Webmasters Using RSS Feeds - What Do You Like/Dislike

[Slickster]

This is for all you webmasters using RSS feeds on your blogs. I want to know what you like and dislike about the RSS feeds you use. What would be included in the perfect RSS feed?

[DjSap]

1. Option to choose image sizes
2. At least 100 words per entry, should be written so that surfers think that it's written by the webmaster that uses the feed. Use lots of relevant keywords and link them.
3. Link the pictures, so many do this simple mistake.

It's as simple as that and yet so many programs fuck it up.

[the alchemist]

I dislike: Missing or poor picture quality, ugly layout, too many or too few good keywords, traffic leaks, feeds linking to pay site instead of gallery, useless/bad posts text (some of them even have typo's ffs!) and feeds spewing all the entries instead of, say the latest 10.

I like: Our feeds.

[DjSap]

And forgot to mention, use categories on your blogs and provide category specific feeds in addition to the general overall feed. Lot's of program don't do this. While I may use your milf feed for my milf blog if you provide the blowjob category for your milf feed then i will add it to my blowjob blog as well.

[Babaganoosh]

The better a sponsor's feeds are, the more they will be used and the less effective they will become. Original content is the only way to go.

[Slickster]

So do you all prefer the pics to link to a gallery? Would it not convert better if the pics linked to the tour?

[Rankings]

fairly large, hight quality pic and keyword rich text. Links that dont say "Click Here" but rather "Started Kissing..."

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by Slickster

So do you all prefer the pics to link to a gallery? Would it not convert better if the pics linked to the tour?

If I was writing a blog entry for my own blogs, for the most part I would link a picture to a gallery... or at least to a tour page that is exactly relevant to that image (say like an individual model page).

For me, the idea of an RSS blog feed is to make it appear that individual webmaster wrote the content, so it should be done in a manner consistant with the way a webmaster would do it. Yes, it would probably be more effecient to just link to the tour (or signup page) but most individuals writing a blog are trying to keep an audience, so they won't do it that way.

My other gripe is picture size. Go cruise blogs, most of them are using at least 250 x 250 images (or 300 x 200 or whatever). Most people don't use micro thumbs in a blog entry, unless it is a table of thumbs that link to images.

Using the same text and offering 2 or 3 different image sizes or shapes might help.

[Slickster]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

If I was writing a blog entry for my own blogs, for the most part I would link a picture to a gallery... or at least to a tour page that is exactly relevant to that image (say like an individual model page).

For me, the idea of an RSS blog feed is to make it appear that individual webmaster wrote the content, so it should be done in a manner consistant with the way a webmaster would do it. Yes, it would probably be more effecient to just link to the tour (or signup page) but most individuals writing a blog are trying to keep an audience, so they won't do it that way.

My other gripe is picture size. Go cruise blogs, most of them are using at least 250 x 250 images (or 300 x 200 or whatever). Most people don't use micro thumbs in a blog entry, unless it is a table of thumbs that link to images.

Using the same text and offering 2 or 3 different image sizes or shapes might help.

So if the pic linked to the scene in the post with a free video, then that would be ok right?

With the different image sizes, how would you like that presented? Are you looking for a choice in feeds? For example one feed with large images and one feed with small ones? Is that what you are asking for?

[DjSap]

Originally Posted by Slickster

So if the pic linked to the scene in the post with a free video, then that would be ok right?

With the different image sizes, how would you like that presented? Are you looking for a choice in feeds? For example one feed with large images and one feed with small ones? Is that what you are asking for?

Most blog webmasters prefer big images, having a few different ones (one wider and one narrower) is preferable as some people like to keep image sizes fairly consistent on their blogs.

And yes it should link to a gallery/join page that is specific to the post, otherwise the post is worthless.

By the way if you want any help with setting up feeds for your program just hit me up on 66871495 and I can help you with implementing everything that should be in a good feed.

[Jace]

very easy

LOTS OF TEXT, plenty of links and average sized pics

refer to this thread for more opinions

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=673182

[donkevlar]

I agree with DJ sap..

- 100-200 words of keyword rich text from a webmasters selling-the-website point of view

- 2 or 3 large images.. at least 400px wide

- A post title that makes sense when the post is taken from the blog. There are so many variations of useless titles out there. Some are just "sexybaby104 gallery 1", some are "merry christmas from me". Write every post with the mindset that it needs to make sense on its own, apart from the blog it came from.

- Images should link to their respective hosted gallery or a damn good content filled join page or it doesn't make any sense.

- RSS feeds for each category. Say I have an asian site and a program has a feed with asian/indian/black . That feed is basically useless to me because I'm autoblogging and I'm not about to sort through tons of posts for the 2 or 3 asian related.