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Friend Feed - A Site Worth Joining

Friend Feed is a Web 2.0 feed amalgamation site that allows you and others to comment on your online activities. There's an easy registration. You log on, add as many feeds as you'd like, then connect with your friends.

With FriendFeed you can find out what your friends are doing on the web. Share discoveries of movies, videos, websites, and photographs! You can also make rooms to discuss your interests and endeavors in. You could even make a private room for everyone in your family to hang out in, sharing web activities and family fun times.

Feed your feeds to FriendFeed!

You can add dozens of RSS feeds to FriendFeed...

The main point of the FriendFeed site is to amalgamate your many feeds, including your blog feeds. You can also input your Squidoo feed by using the feed links found at SquidUtils. Add those feeds just as you would a blog feed.

These are sites supported by FriendFeed as of January 2011:

  1. 12 Seconds - Share what you're doing with short video status updates.

  2. Amazon.com - Books and so much more.

  3. Ameba - a Japanese site.

  4. Backtype - Find, follow, and share comments on the web.

  5. Baidu - Chinese social media site.

  6. Blog - Your blog, Squidoo feed, etc..

  7. brightkite.com - A location based social media network.

  8. DailyMotion - Video sharing.

  9. del.icio.us - Social bookmarking.

  10. Digg - Social bookmarking.

  11. Diigo - A shared research site.

  12. Disqus - Turn blog comments into web-wide discussion.

  13. Facebook - Social media site.

  14. Flickr - Photo sharing.

  15. Fotolog - Photo sharing.

  16. Furl - Social bookmarking.

  17. Gmail/Google Talk - IM, Gmail notifications, pc to pc calls, and file transfers.

  18. Goodreads - Book discussion social media site.

  19. Google Reader - A news reader.

  20. Google Shared Stuff - Share with your friends.

  21. Hatena - Japanese social media site.

  22. Identi.ca - Micro-blogging.

  23. iLike - Share music information and playlists.

  24. Intense Debate - Comment enhancement for your blog.

  25. Jaiku - Micro-blogging.

  26. Joost - Music, videos, TV, movies.

  27. Last.fm - Music, video, radio, events, charts.

  28. LibraryThing - Book discussion social media site.

  29. LinkedIn - Professional networking.

  30. Live Journal - Blogging, connectivity.

  31. Ma.gnolia - Social bookmarking.

  32. Menéame - Spanish social bookmarking site.

  33. Mister Wong - Social bookmarking.

  34. Mixx - Social bookmarking.

  35. Netflix - Movie rentals.

  36. Netvibes - Personalized start page.

  37. Pandora - Free internet radio.

  38. PhotoBucket - Photo storage and sharing.

  39. Picasa Web Albums - Photo sharing.

  40. Plurk - Micro-blogging.

  41. Polyvore - Mix and match outfits.

  42. Pownce - Micro-blogging with files and events.

  43. Reddit - Social bookmarking.

  44. Seesmic - Video micro-blogging.

  45. Skyrock - Blogging, social media.

  46. SlideShare - Share Power Point presentations.

  47. Smotri - Russian video sharing site.

  48. SmugMug - Photo sharing.

  49. StumbleUpon - Social bookmarking and photo sharing.

  50. tipjoy - Get donations for your site.

  51. Tumblr - Blogging site.

  52. Twine - Organize and share information.

  53. Twitter - Micro-blogging.

  54. Upcoming - Events and things to do.

  55. Vimeo - Movie sharing.

  56. Wakoopa - Discover software and games.

  57. Yelp - Business reviews from consumers.

  58. YouTube - Movie sharing.

  59. Zooomr - Photo sharing.

Make comments on FriendFeed

You can get sociable on FriendFeed.

Beneath every entry on every FriendFeed page (yours or your friends) there's a comment link. Feel free to make comments on anything you have posted, or anything your friends post.

Make friends on FriendFeed

FriendFeed is social media.

When you add a friend on FriendFeed, you can also create a custom list to categorize that person in. Here you see I'm including Mac Creevy in a custom list for Squidoo because I recognize him from this site.

You'll see my friends categorized in the right-side column of my FriendFeed page.

Add your FriendFeed link

Promote your FriendFeed page.

Hint - when you create backlinks on the web, be sure to make more backlinks to point to your backlink pages... so Google and other search engines can find them.

