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RSS feed reader options - the saga continues

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When Google Reader was retired, I posted about my search for a replacement . Eventually I settled on TheOldReader .   This had a few headaches - too many other people made the same choice, so they had performance problems.  Then they were going to shut down.   They they got help and weren't shutting any more.   Now they've siaid that only the first 100 subscriptions are free, and that people need to pay to have more than this.   The design still looks a bit clunky. I may yet end up paying them $30/year - it's not unreasonable for the service.   But OTOH, I don't see paying a small amount for any service as a guarantee that it will actually survive. But in the meantime, I'm hunting for options again.    Here's some info about what I've tried. InoReader The first tool that has caught my eye is InoReader .   It is ... a  Cloud based   RSS Reader  aimed to fully replace  Google Reader   and even provide additional tools a...

Setting up Google Analytics for a 2nd or later blog

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This article is about how to set up Google Anaytics to work on subsequent Blogger sites, if you have already set it up for your first blog or website. If you already have Google Analytics set up, then the process is a little different to setting it up for your first blog (which is nicely described by GreenLava over on BloggerSentral ) - because you already have a Google Analytics account, which you must add a new web property to. How to set up Google Analytics for a subsequent blog Log into Analytics using the Google Account which you use for Analytics overall (ie which you used for your other blogs or websites). Choose the Admin tab  (currently linked from near the right on the orange menu bar) From the drop-menu under Property , choose Create a New Property Choose Website (it's the default) Choose whether to use Universal Analytics (currently still beta) or Classic Analytics. (I've chosen Universal for the blog that I've just set up - will be interesting to see h...