedspot account.

They will receive digest email where each post links to original site.

They will not be able to make any modifications to the digest email.

If you add or remove sites from your Feedspot account, the next digest to you and your team members will contain updated posts.

We are adding some useful features in upcoming release to give you more power and flexibility to share only selected posts with your team mates.

More on this in coming weeks.

Hope this feature helps you the most. Stay Safe.

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Automatically post your favorites to all apps of your choice in one go.

You can share articles on social media websites or apps like Facebook, Twitter, Pocket, Instapaper, Buffer or Evernote in one click.

Visit the "Favorites" tab and connect apps of your choice to Feedspot.

Now, you just need to click the favorite icon (★ button) of the corresponding article you wish to share.

The article will be shared automatically on the selected platform.

You can have a look at a video tutorial to help you understand better.

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Introducing Compact View for Feedspot lists

We are introducing a compact layout for bloggers list.

Have a look at top Running blogs list blog.feedspot.com/running-blogs/

Key advantages- 

Less scrolling required for viewing full list

Lets you sort list by social media followers, domain authority, alexa rank etc.

Click on the Compact option located at the top right section of the page

Here is the screenshot of running blogs list in Compact view. 

The default ranking of these Blogs is based on the ranks given by our team based on factors like relevancy, frequency of posts, social media followers count and engagement, the domain authority of the blog etc.

In the Compact view, you have the freedom to rank the list as per your criteria based on - 

Facebook Followers count

Twitter Followers count

Instagram Followers count

Alexa Web Traffic Rank

Domain Authority

Frequency of posts

Location of the Blogger

Age of the Blog

You need to click on the up and down arrow buttons present at the top of the list. 

The list will then be ranked based on your criteria.

_Example - Running Blogs list based on Facebook followers count in descending order. _

You also have control over which column data you want to include or exclude in the Compact View.

You can opt-in or opt-out of these columns -

Facebook Followers count

Twitter Followers count

Instagram Followers count

Alexa Web Traffic Rank

Domain Authority

Social Engagement

You just need to select or deselect the options present at the Toggle Columns option.

You can also view additional details of the Blog in the list by clicking on the “+” option.

You can then view the Blog URL, description of the Blog and its latest posts published on that Blog.

Compact view brings in a new viewing experience of Feedspot lists.

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How To Customize Your Daily Digest Emails On Feedspot

                           Screenshot of Feedspot daily digest email

Wondering how you can customize the daily digest emails you receive from Feedspot? Don’t worry! We got you covered.

First of all, you need to go to the Daily Digest settings option from the top right corner.

There, you can see 3 main options - 

1. Subscribe/Unsubscribe from Daily digest emails 

2. General options 

3. Select sites you want the updates of in your Feedspot today email 

Let’s see how you can use these options for your advantage and make the most from Feedspot platform - 

1. Subscribe/Unsubscribe from Daily digest emails -

In the first option, you can primarily enable or disable digest emails you receive from Feedspot.

2. General options - 

In the second option, you can notice a wide range of options.

You can add Team members if you want to send a copy of your daily digest email to your team members. 

You can set the Frequency of the daily digest emails eg Real-time, Once in an hour/2 hours/6 hours/12 hours, once a day or once a week. If you choose Real-Time, you'll receive a digest email the moment there is any new post in your account.

You choose format of your digest.

With title, snippet description and thumbnail (default)

With title, snippet description but no image thumbnail 

Upto 35 posts in a digest 

You can adjust the Time at which you want to receive the email digest.

Upto 100 posts in a digest (gmail may truncate long emails) 

You can opt-in or opt-out from Feedspot sending you related articles in your daily digest emails.

3. Select sites you want the updates of in your Feedspot today email -

By default, your digest has updates from all the sites you've added to your Feedspot account. If you want only selected sites for your digest, you can do this.

We hope you have got a fair idea of how you can change or adjust your daily digest email settings on Feedspot. We will be back soon to illuminate more on what Feedspot has to offer you. Stay tuned for more updates!

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Top performing lists in 2019

2019 has been a great year for Feedspot. We started in 2015 with the aim to organize all Blogs YouTube Channels, podcasts, magazines etc. in one place. Over the past few years, we have seen a tremendous rise in our user base with users coming from all around the globe. Our website traffic has grown significantly in the last year with traffic exceeding over 10 million users in 2019. We are constantly improving the user interface and user experience, so the user have a great experience on the website.