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LindaJM on FriendFeed

Includes my Squidoo and Twitter feeds, my Netflix more...3 points

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John Dilbeck - FriendFeed

News and views on affiliate marketing, Internet to more...3 points

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seedplanter - FriendFeed

Includes my blogs, Twitter, and Squidoo lenses3 points

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Kiwisoutback - FriendFeed

My blog, Squidoo lenses...3 points

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Cathryn Gray - FriendFeed

Includes my blog and social networking sites. I'm more...2 points

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Rick Wales - FriendFeed

I'm very active on Squidoo where I am a Squid Ange more...2 points

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MiMi (GrowWear) FriendFeed

My blog updates, my Tweets, my squidcasts and squi more...2 points

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Glenna - FriendFeed

Twitter, Stumbleupon, Delicious, etc. I get as man more...1 point

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Chris - FriendFeed

Includes my blog, websites and more1 point

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Christopher - FriendFeed

Includes My Blogs for Gamers1 point

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Jennifer Akers - FriendFeed

My blogs, Squidoo lenses, Twitter, online marketin more...1 point

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MeghnaK - FriendFeed

My Twitter feeds, Squidoo and Stumbleupon....1 point

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capriliz (Carmen) - FriendFeed

My Squidoo lenses, twitter, delicious and much mor more...0 points

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aforlan - FriendFeed

Hubpages and Squidoo writer. The niches are financ more...0 points

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Anas Shad - FriendFeed

My Hubs about everything from travel to online sec more...0 points

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Nancy - FriendFeed

I post my Squidoo and others that I want to share.0 points

Connect With Some Top Bloggers on FriendFeed

Learn from the greats... then create your own success.

Make rooms on FriendFeed

Use rooms to promote your niche topics and learn more about your niche.

You can create a private room just for your family. You can create a public one for any topic dear to your heart. FriendFeed rooms give you and your contacts a place to put feeds and comments that are limited topic-wise, to focus on just one group or thing.

One of my FriendFeed rooms is 2012, a room I made to promote my blog, 2012 Collectibles.

Join Some FriendFeed Rooms

Rooms are a great way to promote your niche!

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Squidoo News - FriendFeed

Blog posts and other news sources about Squidoo.2 points

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Children's Literature - FriendFeed

For writers and readers of children's literature!1 point

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2012 - FriendFeed

Everything 2012 ... heading into the new level of human existence!1 point

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ProBlogger - FriendFeed

ProBlogger.net's Room on FriendFeed - a place for discussing all things Professional Blogging0 points

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Social Media - FriendFeed

Have something to share or something to say related to social media? Join the conversation here and let's get social!0 points

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Black Book - FriendFeed

Creative forum.0 points

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Foods - FriendFeed

Good food, great food, expensive food, ghetto food, bad food, junk food...0 points

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Lifehack - FriendFeed

A room for Lifehack and Productivity related.0 points

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FriendFeed News - FriendFeed

The latest updates, blogs and news stories about FriendFeed.0 points

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Bigfoot News - FriendFeed

Read and comment on Bigfoot news and blog postings.0 points

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All Things Google - FriendFeed

Google news, apps, features, and easter eggs. Everything related to Google (the company and its products.)0 points

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Web Strategy Workshop - FriendFeed

Web Strategy Workshop room has links, discussions, and blogs about Web Strategy including building community, internet marketing, findability, and social media.0 points

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Bigfoot News - FriendFeed

Read and comment on Bigfoot news and blog postings.0 points

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Fight CPS News - FriendFeed

For news about fighting false child abuse accusations, foster homes, and corrupt government child welfare practices.If you have a blog about fighting CPS and exposing child welfare injustice and you'd like to have the feed added to this room, please email me: webmaster at fightcps dot com.0 points

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Writing Strategies - FriendFeed

Discuss Web 2.0 writing strategies0 points

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Daily Inspiration - FriendFeed

An eclectic selection of blog feeds to inspire, amaze, and delight.0 points

Make a newsroom on FriendFeed

...my topic is Squidoo!

Here's my news room: Squidoo News.

1. Create a new room called "[Your Topic] News" or something similar that works well for you.

2. Import blog feeds from blogs on your topic.

Sample blog feed urls:
Blogger.Com: http://BLOGNAME.blogspot.com
WordPress: http://www.BLOGNAME.com/feed

3. Create Google news feeds on your topic.

Here's a sample Google News feed url:
http://news.google.com/news?q=YOUR-TOPIC&ie=UTF-8

4. Create a YouTube feed on your topic.

Here's a sample YouTube feed url:
http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?vq=YOUR-TOPIC

5. Invite people to join you in the room for conversation on the news of the day.

Add Video to Your News Room

...use a YouTube feed!

