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Home » Musings » MWS Blog Housekeeping Bulletin Including Readers Choice Awards 2012 and Celebrate October Giveaway Updates

MWS Blog Housekeeping Bulletin Including Readers Choice Awards 2012 and Celebrate October Giveaway Updates

October 20, 2012 Paris B 22 Comments

Saturday! So here’s something light and easy (but quite important) to catch up on.

I really don’t want to bore you with nitty gritty backend logistical stuff, but some changes and shake ups are happening around the internet that may (or may not) affect some of you, especially those of you who subscribe to receive blog updates via email (not just from my blog, but from other blogs you may have subscribed to, to receive email). So I thought I’d update a few things at a go, maybe teach you something new or two about organizing your blog reading, and also update you briefly about the Readers Choice Awards 2012 shortlisting and the annual Celebrate October giveaway news.

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Feeds, Subscriptions, Emails… wha?

Briefly by way of background, updates from this blog have been served to you by Feedburner, a free Google owned service since time immemorial. However, there are news that Google is going to do away with this service soon. Bah humbug! So what does it mean for you?

If you subscribe via Email

You may stop receiving email updates. Or you may not. Everything is very hazy at this point.

I know a substantial number of you receive blog updates via email and I don’t want you to miss out. Yet, I am not quite ready to switch to a different provider, because of various reasons, primarily due to uncertainty of service, and pricing. The latter may require the selling of various body parts – anyone up for a gently used kidney? 😛 So while I try and work out which is the best option, I’m shutting down all new email subscriptions. What this means is I remove the button from the blog sidebars that allow you to subscribe via email. Existing subscribers should continue receiving updates until I know for certain that Google has pulled the plug. You may have noticed that I no longer display the number of feed subscribers on my blog, primarily because some time in September 2012, it was showing a big fat 0 for a few days and I was upset. I knew you were all still reading, but telling the world that 0 people read my blog is depressing and demoralizing 😛

blog to email

However, I’d like to share that a reader, Lisa emailed me recently to let me know that when she receives her email updates she cannot view pictures nor click on any links. I subscribe to my own email updates (Bloggers, this is good practice, so you know when something goes wrong) and I did not experience the same problem as Lisa did. I don’t know if anyone else experienced this. However, as I could not replicate it, I suggested that instead of depending on email, she could consider subscribing instead via RSS (more on this later) with a service like Bloglovin’ or Google Reader. She later let me know that she used Bloglovin’ and she loves it so I was very happy to know that!

If you subscribe via a RSS Feed Reader

You don’t have to change a thing. Well almost. I’ve reverted to my original blog feed which reads https://www.mywomenstuff.com/feed so if you subscribe to my blog through a feed reader, just go in there, edit the feed and input this one and everything is good. You may not need to change anything either, so don’t worry about it.

What options do I have other than Email updates?

There are many options available out there but I will only tell you of a couple that I am familiar with – Google Reader, Bloglovin’,  Hellocotton, Facebook and Twitter

google reader mws

Google Reader – This is linked to your Gmail account and allows you to keep all the feeds from your favourite blogs in one place. I use this one myself, and you can even group your feeds together according to interest. I find it easy to use and I can read at my leisure, without having to deal with over 100 emails as each blog updates. To subscribe, just go to the link, sign in with your GMail address, click on the orange Subscribe button on the left, input the blog address e.g. mywomenstuff.com and the feed will automagically be imported for you.

Bloglovin‘ – This seems to be very popular amongst beauty and fashion bloggers mainly because it seems to be very image/visually pleasing. Each update shows you a picture of what the blog post is about, and you can just click through to read the post in its entirety. Its similarly easy to keep track of all the blogs you read in one place and uses a separate login. You can subscribe to MWS through Bloglovin’ through this link.

HelloCotton – This is similarly a women and beauty/fashion blog focused rss feed aggregator and community based. There are many new blogs to discover too which is of course, fun. If this appeals to you, you can follow MWS here.

My personal preference is Google Reader because it shows you text and I’m all about text 🙂 Its also because I subscribe to many non-beauty/fashion blogs, many of which are text heavy so it makes sense for me to use it.

subscription options

Facebook – This is quite self-explanatory 🙂 New updates on the blog are automagically posted on the MWS Facebook page as they go live so if you are an avid Facebook user, then you may appreciate the notification. If you don’t use Facebook a lot (I don’t for personal uses) then the options listed above maybe a better choice if email goes under.

