First of all I\'d like to apologize my HitRSS users for not getting back to them earlier, but I thought we would have it sorted out sooner.
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'); document.write('Because of all the problems we\'ll be adding 3 months free to all of our HitRSS paying customers and extending their subscription as an apology for the problem and as a thank you for staying with us.
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Technorati is a great platform for technology- based blogs and we have already added both of our product blogs - this one and the Nozbe GTD blog - to Technorati using standard HitRSS features.

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Step 1 - Go to Technorati.com and sign up for a free account, and after you\'ve done that, click on the link: "Claim your blog"

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Step 2 - Put your HitRSS-powered blog link. As you very well know - your blog link cosists of two parts:

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General HitRSS blog URL (http://blogs.hitrss.com/) + your HitRSS user name (this blog: hitrss)

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Step 3 - Choose your claim method - the easiest one is the "Post Claim" method, which means that you will add a new post (in HitRSS: "new feed item") so that Technorati can recognize the blog is yours.

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Technorati will give you exact instructions as to how the Post Claim method works:

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So before you proceed in Technorati, open a new browser window and log in to your HitRSS account and click on the link "Add feed items" and later on the button "Add new feed item", in the News feed editor just click on the button "Source" and paste the code Technorati gave you above:

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After you\'ve added the code, just click on the button "Submit the News" to save it.

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Step 4 - Go back to Technorati window and click on the button "Release the spiders" and Technorati will visit your blog and recognize it\'s yours thanks to the code you pasted above. Once it\'s done that, you will see the confirmation screen:

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You can add your blog description now and define your blog\'s language and add tags. Take your time and fill in this information so that your future readers would know what your blog is all about.

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Step 5 - You\'re almost done. Now that Technorati knows the blog is yours, go back to the browser window with your HitRSS account open and remove the feed item with the Technorati code:

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Just select the news item and click on the "Remove" button on the top-right side of the list.

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Congratulations! You have added your blog to Technorati!

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If you go back to the Technorati browser window you will see this confirmation message:

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Hope this Tutorial was useful for you. Using this simple method we\'ve been adding our blogs to Technorati very successfully.

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Technorati tags: rss, feeds, marketing, nozbe, web-20, blogging, blogs, blog, web, technorati

The last months we\'ve been busy launching our only productivity tool - Nozbe - simply get things done, and due to this fact, we have been quiet about the updates we had prepared for HitRSS, but today the wait is over - HitRSS is re-born with great major updates!

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I will comment on these updates in detail over next few days, but first lets wrap it up:

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HitRSS-powered Blogs got lots of love:
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1. You can now choose between 8 beautifully-designed themes for your web blog
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2. You can add custom HTML to your Blog, add links, images, advertisements, whatever you wish! And you don\'t have to know any HTML for that as you\'ll be using our friendly HitRSS editor for that!
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HitRSS friendly editor (WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get) has been updated. You can now easily add bullets, indents, etc.
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You can now decide if you want your feed news to link directly to the source story, or to your web blog - it\'s up to you. Before that, when a user clicked on the news link, they would have to go to your web blog first... now you can decide how you want it.
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HitRSS wizard has been re-designed (and there will be more re-designs coming next weeks) so it\'s even easier to use than ever.
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Minor fixes, speed improvements, etc... to make your HitRSS experience even better.

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While most of the features are of benefit for all of our users, some of them like Blog Themes and Blog custom HTML are for the PRO users only.

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Upgrade to HitRSS PRO today and you\'ll benefit from all of these features today, you will be able to adjust your blog to fit your needs.

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Upgrade today, because next week we\'ll be adding new features and introducing new HitRSS payment plans and only today you can take advantage of the 50% discount and get a fully-featured HitRSS account for only ~~$97~~ $47 per year.

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...and if you don\'t have a HitRSS account, sing up now for free and you\'ll discover how easy creating and integrating an RSS channel with your web site can be... and you will get an automatically-generated web-blog for free too - to boost your traffic even more!

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Technorati tags: rss, feeds, marketing, nozbe, web-20, blogging, blogs, blog, web

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As many of you have requested it - it\'s there! We have opened a brand new online forum for our HitRSS users and Nozbe beta testers (we are launching Nozbe beta this week). The address is:

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http://forum.apivision.com

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And everyone\'s invited!

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Please share your thoughts, ideas and feedback regarding HitRSS and help us improve the RSS and Blogging experience!

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I will be frequently online on the forum and would love to chat with you!

Signing up forms should be simple and short. They should be painless and make setting up an account a no-brainer. I thought HitRSS Signup form was like that. But I guess everything can be improved, optimized and cut to the minimum.

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Introducing new, shorter sign up form...

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OK, the old sign up form had the following fields: Account name, User\'s name, email address, user\'s city and country, time zone and "how did you hear about us?".

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That\'s a total of 7 fields - not all that bad, but still, quite a lot. This is why I decided to simplify the process by giving the user less fields, one email message to confirm their email address and immediate login after confirmation. This is the result:

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www.HitRSS.com/feed/signup

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And here\'s the whole process step-by-step:

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1. When you go to the HitRSS signup form, there are now only three fields to fill out: your name, email address and "how did you hear about us?". That\'s it. Just three fields:

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2. After you\'ve filled out these fields, you will see a confirmation message and an email invitation will be sent to your email address:

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3. Ok, so you head on to check your email and you will see a new email message from "HitRSS User Support" with subject: "Confirm your HitRSS Account!" and this text:

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4. All you have to do is just to click on this confirmation link and you will be presented with a short confirmation screen, where you will be able to choose your HitRSS account and password:

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Note: creating your password is optional, so you can skip this part and HitRSS will generate a password for you. It\'s all up to you.

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5. Done! After you\'ve clicked on the button "confirm data and start using HitRSS" you will automacially be logged in to the HitRSS account and be able to start using it and publishing your new RSS feed and Blog!

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I guess the process is easier now, there are a total of 4 obligatory fields to fill out and one clear email confirmation step. Hope this makes signing up for HitRSS easier.

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Of course, if you have any problems using your HitRSS account, simply contact us via email.