Poll: How do you get your news?

For the longest time, we’ve been prioritizing the use of RSS feeds as the primary delivery platform for this blog — sending full content to your feed readers and email blasts. Wil the growing popularity of Facebook, Twitter and Google+, it seems RSS has taken a backstage.

I wanted to confirm that though so here’s a quick and simple poll for our readers this week — what’s your primary blog/news delivery platform?

I go and read directly from the site every chance I can.
I use a feed reader.
I subscribe to email alerts/blasts.
I follow and wait for the Twitter alert.
I subscribe to the Facebook Page.
I follow the author on Google+.
I use a mobile app.
I use something else.

Do hit the poll widget on the right side, below or hit the comments. I have this feeling that Facebook will take the upper hand. Internal stats for this blog shows an overwhelming lead for Facebook, followed by Twitter on distant second and Google+.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

41 Comments

Name: IC DeaDPiPoL says:

14 years ago

on my phone – News and Weather Widget + GMA app + iTyphoon
on my pc – Firefox live bookmark RSS (GMA News, Fansub, Scanlation)
Facebook – yugatech
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slabster says:

14 years ago

rockmelt
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jonaflormicfren says:

14 years ago

I subscribe to email alerts.
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Tony says:

14 years ago

I am subscribed to you via Google Reader. I use that on my PC, then on my android phone, it’s the gReader app.
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Gani Mendoza says:

14 years ago

NewsFox
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r41n says:

14 years ago

RSS feed is the most convinient of all. I don’t have to open the site everytime. Less loading times since the whole website is not loaded. I can access it anywhere. I don’t have to get up on my bed to read news and updates. No messy tabbed browsing.Â I’m using the MobileRSS which connects through Google Reader.
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Dan says:

14 years ago

I use the RSS feed. My Google Reader is accessible from my computer, my phone, and my iPod Touch. I only visit the site to vote. :D
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Berto Putik says:

14 years ago

I’m getting the news from my yahoomail “What’s New” tab.
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sundaecone says:

14 years ago

yahoo home page ^_^
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Jim says:

14 years ago

Google Reader!

I think your internal stats are lying to you. It can’t trace readers who are subscribed to your feeds because most of the people who read through RSS are not visiting directly to your site but instead are reading it through their RSS Feeds.

well, unless you also do consider checking your Feedburner stats. But from what I have experienced, feedburner stats are still inaccurate since only the Emails are counted accurately for both verified and unverified subscribers. those who read through their Readers (e.g. Google Reader) aren’t as traceable through the stats though.
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