Feedburner and seo

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Nick Vanderhoven, Oct 20, 2005.

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    I am currently having an rss-feed with (Dutch) news items (http://www.vanderhovenss.be/rss.xml). But i am thinking of moving it to Feedburner, so that i can easily have decent tracking information for my feed. The problem is that the url (domain) changes.

    That is not a technical problem of course, but a search engine optimization problem. In the feedburner forums they recommend redirecting the url (temp nog permanently).

    Now the problem is:

    - my old rss feed dissappears from the index and a new one has to enter
    - the domain of the rss feed changes, so i loose credit for my own rss feed
    - i get some links back from my own rss feed (from the feedburner domain) (no problem of course, just something to be aware of)
    - what if Feedburner stops it's free services some time?

    There doesn't seem an alternative instead of doing the stats myself. But i'm not really aware of a free tracker for rss-feeds (i use webalizer for the normal stats).

    What would you guys suggets in a seo point of view?

    thanx in advance,

    Vanderhoven Nick
     
    Nick Vanderhoven, Oct 20, 2005 IP