Let us look at some of the Top performing webpages on blog.feedspot.com

Top Pages among all the lists published on Feedspot with it’s web Traffic in 2019

1. /soccer_prediction_blogs/ - 180,104 2. /couple_youtube_channels/ - 82,961 3. /family_youtube_channels/ - 81,945 4. /gay_youtubers/ - 79,508 5. /lifestyle_blogs/ - 74,180 6. /crossdressing_blogs/ - 72,964 7. /hacker_blogs/ - 54,320 8. /usa_news_websites/ - 52,830 9. /educational_youtube_channels/ - 51,524 10. /indian_news_websites/ - 49,738

Top performing Blog lists in 2019 with its users

1. /soccer_prediction_blogs/ - 180,113 2. /lifestyle_blogs/ - 74,184 3. /crossdressing_blogs/ - 72,973 4. /hacker_blogs/ - 54,323 5. /gay_blogs/ - 48,736 6. /world_news_blogs/ - 43,993 7. /meme_blogs/ - 42,746 8. /liberal_political_blogs/ - 36,140 9. /music_blogs/ - 34,494 10. /technology_blogs/ - 34,433

Top performing YouTube channels lists in 2019 with it’s users

1. /couple_youtube_channels/ - 82,961 2. /family_youtube_channels/ - 81,945 3. /gay_youtubers/ - 79,508 4. /educational_youtube_channels/ - 51,552 5. /minecraft_youtube_channels/ - 49,393 6. /beauty_youtube_channels/ - 48,840 7. /car_youtube_channels/ - 44,593 8. /tarot_youtube_channels/ - 41,470 9. /transgender_youtube_channels/ - 37,980 10. /music_youtube_channels/ - 34,917

Top performing Podcast lists in 2019 with it’s users

1. /black_podcasts/ - 35,632 2. /parenting_podcasts/ - 18,421 3. /horror_podcasts/ - 11,892 4. /lgbt_podcasts/ - 11,317 5. /lesbian_podcasts/ - 9,995 6. /buddhist_podcasts/ - 9,823 7. /leadership_podcasts/ - 9,735 8. /stock_market_podcasts/ - 8,479 9. /wrestling_podcasts/ - 8,265 10. /philosophy_podcasts/ - 8,140

Top performing Magazine lists in 2019 with it’s users

1. /womens_magazines/ - 29,503 2. /art_magazines/ - 26,422 3. /technology_magazines/ - 24,767 4. /architecture_magazines/ - 19,418 5. /music_magazines/ - 19,255 6. /education_magazines/ - 19,204 7. /movie_magazines/ - 16,429 8. /mens_magazines/ - 15,243 9. /science_magazines/ - 14,613 10. /gaming_magazines/ - 12,591

Top performing RSS lists in 2019 with it’s users

1. /world_news_rss_feeds/ - 38,750 2. /movie_rss_feeds/ - 18,744 3. /technology_rss_feeds/ - 12,075 4. /cyber_security_rss_feeds/ - 11,530 5. /bbc_rss_feeds/ - 9,726 6. /korean_drama_rss_feeds/ - 8,388 7. /stock_rss_feeds/ - 5,611 8. /video_game_rss_feeds/ - 5,085 9. /indian_news_rss_feeds/ - 4,776 10. /business_news_rss_feeds/ - 4,486

Let us look at from where the users come from.

Top cities in 2019 with it’s users

1. London - 378,393 2. New York - 307,854 3. Chicago - 219,169 4. Bengaluru - 177,464 5. Los Angeles - 167,400 6. Mumbai - 154,333 7. Sydney - 152,234 8. Toronto - 135,527 9. Melbourne - 135,270 10. Lagos - 129,261

With website traffic exceeding 10 million in 2019, we have ensured that all the users who visit these pages, get the best experience which they deserve. We have worked extensively to improve page speed timings and overall user experience of the users. We have added more informative content to the lists by incorporating metrics like Instagram followers count, domain authority, social engagement score etc. We had an in depth analysis to improve our ranking algorithm, which is used to rank various Blogs, podcasts, magazines and YouTube Channels in the lists.  

We promise our users that we will keep up the good work in years to come.

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New Product Launched - RSS Combiner

Feedspot's RSS Combiner takes multiple RSS feeds from different sources and creates a new combined version of all those feeds.

The setup is extremely simple.

1. Enter the URLs of the feeds you want to combine.

2. Specify the number of posts for the output combined feed.

3. Click the "Create Combined RSS Feed" button. And, get a combined RSS URL.

Stay Tuned!!

