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Add any site to your Google Buzz feed

I was looking around for a way to do like those folks at Mashable did and create a Google profile page for The Org so that folks could follow us in Buzz. I wanted to attach our Wordpress site (which, by the way, is NOT a blog if anyone asks) so that it would update automatically, so I added it to the list of links on the profile. But when I clicked on "connected sites" in Buzz, the Wordpress site was, unsurprisingly, not in the list.

After scouring the internet for clear instructions on how to add a Wordpress site to a Google profile so that it would feed into Buzz automatically, I finally came across these instructions. While they were useful, they were not the most clearly written instructions in the world, so I thought I'd simplify a little:
  1. Add your site to your Google Profile (Edit Profile > Links)
  2. Add in the following line of code to the <head> section of your website, replacing the link with the link to your public profile page: <link href="http://www.google.com/profiles/your.username" rel="me" type="text/html">
  3. When Google has re-crawled your site, you'll be able to add in that site to your connected sites in Buzz. Use this tool to force a re-crawl of your site if you don't want to wait.
I would recommend taking a look at that original post if you want a little more information, but if all you need is the basic steps without the full explanation like I wish I could have found a little more easily yesterday, well...now you got it.
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