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Posted by Cliff R. on 11/01/05 03:42
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:51:34 +0100, Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl>
wrote:
>Cliff R. wrote:
>
>> Hi, a client of mine is experimenting with RSS feeds on his site. We
>> have the content part down OK, but there's one major issue. Once we
>> put the feed on our site's server, how does anyone find it? How does
>> it get out there to the public's rss readers? What's the step we are
>> missing in order for people to know it exists?
>>
>> If anyone has experience with RSS we'd appreciate whatever light you
>> could shed on the subject!
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>There's two things to do afaik:
>
>1 - add it to the head of the html file in this form:
><link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS"
>href="[url of rss feed]">
>That way older FF versions will show an orange link in the bottom
>right corner of the window, while the latest FF will show it in the
>address bar, just like Opera shows the letters 'RSS' in white on blue
>in that place.
>
>2 - place a visible link to the feed on the page. Many people use the
>orange XML or RSS button, so by using the same form, makes it obvious
>to those who like to read such feeds.
Thanks for your help. I'm still a bit stuck though, how does someone
know you are there? This way someone who comes to your site will know
you have a feed, but how do you get someone to your site who doesn't
already know about it? They just search for your topic, and you come
up?
Is it like a search engine, where you have to get your site listed
somewhere?
Thanks.
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