Review : NuffnangX
Have you heard about Social Blog
stalking? In fact the Social blog stalking app? No? Well read on...
NuffnangX is, in their own words, a
Social blog stalking app. It allows users to receive updates on
their mobiles and tablets as they happen from their favourite blogs.
The app its self is very easy to use.
Sign up is free and its free to download. Once installed and logged
in, if you own a blog you can claim that blog as your own. Its very
easy to do simply select claim your blog in the drop down list under
your log in name. Once claimed you can customise your own NuffnangX
blog profile, engage in conversations and keep up to date with
NuffnangX developments.
You can find blogs you follow in the
search box by either using full URL or section of their name. I have
had a couple of problems with the search box. I tried to find my
friends blog http://theoliversmadhouse.wordpress.com,
I could not remember the URL and forgot about the word the, so typed
in oliversmadhouse and it said no results found. I then typed
theoliversmadhouse and it found the link. You need to therefore
search for the whole blog name or URL and it must be exact else it
cannot find blogs. Once found select Follow. This adds the blog
into your following feed. Now whenever posts occur they will show up
on your mobile or tablet device in your feed. Great for keeping up
to date with all the blogs you follow in one place even when out and
about.
As a new blogger I find this great
because I can keep on track with the latest blog posts from those I
have started to follow, I can easily add to the list of blogs I am
following and my email inbox is not filling up. I can read posts
whilst out on my mobile quickly as they are all in one place.
Another great feature I like is the
recommended section. NuffnangX recommends blogs based on certain
categories I.e. Parenting, Geek, Gaming, film and tv and provides a
selection of blogs from around the world. You see a quick screen
shot and a brief description of the blog and are able to choose if
you want to follow it or look further at it via its link.
A further handy feature is the
conversations section. This is like leaving an email for the blog
owner, so if I liked a post I could start a NuffnangX conversation.
If the blog has Conversations integrated then these will be posted
onto the blog itself, like leaving comments in the conventional way.
The advantage is that is can be done from a mobile device, which was
previously quite tricky to do. The aim behind conversations is as it
would suggest is to create better conversations between blog and
reader.
I tried to integrate conversations into
thisdayilove, however when I did so all previous blog posts
disappeared, not great. NuffnangX assures me this should not happen
and previous posts should remain. I have reported it and the
development team are great constantly wanting to improve the app and
its functionality.
So although this app is still in its
infancy and has a few teething bugs I believe its worthwhile signing
up for now. The development team are great and friendly to approach
with any issues. Its free to download and join and it provides
convenience to keep on track with the blogs you follow, or if you
like social stalking!
[I am still adding blogs into follow list, so if you don't see yours there I am sorry I have not forgotten I will be adding you shortly]
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2 comments
with only just getting my head round twitter i had heard of this but have been putting it off!
ReplyDeleteI will have to now give it go and anything that is simple to use has to be worth a try :-)
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I find it easy to use and a great way to follow other blogs as all in on place. Let me know how you get on
DeleteThis day I love comments and I read everyone