Comments on: 3 Advanced Tips to Optimise Your Blog Feeds

By: Nick Wilsdon

Nick Wilsdon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:22 +0000

Glad you found the article useful Ed, and thanks for your comment.

By: Ed Sexton

Ed Sexton — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:15:34 +0000

Fantastic tips, thanks. I was trying figure out how the orange RSS icon appeared in the address bar and why typing in just the home page in netvibes didn’t bring up the RSS feed – now i know! And will put to good use.

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By: Nick Wilsdon

Nick Wilsdon — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:20:47 +0000

@Malte

Yes I wouldn’t use both methods together, you will create a loop most likely. If you’re already using the Feedburner plugin then stick with that.

The reason I gave people the ‘manual’ method is in case they are using another platform. Or they are dealing with a copy of WordPress that has been modified to remove all the footprints (i.e. all the wp- file prefixes have been removed).

By: Malte Landwehr

Malte Landwehr — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:12:44 +0000

My Feedburner Feed Replacement Plugin works fine and I have never encountered any kind of problem.

And will those redirects of yours make the Feeburner Feedgrabber try to grab itself? Because whenever he tries to grab your feed you redirect him just like an ordinary user.

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By: Federal Watch

Federal Watch — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:07:34 +0000

I agree on your tips Nick especially with number 1..it is always my problem finding the RSS feeds especially if they are not easily visible..^^

Anyway thanks a bunch for sharing these tips!

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:43:27 +0000

Great information. Thank you for sharing! I agree, user visibility of the RSS icon is very important in converting more readers into subscribers.

By: Optimise Blog Feeds

Optimise Blog Feeds — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:00:25 +0000

[...] To solve this, consolidate or redirect all your feeds to one URL. If you are using WordPress, then the easiest method is to install the FeedSmith plugin. This lets you enter the FeedBurner or other tracking URL into the admin section and all variations of your feed URL will be redirected here. 3 Advanced Tips to Optimise Your Blog Feeds [...]

By: Nick Wilsdon

Nick Wilsdon — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:46:52 +0000

If you have other feed formats, here are the code samples you need to link them in your head section:

RSS 1 (0.92)

<link rel="alternate" type="text/xml" title="RSS .92" href="http://your-rss1-feed-address" />

Atom

<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Atom 0.3" href="http://your-atom-feed-address" />

OPML (if you’re being really clever)

<link rel="alternate" type="text/x-opml" title="Subscriptions" href="http://your-opml-feed-address" >