Do You Have a Blog?  Here's How People Can Add Your Blog to Their My Yahoo!

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If you have a blog that supports RSS, Yahoo has made it extremely easy for you to help other people to add your blog to their My Yahoo!.  Here is what they need to do:

1.  Go to http://my.yahoo.com/s/button.html in order to create a button that you can paste in your blog like this .  All you will need to do is to enter the URL of your blog in field provided, and Yahoo! will create the html code for you to copy in your website.

2.  Copy the code so that it appears in a convenient place in your blog for your subscribers.  If they want to subscribe, all they need to do is click the button (just like the instructions I provided above).

3.  Alternatively, they can click on the "Add Content" button on their My Yahoo! page.  Right next to the "Find" button in the "Find Content" section, in tiny text, there is a link that says "Add RSS by URL."  The most difficult part of the process is finding the link because it is in such small text.

4.  On this page, there is a field where you can enter the URL of the RSS feed for the site they want to add.  This is not the URL of the blog itself, but the URL of the RSS feed.  What users need to do is to go to your blog, find the link to your RSS feed, right click on the link and select "Copy Shortcut."  They can then go back to this page in Yahoo and copy that link.  It's not as complicated as it sounds, and Yahoo includes instructions on the page.

How to Receive Articles from Power Affirmations to Your Yahoo Page Automatically

I have now implemented RSS -- Really Simple Syndication -- to the Power Affirmations Website.  What does that mean to you?  It means that you can now receive new articles that I publish to the Power Affirmations website within minutes after they happen.  You can either use a "news aggregator" such as that found at http://www.bloglines.com or you can add it to your My Yahoo! page.  My personal favorite is the My Yahoo! page. The reason is that this way I can keep track of latest articles without having to load any other software or look at a separate web page.  I use the My Yahoo! page to keep up on on the latest news, stocks, weather, movies, etc., so it's most convenient to me to add it as a separate section.  The truth is, you can do this with any blog that uses RSS (most do).   And if you have your own blog, other people can subscribe to it as well.

Here is how it works:

1.  Click on the button.  This will take you to a page in Yahoo that will present you with an option to Add the feed to your My Yahoo!  page.

2.  If you don't have a My Yahoo! page, you will be presented with an option to create one after you add the feed to the website.  Yahoo does not charge for this service.  I have used this as my Home Page for years. It has all the information I'm tracking just the way I want it--mostly text with few graphics.  I can quickly scan the headlines, stocks, blogs, movies, etc. all within a matter of minutes.f

3.  Once you have added the Power Affirmations blog to your My Yahoo! content, then you can select the "Change Layout" button to move the section to exactly where you want it.  Personally, I have mine on the front page in the second section just underneath the headlines, but that's just me.  Just seeing it reminds me to stay positive.  You can put it on the front page, or any other page you want in any section you want.  It's your page, so put it where you want.

If you want to learn more about the advantages of RSS, Yahoo has some great information at http://my.yahoo.com/s/about/rss/.  There's a lot of other great information on the web about blogging and RSS.  This technology is transforming the way people use the web and the internet.  I hope you choose to subscribe to my blog.  I'm committed to providing positive, quality content that is helping people improve their lives.  I will not abuse your trust.  Also, I hope that you choose to join the blogging revolution.  I believe that the fact that you are reading this information means that you are a positive person who is ready to make a positive contribution.  We need you to add your voice to the internet.  Together we can make the world a more positive place for all of us.