Make your own Vanity or Ego feed stalk yourself Or how to really

What is an Ego or Vanity feed? According to AllExperts – “a certain kind of web feed created by a search engine -- one showing all search results that match the subscriber's name, blog name, product name, etc. A feed of search results for links to the subscriber's URL would also be considered a vanity feed.”AllExpertsweb feedsearch engineURL A Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed from sources around the web with a certain keyword or words.

What is it good for? Engage in Conversation Build Relationships Track Success of output (posts, twitter etc) Correcting Errors and Damage Control Generally see what people are saying about us

Ok, backup what is RSS RSS - Really Simple Syndication is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format

Is it easy? As with all things it can be as easy or as hard as you want You need an RSS reader like NetVibes or GoogleReaderNetVibes GoogleReader Inputs and outputs are customisable

The 5 minute ego feed Step 1 Go to monitorThis and set up your keyword searchmonitorThis

The 5 minute ego feed Step 2 Go to monitorThis and set up your keyword searchmonitorThis blogdigger blogmarks delicious findarticles google blogs google news google picasaweb identica magnolia metacafe mybloglog opensearch plazoo technorati topix twitter wikio blogs wikio news youtube zimbio

The 5 minute ego feed Step 3 Open results as an OPML file

The 5 minute ego feed Step 5 Copy and paste the file into a notepad document and save it as MyFeed.opml

The 5 minute ego feed Step 6 Create an account in a reader like NetVibes or GoogleReaderNetVibes GoogleReader

The 5 minute ego feed Step 7 Click on Add content Click on add a feed and then under OPML select import

The 5 minute ego feed Step 7 Select Browse and select the MyFeed.opml document you made and then click on import

The 5 minute ego feed Step 8 NetVibes NetVibes will then give you a pretty graphic interface with the overall results and the results per feed

Tweaking your feed Results can be quite varied and may need refining You can manually add feeds from sites You can edit or delete each feed on NetVibesNetVibes

Tweaking your feed Add in specific feeds like a twitter proximity feed or go more Boolean through their Advanced Search fieldtwitter proximity feed

Upgrade You can use various tools once you get the hang of it to get more results. Yahoo pipesYahoo pipes more complicated but much more flexible for advanced users

Upgrade Page2RssPage2Rss is a service that will create RSS feeds from pages without RSS facilities Google AlertsGoogle Alerts can create RSS feeds on certain keywords MSN Keyword Mutation Detection ToolMSN Keyword Mutation Detection Tool can see what common misspellings occur for a phrase and help you add them to your search External Google Keyword ToolExternal Google Keyword Tool helps you refine terms searched rather than your search terms

You can now go out and build those relaltionships Or just stalk yourself…your choice really

More sources How to Build a Reputation Monitoring Dashboard Creating An Ego Feed With Yahoo Pipes Page2RSS.com-Create RSS Feed For Any Web Page Using Netvibes To Create A Current Awareness Service In Healthcare Netvibes Tutorial