The Importance of Your RSS Feed
Really Simple Syndication. Have you ever heard that term? You probably have. It’s the RSS feeds that you see everywhere. RSS feeds are typical to sites that are constantly updating, growing, or changing. And almost every blog on the internet has one.
Why is my RSS Feed valuable?
Your RSS feed is valuable because 1) it keeps your readers constantly updated. And 2) it can make your website accessible from other websites.
When someone builds a website, and they’re looking for good, relevant content that fits with their specific niche, they might go to an RSS directory and search for an RSS feed. When they impliment this RSS feed into their site, whatever that feed is pointing to (blog entries, new articles, forum updates), whoever reads that feed on the new website will be more inclined to click. This gives you a great deal of traffic if you’re the one that website chose to syndicate.
Not only are you getting a great deal of click-through traffic, but you are getting valuable backlinks that will help boost your page rank.
RSS feeds are also very helpful in giving your blog or website constant updates without you having to worry about writing, or paying someone else to write relevant content. Some blogs are automated on RSS feeds, and generate revenue based on those RSS feeds.
So if you ever thought that the little orange icon on the side of most blogs was just there for show, you’re dead wrong. That RSS feed might pull those blogs in hundreds of viewers, and maintains a constant reading base because they are always updated.
So make sure you promote your RSS feed. Think of it as a Mini List.
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October 10th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
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October 13th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
A lot of people subscribe to feeds because they do not have the time to go site hopping and also we can read them at our convenience.