so placing a rss feed on your site (xml file) is said to bring lots of traffic, a skyrocketed bot visit frequency, visitors.. what are your experiences here, does it really help, it is very easy to add so im not asking whether its worth it, but is the benefit of feeds visible?
So far it hasnt helped my new site get a deep crawl from yahoo like I had read on these forums. I do get a lot of hits from RSS crawlers so maybe this will build into something.
Really simple syndication. A predefined way to publish information via the XML data format. The feed will always produce the same fields of data for use on all feeds. The publisher info and then the items. Each is a fixed record that can be counted on.
RSS wouldn't help with bringing traffic directly, it would just help you to add more fresh content. You'd still have to do all of the usual SEO legwork.
I can help as you can submit to RSS directories and this means you are getting more exposure. It also allows you to stay in contact with your visitors without worry of spamming them. Its all good.
If you want to experiment, you can generate a quick (but static) RSS feed from a html page at Convert html file to RSS feed. I use it to keep my the feed on my home page in sync with its contents, works nicely. Does expect that you keep the links you want to send out through the rss feed as list items.
well, if you submit it to directories, the your RSS will be: 1. searchable 2. republished in lots of sites (this means, more links to your site, besides of visits) but always the best way to know thngs is to try them out... this shouldn't take you long
Was searching for Yahoo RSS Feeds or API for some of their services and came here. What I would like to know is will Google / Yahoo etc crawl my RSS file if its accepts parameters ? I actually wrote a PHP script that has accepts parameters and outputs in RSS format - header also. Will an RSS feed with .php extension be crawled ? Thanks
Sets off Duplicate Content alarms in my mind... I'd never syndicate what's on my own sites. I'd only make additonal, unique feeds for aggregators to have. For instance write a fresh article on your homepage and then write a fresh unique primer to that article and syndicate it linking it to the homepage.
Yeah - a lot of web savvy types are catching onto aggregators (its a wonder Google hasn't got one yet) - I get a lot of hits thorugh my .rss feeds. If you want to set up a manual feed then try this: http://www.softwaregarden.com/products/listgarden/ - its a simple little programme that allows you to make your own feeds and customise them. I use it for this feed of movie reviews I write at Cheesy-Movies.com, and have set it up so theres a template and images in the feed as well as text.
Actually Im into PHP development and my php script will output an RSS file based on the paramters - script outputs current movies of that area - zipcode - zipcode is the parameter.
Well, the feed on my postnuke site is called backend.php - it get's picked up by my aggregator of choice (www.bloglines.com) and some of the submitable services mentioned here: http://www.studiocappello.it/wm/motoridiricerca/rss.html from this DP Thread: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=16198&page=1 also accepted it - many didn't though.
Concerning blogs, there is quite a lot of hype going on currently. I think, blogs can give you some fantastic advantages, but don't take them too serious - there are more important things when building your web-business. What are the advantages: When you use e-mail to communicate, it might be that a large number of your e-mails never reach your target, because they are getting filtered by anti-spam programs - you don't have this problem with RSS: All your subscribers will get the messages. It seems like, the Search Engines give a slight preference to blogs which could give you a better ranking (but you still have to do the necessary SEO), which means more traffic. A way to distribute your content & establish yourself as the expert in your field.
You could have justified your statement by mentioning the disadvantages of RSS. So what are the disadvantages of RSS ?
TOPS30, RSS includes ONLY the title, description and LINK of your articles. So republishing of your RSS feeds gets you: 1. more traffic: people that find the title and description interesting will probably click the article to read the content. 2. more links to your site
Using Wordpress, which has built in RSS for both you main blog, the comments, AND specific categories--- it's nice because it pings a bunch of blog search engines like technorati which immediately link back to you, which can be a great tool if you use it right.
I find that if you look for some rss directories (just try a search on google, theres lots of them) and submit to them, you will find alot of traffic. Especially if your site is updated alot.