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Steve Rubel is a nobody
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...which is a little unfair given the recent surge in interest in Posterous after Steve Rubel's well publicised conversion and subsequent evangelism.
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how to browse and discover content on Posterous
Posterous has a built-in search capability so you can search for keywords using three available options; 'Best Match', 'Recent', 'Interesting' although I don't know the precise criteria for 'Interesting'.
Although I can't see it documented, you can also browse Posterous for any given tag. For example, to see all posts tagged with 'Posterous', use
Sometimes, it's also interesting to use Google to search for content on Posterous (including 'site:posterous.com'):
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how to import Tumblr into Posterous
Since I started tracking this Posterous blog using Google Analytics, I occasionally see search terms that are obvious questions and thought it might be, err, fun to answer them. This way, people might actually find what they are looking for.
One recent example is: 'import tumblr feed to posterous'
As I was also curious and have a small (but perfectly formed) Tumblr, I thought I'd try it out. You simply navigate to the Posterous 'Import' page, select 'Tumblr' as the blog to be imported and enter your Tumblelog and your Tumblr credentials.
Posterous then goes away and performs the import in the background (which is sensible) and after 5 minutes (in my case) reports back
This blog was successfully imported.You can now individually move posts to your existing Posterous sites, or merge this entire site with another.• 51 posts were successfully imported• 0 posts failed to import
Posterous then invites you to 'Merge' the imported content although I couldn't see any chance to preview the imported posts to check the various media types.
That site is now being merged in. This might take a few minutes.
All my content (mainly text, quotes, images and the odd YouTube video) was imported seamlessly into Posterous. Dates were preserved (couldn't check timestamps) although, unfortunately, tags from existing Tumblr content were not migrated.
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in praise of freemjd
'Dot org entrepreneur, inventor of the alcoholic mocktail, a distressed asset'
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Posterous versus Tumblr
Comments
Fully integrated on Posterous. Can also comment via email. Can comment without being a registered Posterous user. Posterous seems blissfully spam free unless it's not been discovered yet.
Comments are only available in Tumblr by editting theme and adding Disqus (or similar).
Google Analytics - configuration option in Posterous. Must edit theme on Tumblr. Posterous also includes a handy, instant 'Page Views' metric on each post.
Both allow 'Favouriting' (Posterous) or 'Liking' (Tumblr) a post. Easy to find who has 'Favourite'd a post on Posterous. Less so on Tumblr.
Both have decent bookmarklets for easily and quickly posting content including grabbing images from a Web site.
Commnity
This is hard on Tumblr as my standard method of finding content and authors I like and then discovering people and content they like isn't straightforward.
Google Analytics - configuration option in Posterous. Must edit theme on Tumblr. Posterous also includes a handy, instant 'Page Views' metric on each post.
Both allow 'Favouriting' (Posterous) or 'Liking' (Tumblr) a post. Easy to find who has 'Favourite'd a post on Posterous. Less so on Tumblr.
Both have decent bookmarklets for easily and quickly posting content including grabbing images from a Web site.
Commnity
This is hard on Tumblr as my standard method of finding content and authors I like and then discovering people and content they like isn't straightforward.
Both allow searching within the community and Posterous includes filters for 'Most recent' and 'Most Interesting'. Tumblr allows you to drill into any geographic location and look for Tumblelogs near you which is a nice feature.
The 'Explore' feature in Posterous is OK but simply present a random list of recent posts whereas it would be really useful to examine posts recently 'Favourite'd or with most views.
Tumblr recently added the controversial 'Tumblarity' scoreboard and you are able to browse Tumblelogs in your country.
Posting
If you are a Gmail addict, Posterous is excellent as you can compose posts in Gmail. Posting from Gmail gives you the following advantages:
Posting
If you are a Gmail addict, Posterous is excellent as you can compose posts in Gmail. Posting from Gmail gives you the following advantages:
- Autosave
- Backups (Sent folder)
- Spell-checker
The only disadvantage is that you can't preview posts in WYSIWYG format on Posterous which is possible on Tumblr.
I think the posting from email feature of Posterous is overstated. Most blog platforms (including Tumblr) allow posting via email.
Tagging
Both services support tagging. On Posterous, you have to include special keywords in the subject line ((tag: Posterous, Tumblr). The obvious place to add tags on the Posterous Web interface is under 'More post editing options' but bizzarely, it is absent. Alternatively you can add tags to an existing post (hover over post and click 'Tags').
Theming
Not currently possible on Posterous. Everyone (including Steve Rubel) gets the same theme. Tumblr is much stronger in this aspect with loads of pre-built themes available and the ability to create your own.
Support
Posterous do have a Help and FAQ section and there's loads of useful information for new starters by trawling through the official Posterous blog. Posterous also have some support forums that aren't widely advertised which is a shame. It makes me wonder whether they have enough time and resource to proactively monitor and participate.
However, the Posterous team are wonderfully receptive and prompt to any email enquiry sent to 'help@posterous.com'.
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