Blogs

Reading. How often do you read blogs?

Several times daily Once a day Every couple days Once per week Every couple weeks Never have read them

Reading2. What tool do you use primarily to read blogs?

Online RSS Aggregator (like Bloglines)
Offline RSS Aggregator (like inside Outlook)
Thru browser
Other

Reading3. Which of the following features / functionality would you most like to see in the program you use to read blogs?

Easy subscription to new blogs
OPML import and export
Recommended blogs based on current subscription and/or keyword interests
Ability to alter text formatting (font type, size, color, etc)
Snipping tools so you can blog key items in the RSS feeds
Advanced search functionality within feeds
Keyword filtering within subscribed RSS feeds
Support for accessing password-protected RSS feeds

Reading4. Any other features or functionality that is important to you in tools for reading blogs and/or RSS feeds?

Reading5. Which of the following most likely causes you to subscribe to a new blog?

Content that is useful, educational, entertaining and/or interesting
Cool and/or innovative technology being used
Allows comments and trackbacks from readers
Recommended to subscribe by a friend or another blogger you read
In someone else's blog reading list (blogroll) that you currently read
Sites that already have lots of subscribers and traffic
Talked about and/or linked to your blog

Reading6. Which of the following most likely will cause you to unsubscribe from a blog?

Boring and/or uninteresting content
Content that is updated infrequently
Slow moving and/or buggy blog website
Bloggers who are hypocrites (don't practice what they preach)
No comments and/or trackbacks allowed
Too much self-referencing (linking to and/or talking about themselves)
Negative comments made from another blogger you like about this blog