Bloglines. I’ve had an account for awhile, but hadn’t really used it properly. I hadn’t plugged in many of my favorite blogs and didn’t check it daily. All the folders built up with way too much stuff, since I didn’t use it regularly. Instead, I preferred going through the blogroll on my blog. But then I found I wasn’t checking in enough on the bloggers who don’t post daily. I was also getting annoyed at the slow pace of loading the blogs.

The downside of using bloglines is that the blogger has no record that you were there. They don’t get that click in their sitemeter, so blog readership numbers may be under estimated. And the blogger doesn’t see your referrer to remind them that you are around.

It’s slightly interesting to compare the numbers of subscribers to the various blogs. Another way to measure blog popularity.