You can learn more about the RSS Combiner on

https://www.feedspot.com/rsscombiner/

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Search Folders on Feedspot

Feedspot helps you to read your favorite Blogs, News Websites, Youtube Channels, Podcasts, Magazines, RSS feeds and Social Sites accounts from one place.  

For this, you just need to add sites to your Feedspot account and you will be notified with the updates.

Search Folders:  For a particular topic, instead of searching and adding individual sites, you get a readymade folder of all the relevant sites which you can follow.

Suppose you want to read articles on craft, but have no idea about the sites which can be added. Don’t worry, simply select folders option and search craft in the textbox. Feedspot will suggest the most relevant craft-related folders that you can follow.

Stay Tuned!!

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New in Feedspot API

In the previous post, we have seen that Feedspot now provides an API of its own.

Access to the content of feedspot feeds and folders via an API—to automate workflows and disseminate information more efficiently.

We have added two new API Objects:

Suggest: Get Suggestion for Blogs, Podcasts, News Websites, Youtube Channels, and RSS feeds

Search: Search for Blogs, Podcasts, News Websites, Youtube Channels and RSS feeds

Stay Tuned!!

You can learn more about the Feedspot API on

https://www.feedspot.com/fs/apireadme

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Feedspot API

API is the acronym for Application Programming Interface, which is a software intermediary that allows two applications to talk to each other. Each time you use an app like Facebook, send an instant message or check the weather on your phone, you’re using an API.

Feedspot now provides an API of its own. Feedspot API can be used by Customers for Automation purposes. 

Access to the content of feedspot feeds and folders via an API—to automate workflows and disseminate information more efficiently.

The feedspot API is using an HTTP REST + JSON format and is easily accessible via any programming language. It is protected by a security mechanism. 

You can learn more about the Feedspot API on

https://www.feedspot.com/fs/apireadme

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RSS Feed Limit increased - Brand Monitoring

In the previous post, we have seen how to get RSS for Saved Searches.

The feed limit for RSS previously was 10, which can be increased upto 50. It can be configured from User Preferences Menu

Click on the user icon, and then on Brand Monitoring Preferences:

And then, change the limit to the desired limit :

You will get an RSS with 50 feeds in it.

Stay Tuned!

Check out the link below!!

https://www.feedspot.com/brandmonitoring/

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RSS for Saved Searches - Brand Monitoring

RSS for Saved Searches are now live on brand monitoring

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. It is a way for people who publish content online to notify potential readers that new content is made available. 

RSS also allows you to syndicate content from many www sites. Basically, all of the content you're interested in can be tracked and personalized for you in one place. 

Simply, follow these steps to get an RSS feed for saved searches:

Search for the query which you want an RSS for and save it:

Click on it in the saved searches option, which will appear on the left side of the page:

Then, click on RSS:

The Craft RSS Feed looks like this-

Stay Tuned!

Check out the link below!!

https://www.feedspot.com/brandmonitoring/

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Auto Suggest feature on Feedspot

Feedspot helps you to read your favorite Blogs, News Websites, Youtube Channels, Podcasts, Magazines, RSS feeds and Social Sites accounts from one place.  

For this, you just need to add sites to your Feedspot account and you will be notified with the updates.

Auto Suggest: Auto-suggest is to search a virtually unbounded list for related keywords and phrases. Auto-suggest actually throws new ideas into the mix. It also helps users construct a more useful query than they might otherwise have thought of on their own.

Suppose you want to read articles on craft, but have no idea about the sites which can be added. Don’t worry, simply start typing craft in the textbox, and the auto-suggest feature will suggest most relevant craft related sites which you can add.

Stay Tuned!!

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New in Brand Monitoring

We introduce you to a newly released feature. The feature is aimed at making your experience even more convenient and less time-consuming.

What’s New: 

To get started, simply search for your favorite topic.

Sort option can be used to sort results by facebook engagements or created date.

Sort by Created Date -

Using Sort By Created Date , one can sort the results based on Created time. The posts which are created recently will appear first followed by the rest according to their created time.

Sort by Facebook Engagements: 

Social Media Engagements are the reflection of the popularity of any article, blog or news. Facebook Engagements have been added for all the search results which contain reactions, shares, and comments. Using Sort By Facebook Engagements, one can sort the results according to the facebook engagements. The posts with higher facebook engagements will appear first followed by the rest according to their Facebook engagements.

Stay Tuned!

Check out the link below!!

https://www.feedspot.com/brandmonitoring/