RSS Feeds How Use Them

RSS feeds are most important technology arrive internet since blogging, yet take up RSS feeds among webmasters web visitors still very low. The Sunday Times recent ran a survey see how home users use internet, RSS did not appear at all.

It's true RSS nowhere near ubiquitous email, but email have been around since beginning internet. RSS RSS feeds are relatively new internet users. If you are a webmaster you can benefit from this new technology will allow you speak directly your visitors keep them updated with what you are up to. You can get up speed with RSS feeds at http://www.newsniche.com.

According Feedster, one largest RSS feed search engines, there are over 9 million feeds its index. RSS feeds are a technology be taken seriously, you can ignore now but you will find yourself way behind other webmasters when comes benefits having your own feed.

To put RSS context take a look at Bloglines, probably largest feed aggregator internet. When you subscribe a feed using Bloglines they tell you how many other their readers are subscribed same feed. Slashdot there more subscribed feed besides their own has about 35,000 subscribers their RSS feed. Remember that's just other Bloglines users so only reflects a small percentage their total readers.

Let me take you through some benefits having your own RSS feed. If you take example I just used readers Slashdot feed. Every time a new item published RSS feed available every single subscriber immediately. You are guaranteed every reader will get message whether they choose read or not. If you done this with email you would be lucky if a majority your readers even received message due spam filters other obstacles.

Unlike email an RSS feed zero maintenance. There no list addresses maintain, no server needed send out your messages, all you are doing updating a file your server. There no need worry about being accused spamming, double opt or adding spam problem.

I have left best till last. You can even have detailed statistics about your RSS feed by using a third party such Feedburner, all free. Feedburner will monitor requests made your feed so you know how many readers you have even tell you which items have been clicked on. Plus Feedburner saves you your valuable bandwidth takes away any worries about compatibility your RSS feed.

I have been publishing an RSS feed several months, has worked so well I have decided that I do not need hassle an email newsletter. The only time I use email now if I want a personal conversation with someone, that's what email great at.

Allan webmaster at http://www.newsniche.com an RSS resource webmasters. Learn how use RSS attract retain visitors your site.

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