Twitter – Again it is self-explanatory. New updates are posted to Twitter as it goes live. However, it also means that you have to also put up with my rantings and ramblings on Twitter, that perhaps not everyone will enjoy 😛

Bookmark the blog – Oh there is one more way of keeping track. The traditional method of bookmarking 🙂 Just hit Ctrl+D on your keyboard and the blog will be bookmarked in your browser so you can check on it manually for updates.

But I just want to get updates by email!

I hope to continue providing updates via email but as I have said, it is dependant on Google for now while I check out other options. Hopefully its all a case of crying wolf and putting the cart before the horse and nothing happens.

I hope all this made sense to you. If it doesn’t, or if you have questions please feel free to leave a comment and I’ll address it and walk you through anything necessary to the best of my ability. My apologies for all this hassle, but I am trying my best to minimize disruptions for you and me.

MWS Readers Choice Awards 2012 – update

I’ve got assistants (swank!) helping me shortlist your nominations, and the voting form should be available on Monday. I forsee lots of surprises this year, and many many changes. Also, many nominations had to be disqualified for lack of detail. So if you didn’t see your faves in the shortlist, there was either insufficient nominations received (only the Top 5 are shortlisted for voting) or you didn’t give enough product information for us to include your nomination.

Its quite exciting so look out for the voting form and don’t forget to vote and let your preferences be heard!

Celebrate October – Annual Giveaway

And we get to the meat of the post that I know most of you scanned this post for 😛 Is it any wonder I left the best for last? 😉 “Celebrate October” is an annual giveaway or series of giveaways I run on my blog in the month of October. The choice of month is not arbitrary nor accidental 😉

This year, as was with last year, the Celebrate October giveaway is to be run in conjunction with the MWS Readers Choice Awards 2012 Voting. Each time you vote, you will be entitled to be entered into the draw to win some very nice prizes as I have collated and set out below.

celebrate october

This year, the loot will be divided by 3 winners. So 3 gift packs will go out with a random selection of items from the pool you see here 🙂 It will be open worldwide (of course, because I know MWS readers are a lovely international lot!) but fragrances will not be sent overseas.

Whilst you may only choose to vote for the categories you find relevant to you, participants in “Celebrate October” MUST vote in ALL categories a minimum of 28 categories. Failure to do so will disqualify your entry. It doesn’t get more simple. If you choose not to participate in Celebrate October, you can easily opt out, and you will not have to leave your name nor email address.

Multiple entries are allowed and the prize winners are based on the luck of the draw, so you know all about probabilities right? 😉

And that ends our MWS Housekeeping Bulletin. There has been quite a lot to take in, so if you don’t understand any part of what I’m going on about, please do ask in the comments and I’ll help you out where I can. In a nutshell, you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to, but I’d really hate to lose you as a reader if Google decides to be a pain in the arse 😛

Enjoy the weekend!

Paris B

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  1. Yuki says

    October 20, 2012 at 9:48 am

    Oooo….. I spot Clinique pore refining solutions ????????an loving the stay matte Hydrator and the instant perfector~~

    Reply
    • Paris B says

      October 20, 2012 at 5:20 pm

      Eagle eyes! 😉

      Reply
  2. ysk122 says

    October 20, 2012 at 10:37 am

    I saw perfumes XD

    Reply
    • Paris B says

      October 20, 2012 at 5:21 pm

      Ah yep! Quite a few of them too! 😀

      Reply
  3. Efrain says

    October 20, 2012 at 11:10 am

    Well I’m subscribed by mail, but when it starts to have troubles I’ll trust in Facebook or Twitter.

    I’m excited to vote and to enter in the giveaway, thank you for remind your international readers 😉

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    • Paris B says

      October 20, 2012 at 5:22 pm

      Its good to know, Efrain! I’m hoping nothing changes and that mail services will continue 🙂 You’re most welcome – I love my international readers for making this a more colourful place! 😀

      Reply
  4. Sze Ling says

    October 20, 2012 at 12:39 pm

    I’ve always been subscribing through Google Reader. So I’m all set. 🙂

    And yay for giveaways! Excited to vote. 😀

    Reply
    • Paris B says

      October 20, 2012 at 5:29 pm

      Yay for GReader! If they discontinue that, I’d be in a right quandary 😛

      Reply
  5. sesame says

    October 20, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    I think this whole thing is a waste of time. *throws dagger at Google* I hardly have time to blog these days, much less deal with all these admin issues. I’ve not done a thing but yeah, this is a good reminder to just keep readers updated. I’m more active on FB but unfortunately, not everyone subscribes to that.

