Patterico’s Pontifications

5/15/2005

RSS Feed Change

Filed under: Blogging Matters — Patterico @ 10:17 pm

My RSS feeds now set forth the entire post. I assume this will reduce my traffic, but it should make it more convenient for those who read this blog using a service like Bloglines.

4 Comments

  1. Thanks. I think thats a good move. Helpful to me, at any rate…

    Comment by Matt Peterson — 5/15/2005 @ 11:04 pm

  2. On the other hand, I like to see just the headlines so I can decide which articles I want to read. Some sites handle that with two RSS feeds, one for headlines and one for the full feed.

    Comment by Kirby — 5/16/2005 @ 12:41 pm

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  4. >My RSS feeds now set forth the entire post.

    Yo Patterico,

    I implemented DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS‘ RSS feed the same way from the beginning, contrary to the advice I’d been given by some RSS insiders. Yeah, it might lower my traffic on the main page, but the XML viewer has to load the RSS page, and I can see who loads that in my local traffic stats. So, while it might not count in Sitemeter, it counts in my own assessment of our traffic.

    Comment by Steve Bragg — 5/17/2005 @ 8:41 am

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