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Posted by Els on 11/01/05 09:17
Cliff R. wrote:
> 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,
That's the idea, yes.
> but how do you get someone to your site who doesn't
> already know about it?
That has nothing to do with RSS feeds. You advertise your site, get
people to link to you. Depending on the subject of your site you can
submit it to certain directories maybe.
> They just search for your topic, and you come up?
That's what everybody tries to get to the top of Google for :-)
> Is it like a search engine, where you have to get your site listed
> somewhere?
I don't know of any "RSS-feed only" search engines.
Feeds are nothing more than online newsletters on the topic of your
site. Often they are just a page's content, transformed into a feed,
so people don't have to visit your site all the time to see if you
have updated your pags. If people aren't interested in your site, they
won't be interested in the feed either. If they find your site and it
interests them enough to want to be up-to-date with what you write,
they may subscribe to the feed.
> Thanks.
You're welcome.
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