Searching for RSS feeds and new blogs to read is a pretty interesting experience. There are a multitude of resources available with many websites solely devoted to just that such as Google blogs, Technorati, and Topix. You can also just visit websites that you know and like and look for the RSS icon or something of that nature.
I definitely found that just visiting the websites that I love and partake in everyday to be the easiest and most enjoyable way to look for RSS feeds. However, that can get rather boring when you only look at the same things over and over, and trying to find other sources surges its way into being a priority. I naturally wanted to try Google first and it did not fail me. Being able to search with Google was by far and away the best, least cumbersome, and easiest search tool to use. However, Google only shows you blogs that you know to search for and this in itself is a hampering limitation. Technorati in my opinion became the answer to this problem. From its top 100 blog lists, to its authority ranking system, Technorati is an extremely successful service that makes it easy to find great and enjoyable feeds that are outside of your comfort zone. On the other end of the spectrum would be the unusual and cumbersome service offered by Topix.net. I had a very hard time trying to find anything of interest and found the service that it offered overall as pretty lackluster. Its major flaws are a Google like search engine that is not nearly as effective as well as a oddly designed and hard to navigate layout.
Check out these great feeds and blogs that I found in my searches: Gizmodo, Engadget, Kotaku, Joystiq, TorrentFreak.
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