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Confused about RSS and want a straight-forward explanation of the benefits of using an RSS reader? Then check out the 3.5 minute video below.

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There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don’t. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don’t know where to start.

You can of course use trawlr as your RSS reader!

Video created by and found thanks to Common Craft.

Some of you may have noticed that trawlr hasn’t been quite as snappy as usual; at least it’s been causing me to hang around waiting and I wasn’t happy. Part of the reason for this is due to the explosion in the number of feeds that are now being crawled (thanks to all the new users). The server has been given an extra helping of resources (RAM, CPU) to cope and it’s given the site an immediate performance boost.

New features that have slipped in on the quiet

• Manage all of your feed subscriptions from one location – including the display of any feeds that are pending or are invalid
• trawlr spy so you can watch the site action in real-time (updates automatically every 20 seconds)
• Your login details are shown in the top-right of the screen whilst you are logged on throughout the site

Some quick stats from the site (everyone loves ‘em)

• Just under 500 user registrations
• Over 8,000 feeds available
• Almost 500,000 feed items

It looks like I’m still the site’s current feed addict with exactly 397 subscriptions – with the appropriate tagging and favourite feeds I can easily keep on top of my subscriptions (and ensure I don’t miss those usefull nuggets of RSS gold).

That’s it for now, more updates are on the way!