There are many ways to incorporate YouTube into your room. Here's what I used for my Bigfoot room:

http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?orderby=updated&vq=bigfoot

I placed this into my room using the 'add blog rss' feature. Works great! Now if I want to see every video on YouTube tagged 'bigfoot' I go to my Bigfoot News Room and click on the little orange rss symbol that corresponds to the YouTube feed. I get a list of all the Bigfoot videos and can watch them right there on my FriendFeed News Room page!

For more ideas on using YouTube, go to YouTube Feeds.

Tribes

FriendFeed is about creating tribes...

You can start your tribe at FriendFeed. Read more about tribes in Seth Godin's new book:
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

by: Seth Godin

Amazon Price: $12.02 (as of 02/13/2012)Buy Now

From the inside cover:
"The Web can do amazing things, but it can't provide leadership. That still has to come from individuals -- people just like you who have passion about something." - Seth Godin

Learn about FriendFeed on YouTube

Great video resources on FriendFeed...

Tips For Using Friendfeed
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Marketing to the Social Web

by Larry Weber

Marketing to the Social Web: How Digital Customer Communities Build Your Business

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From the jacket flap:
In order to use the Internet to its full marketing potential, executives must open their minds to new possibilities, embrace social change, and rethink best practices. Rather than broadcast messages to audiences, savvy marketers will participate in, organize, and encourage social networks to which people want to belong, striking up a dialog with and between customers. Networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, and even Flickr are the perfect forums for this new dialog; Marketing to the Social Web shows you how to tap into it.

Your relationship with FriendFeed

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Plug Your Business! Marketing on MySpace, YouTube, blogs and podcasts and other Web 2.0 social networks

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Use Ping.fm to Update Your FriendFeed

Ping.fm is a new social media update service that can help you update FriendFeed, Twitter, Facebook, and a host of other social media sites all in one swoop.
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Your opinions on FriendFeed

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Yes, there are advantages to participating in FriendFeed.

thebestmousetrap says:

Awsome information, have had a friendfeed account for years just sitting empty, guess its time to put it to use. Thanks for this great information and links to some great friendfeed probloggers.

Posted January 06, 2012

Dara Bell says:

Yes it is down to who you want to connect with. If having afternoon chats with Robert Scoble is your thing then it is for you but your are in trend so you have the negatives of being trendy too.

Posted January 17, 2010

CleanerLife says:

People are buzzing about FriendFeed all of a sudden! I've been adding more friends, and using it to enhance my Twitter experience since most of the people I'm following on FF are also on Twitter, and they are sending their tweets to their FF account.

Posted May 03, 2009

aj2008 says:

Something I need to look at in more detail.

Posted December 23, 2008

seedplanter says:

It sure can't hurt! I've registered and gathered a few friends. I like the convenience of having all my eggs in one basket--it seems like it'll be a big time saver. I had no idea FriendFeed existed until this lens. Thanks, Linda.

Posted November 24, 2008

No, it is a waste of time.

 
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My Friend Feed

...the last five entries

This should give you an idea of what Friend Feed does. It collects information from many other feeds and puts them together on a page where you can make comments about them. Other people who see your feed can make comments there too.

By the way, if you want to add your Friend Feed to your Squidoo lenses, this is done with the RSS module. At the bottom of the Friend Feed page you'll see an orange RSS link. Copy that link, then import it to your Squidoo RSS module.
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You're invited to follow me on Friend Feed

I welcome new friends

You will need to be registered and logged in.

Go to my Friend Feed: LindaJM's Friend Feed and click on my "Subscribe To" link at the top of the page.

Friend Feed Links

Friend Feed
Friend Feed main page.
FriendFeed - FAQ
The FriendFeed FAQ (Fully Answered Questions).
Who is reading your feed page
After logging on to FriendFeed go to your stats page.
Find Others
By going to your recommended links page you'll find others who your friends are connected to.
FriendFeed - Tools
For when you need that extra something, here are some ways to customize your FriendFeed experience, make it a little easier, and maybe even have more fun.
The FriendFeed Discussion Group
A discussion group at Google. Get some questions answered!

The FriendBlog, from FriendFeed Staffers

While you're at FriendFeed, don't forget to stop by the FriendBlog once in a while to read about the new FF features.
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