Our most valuable resource is our community, and so we wanted to make PostRank Discovery even more functional, flexible, and friendly for you all.
We’re excited to announce that global topics are now user-editable, and both those and users’ topics can now be filtered.
Note: You must have a PostRank account and you must be logged in in order to edit or filter topics.
Add a New Feed to a Global Topic
If you have a great blog (yours or someone else’s) that’s missing from a global topic — like Photography or Moms or Social Media — you can add it easily.
On PostRank.com, if you’re not already on the global topic page, type the topic name into the search field at the top right of the page, and select the topic from the results that drop down.
On the global topic page, click Manage in the right sidebar. The Add Feed field will appear at the top of the page above the list of the topic’s feeds. Type or paste the feed URL you want to add to the topic into the Add Feed field.
As you type, a list of suggested feeds will appear. Any suggested feeds that are not already included in the global topic will have a green plus symbol icon to the right. To add one of those feeds to the topic, simply click it to auto-fill the Add Feed field.
Once you’re done, click the Save Changes button above the Add Feed field. A confirmation message will appear at the top of page to verify that the new feed has been added.
Remove a Feed from a Global Topic
If you notice a feed (yours or someone else’s) in a global topic that doesn’t belong there (off-topic, an out of date site, etc.), you can remove it easily.
On PostRank.com, if you’re not already on the global topic page, type the topic name into the search field at the top right of the page, and select the topic from the results that drop down.
On the global topic page, click Manage in the right sidebar. To the right of each of the feeds in that topic’s list there is a delete checkbox. To select feeds for deletion, simply check the box for all the ones you want to remove. Each feed selected for deletion will be highlighted in red.
Once you’re done, click the Save Changes button above the Add Feed field. A confirmation message will appear at the top of page to verify that the feed(s) has been removed from that global topic.
Viewing and Filtering Posts in a Topic
You can now view the aggregated posts from the feeds in one of your own topics, or in a global topic. To view and/or filter a global topic, on PostRank.com, if you’re not already on the global topic page, type the topic name into the search field at the top right of the page, and select the topic from the results that drop down.
To view and/or filter one of your own topics, click topics from the menu at the top right corner of the page, and then click the topic you want to view.
When the Topic page loads, click the Posts link in the right sidebar. The content on the page will reload, displaying a list of posts rather than a list of feeds. (These are the most recent posts from all the feeds in that topic feed.)
At the top left of the page you can select a filtering level from the drop-down: All, Good, Great, or Best. Once you select one of those options, the list of posts will automatically update accordingly and hide posts that have PostRank scores that fall below the selected filtering level.
If you like, you can then share or export that filtered topic feed using any of the sharing or exporting functions in the right sidebar.
View Global Topic Activity
We’ve also added an Activity function in the right sidebar, which shows you what changes have been made to a topic over time, and by whom.
We’ve given you even greater control over finding, sharing, and Reading What Matters. And lots of folks continue to create and curate their own lists, and find great people and topics to follow in the community.
In conjunction, as we announced with the launch of the PostRank Twitter Newsroom last week, you can subscribe to any of the Global Topics in Twitter, even if you don’t have a PostRank account.
As always, please let us know if you have any questions, confusions, or feedback, by email, Twitter, or Get Satisfaction.