That said, full feeds are pretty convenient for all the reasons people have already said. Like B&P, I sometimes feel guilty for not switching back to the full feed.

No idea about the favicon thing…

But, I like it when people don’t publish full feeds, because then I don’t get to be lazy. Full feeds get read in Bloglines, and I only click through when I’m compelled to comment – not often anyway. Full feeds in Bloglines have allowed me to amass over 70 subscriptions (again – once I’d cut myself down to 35, but it’s climbed back up there). That click-through happens less and less often, and I do forget how nice it is to read blogs on their own page. There’s nothing so tantalizing as one line from Keri Smith, that leads me over to her online world, where I’ll then spend hours. But, I’m also considering that I like that site because…well, what I say next.

I also like full feeds, because then I don’t have to look at annoying advertising, or other stupid shit all over some peoples blogs. I just want the words and pictures – not the weather (checking to make sure you don’t have that silly weather thing…) or avatars or tickers or linky cause things I don’t want to clutter my head with. I’m all about cutting down on the visual noise on my screen, and sometimes the feed reader is a useful tool.

I dread the day when I open up a book and see that someone has used those beautiful blank margins as sidebars.

I’m sure I’ve lost readers over it, but I would prefer to control access to my content, and it made me mad that Bitacle would generate ad revenue from MY content.

I’m still mad even though Bitacle’s gone. Grr.

really. I have no clue.

Now I’m not sure if I like the favicon, but at least I know how to do it and I can play with the image later.

Andrea, I see your favicon (is that what it’s officially called then? So much less bulky than “little avatar dohicky-mcgadget”, which is what I’ve been calling it to date) is visible in the URL window when I visit your blog, but no longer through Bloglines – at least, not on my account.

I leave my feeds whole because I prefer to read them that way. When I’m pressed for time (when am I not?) I’m less likely to click through. However, if I’ve already clicked through, I’m more likely to comment. I haven’t had issues with scraping because nobody reads me anyway!

Thanks for the tip about using attribution tags through Feedburner.

To get an icon beside the URL in your browser (for those browsers that support this feature) you need to have the following code in the HEAD section of your pages:

The filename MUST be favicon.ico

You can make your own .ico file from webistes such as this:
http://www.htmlkit.com/services/favicon/
(I don’t endorse this site, I’m showing it as an example.)

I can’t wait to learn how to do the other stuff you asked!