    Reply
    • Paris B says

      October 20, 2012 at 5:31 pm

      Sadly, Sesame I have to agree with you. This has been a right pain in the backside and really, with the tricks that the big G has been playing on us lately, I really shouldn’t be surprised. Its good to see that you’re still keeping your hand in it, in your latest posts 🙂

      Reply
  6. Rahainah says

    October 20, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    I subscribed to get email updates from MWS and I thought this was just me : I can’t view your lovely pictures in my emails!
    Is it just my email or happens to everyone?
    FYI : I subbed with other blogs and their pictures did showed up on my email.

    Reply
    • Paris B says

      October 20, 2012 at 5:43 pm

      Oh dear, I’m sorry to hear that 🙁 I can’t seem to replicate the problem on Gmail 🙁 Is it just photos that are missing or are links dead too?

      Reply
      • Rahainah says

        October 20, 2012 at 10:25 pm

        Links are working perfectly. Only the pictures

        Reply
        • Paris B says

          October 21, 2012 at 5:57 pm

          Oh darn 🙁 I wonder why this is happening 🙁 I’ll try to see if I can replicate it. Sorry about the hassle.

          Reply
  7. Sofia says

    October 20, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    I prefer to make lists on facebook of pages I’d like to follow, because these days being a fan doesn’t let you see all the updates. Facebook only allows a small percentage of your fans to see your updates, wanting you to pay for more people to see them.

    If you add pages to a list you will be guaranteed to see all the updates, so I prefer that method 🙂

    Reply
    • Paris B says

      October 20, 2012 at 5:43 pm

      Thank you for the tip Sofia! I’ve shared it with the other readers on Facebook and hopefully it helps them stay organized too!

      Reply
  8. Polly says

    October 20, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    I’m currently subscribed via email, and sorry, but I’m getting very confused with all the options you posted. Am I correct to say that it’s not even SURE yet that Google will stop this email subscription service? So when it is finally and REALLY stopped, can you inform us again? 🙂 (but I guess I will notice cos no more MWS emails will come in).

    In your para on Google Reader, you said to subscribe, just go to the link… (etc etc). Where is the link? I’m not sure which “link” I’m supposed to click on. I tried to click on the words “Google Reader” but it just brings me to another MWS page, is this correct??

    Reply
    • Paris B says

      October 20, 2012 at 5:50 pm

      Hi Polly, I’m so sorry for confusing you but hopefully I can explain it better here LOL

      1. There are “fears” that Google will no longer send out email versions of our blog posts. I only have the rumours going around the internet for now and everyone’s getting really jumpy about it because Oct. 20 is supposed to be the cut off date hence my concern. It might well just be all untrue and nothing will stop (I’m hoping this is so). I will definitely put up another notice once it is confirmed that email is discontinued 🙂

      2. Google Reader – and this is why I need your input! I gave a wrong link *facepalm* so to go to Google Reader you can go here http://www.google.com/reader Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention else I’d never have realised otherwise! I’ve rectified the link now and you can now use Google Reader to read all your favourite blogs in one place 😀

      Reply
  9. krisz says

    October 20, 2012 at 11:13 pm

    I’m so happy that the giveaway will be open worldwide 🙂 Yay, I’m excited!

    Reply
    • Paris B says

      October 21, 2012 at 5:57 pm

      I’m excited that you’re excited! 😀

      Reply
  10. Swati says

    October 22, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    oh no….didn’t realize that feedburner is going!!! how can they do that??? is that why Tine shifted to feedblitz…i like feed burner coz it keeps things simple!!! i don’t know how many really check google reader!!! i never even checked it out…guess time to open it up!

    Reply
    • Paris B says

      October 22, 2012 at 4:38 pm

      Actually, Swati, there were a lot of rumours, but totally unsubstantiated it seems, because emails are still going out 🙂 So until that stops, I will just stick with Feedburner because its just so much easier to control.

      Reply

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