Push NotificationsA push notification (AKA client notification) is a notification that shows up on one or more of your client devices without you having to explicitly request it — it's "pushed" to you, instead of you having to poll for it. --Source: IndieWeb.orgPushpadToday I came across a beta web service called Pushpad that provides easy-to-install push notifications. As a result, for people who spend a lot of time in front of their screens, they can now subscribe to updates on the site here via web browser push notifications. Subscribers will get a small toaster-like pop up notification in real time on their screen to indicate that new content was published.Set upThe service was quick and simple to set up with lots of documentation. While geared at large corporations looking for a simple turnkey implementation for push notifications on most major web browsers, it's also easily usable by smaller sites. Even better it's free for providing less than 10,000 notifications a month, which covers most small sites.They provide an "Express" version that requires no serious technical skills and sets up in just a few minutes and a separate "Pro" version which provides a lot of additional customization (including a white labeled version) for those with the development skills to implement it.For those on WordPress, they also have an easy to use plugin.Pushpad supports the Push API for Chrome and Firefox and APNs for Safari.AutomationPushpad also supports integration with Zapier (currently in beta), which means that any of the hundreds of applications that are integrated with Zapier can be used to create push notifications on the desktop. Hopefully they include IFTTT.com soon too. I'm already using Pushbullet with IFTTT for integration between my Android phone and my desktop, but additional integrations for personalized notifications could be cool.Roll Your OwnBut maybe you're hard core? If you prefer not relying on outside services, you can always build your own push notifications! In particular, IndieWeb.org provides some thoughts and tips about how to implement these for yourself based on open web standards.Push Notifications for BoffoSocko.comNow that we've been talking about them, would you like to try receiving them in the future? You can subscribe to push notifications for my blog by simply clicking on the link below and then authenticating your subscription. [https://pushpad.xyz/projects/1482/subscription/edit]Not into push notifications? Maybe this isn't your favorite way to find out about my content? If not, I offer a number of other ways to subscribe and consume my content. [http://boffosocko.com/blog/subscribe/]Originally published at: http://boffosocko.com/2016/07/29/web-based-push-notifications-with-pushpad/