New Blog Features

I've added a few things to help make the blog more accessible.

Add to Google - You'll find this little button on the bottom of the page. If you have a "personalized" Google homepage, or if you use the Google Reader, you can click this button to automatically add our Atom Feed to your page. This is one of the thousands of applets that can be added to your homepage to increase it's functionality. Click HERE to see the huge directory of applets.


Blogtopsites - This button is mainly for tracking and rating purposes, but you can click it to see the most popular blogs in the "Food and Drink" category and use it to search for other beer-related stuff.


Technorati - Several people have written and asked me to start "tagging" my posts so they'll get sorted and indexed by Technorati.com. Technorati is a aggregator and search engine specifically geared towards blogs and the people who love to read them. If you're a long-time blog reader you're probably already familiar with the system, but if not then check them out now. Simply register with them (it's free) and start adding URL's of blogs you already read. You can also select keywords/topics that interest you and find things to read from blogs you've never heard of. The best part is the "ping" feature; every time one of your favorite blogs is updated it sends a ping to technorati, which indexes the new content and lets you know that one of the blogs on your watchlist has fresh material. No more clicking through a bunch of blogs every morning only to find out that nothing was updated.

Search this Blog - Another thing people have requested I add before there are too many posts. Should be self-explanatory; type in a term and click search. I searched for beer in this example.

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