Depth-First: Subscribe to Depth-First by Email

Subscribe to Depth-First by Email

Rich Apodaca — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:28:00 +0000

It's been said that "every system evolves until it uses email." While this isn't always true, and email is quite unpopular with some people, others prefer it over alternative information delivery methods.

Those who prefer email updates can now subscribe to the Depth-First feed via email. Whenever a new article is posted, you'll receive an email containing the full text as HTML. I accomplished this feat without so much as writing a line of code by taking advantage of FeedBurner Email. I "discovered" this feature after reading about Antony Williams' use of it on his blog.

You can find a permanent link to the email subscription form on Depth-First's right-hand sidebar under "Feed":

"Subscribe to Depth-First by Email" by Rich Apodaca

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:27:02 +0000

Noel, good tip. I had the Stats feature enabled on Depth-First at one point but disabled it because it changed my Depth-First title URLs to Feedburner URLs. So, for example, the Depth-First title links in Chemical Blogspace actually pointed to Feedburner. Not the best thing if you're trying to build a healthy Page Rank.

The way Stats is implemented might have changed since then, though.

"Subscribe to Depth-First by Email" by baoilleach

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:41:48 +0000

Thanks for the info. Here's a tip in return. Enable Item views in Feedburner Stats to see how popular particular blog entries are. Despite saying "Pro" beside it, it looks like i'ts free.

"Subscribe to Depth-First by Email" by Ryan Sasaki

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:34:05 +0000

It's definitely a good addition to your blog Rich.

According to my feedburner stats, close to 75% of my subscribers do so by email.

Some people still don't know what RSS is, how to use it, or why it is useful.