RSS: Dead feeds galore - GoFuckYourself.com

RawAlex · 05-30-2007, 02:04 PM

There have been a whole bunch of programs announce RSS feeds in the last little while. I think some of these programs don't realize that RSS feeds are like a garden: You have to spend a little time regularly to keep it going.

Best one for May: Mac and Bumble. Brand new feed, and for 3 days they had a new entry every day. After that, nothing. Nada. Zip. Two weeks later, not a thing.

I have one splog working on feeds from cam sites with models and whatnot. I hadn't checked it closely, I went over and found out that none of them were updating their feeds anymore... last entry for any of them was 3 weeks ago.

*sigh*.

RawAlex · 05-30-2007, 02:11 PM

Update: Just got an email from Brad as Video Secrets, they had a programming issue that was resolved and their feeds are back up - one of the better daily camgirl feeds IMHO, actual workable text and all. Thanks for the fix Brad!

jayeff · 05-30-2007, 02:27 PM

The picture is a lot worse than you painted. I have over 150 feeds listed on a page in my sig but Monday, when I wanted to use some for a new site - no special niche, just decent quality, fair-sized pics and text for a blog, regularly updated - I ended up with SIX. Okay, so maybe I'm picky, but even to work with as few as that, I had to do things like setting line-heights to zero on empty lines and forcing new lines after pics, so a couple didn't look like crap on the page. I still ended up with warnings about invalid but hopefully - for most surfers at least - viewable code.

I don't agree with but can understand, people who don't produce RSS feeds, but what on earth is the point of bothering with them at all if you make affiliates jump through hoops to get the links and after all that, the feeds are rubbish?

jayeff · 05-30-2007, 02:33 PM

tranza · 05-30-2007, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Best one for May: Mac and Bumble. Brand new feed, and for 3 days they had a new entry every day. After that, nothing. Nada. Zip. Two weeks later, not a thing.

That's fucked up...

RawAlex · 05-30-2007, 02:44 PM

The M&B feed is updating, but the feed isn't being served correctly - so autobloggerpro is ignoring the updates because I guess it doesn't parse.

it serves as text/html, which is wrong, and the coding of the character set line is wrong which causes the rest of the feed to be invalid (and extra ? in that line, I think).

So there are updates I can see on a feed reader, but ABP and feedwordress both puke out on it.

RawAlex · 05-30-2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jayeff

RevSand · 05-31-2007, 12:29 AM

This seems to be WAY too common.. Most feeds seem to launch with some good shit but then are dying off faster then anything.. Even alot of the bigger programs are doing this and it kinda blows..

xxxjay · 05-31-2007, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RawAlex

There have been a whole bunch of programs announce RSS feeds in the last little while. I think some of these programs don't realize that RSS feeds are like a garden: You have to spend a little time regularly to keep it going.

Best one for May: Mac and Bumble. Brand new feed, and for 3 days they had a new entry every day. After that, nothing. Nada. Zip. