Comments on: Introducing my new website: Russian News Online

By: poemless

poemless — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:58:39 +0000

Wow. There are no words.

You deserve some kind of medal for this.

Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You…

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:11:02 +0000

@ Jesse – Russian language sources – for both news and blogs – are definitely on the to-do list!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:44:26 +0000

Love the new site…it would be awesome if you had one for Russian-language sources as well

By: Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Medvedev — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:27:38 +0000

Great website. Keep on doing a good work, and who knows? One day you may be awarded the Order of Hero of Russia (I’d have to check with VVP first though)!

By: Sohail

Sohail — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:55:07 +0000

best of luck with new site

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By: Red exile

Red exile — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:00:10 +0000

Thank you, thank you!

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By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:27:20 +0000

Thanks everyone – it’s good to know that the site is useful to others as well, rather than just me. I really value any feedback, bug-reports, ideas for sites I’ve missed and suggestions for improvements, so please do leave a quick message below.

@ Liz – the criteria for selecting the blogs, and putting them in order was partly planned, partly random.

Basically, I picked out the top few blogs which I thought really had to come at the top and, well, put them at the top. Then I had a rough stab at grouping some of the others into broadly thematic groups – music, personal, economics, frivolous, etc. And then, because I was never a patient man, I bunged the rest in pretty randomly!

The news sources were selected on pretty much the same basis, although they presented one extra complication – not all news publish an RSS feed. For most I’ve managed to find a technical work around, but for a few I’ve either had to leave them out until I can find a working solution. A few more, I’ve had to push down the page further than I would have liked because they load slowly, and make it more difficult for the end user.

Clearly my selection is never going to be perfect for everyone, so I’ve settled on what I hope will be a fairly happy medium. If I’ve left anyone out, it’s probably due to oversight, rather than anything else, so please do tell me. And I’m always open to recommendations for new blogs that I might not have seen!

Somewhere further down the line, on my wishlist, is a facility allowing people to re-order the sites based on what they prefer to read first.

@ James – thanks for the heads up. I’ve fixed the link now. Lesson – never try to mess with things at the very last minute…

By: James

James — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:55:03 +0000

This is really terrific. One thing – the link from the blogs page back to the news page “Click here to switch to Russia News page” actually links to the blog page again.

I’ll definitely be making this a regular visit, so thanks.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:00:53 +0000

Looks really good, and I think it will be a useful resource for many people.

May I ask what were your criteria for selecting the blogs? I understand that you aimed to choose the top blogs, but it would be interesting to know how you defined that.

By: Josefina

Josefina — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:49:54 +0000

Very good news! And yes, it’s what we’ve all been longing for… all of them confusing Russian news in one place

This is going to make my life much easier! Thank you!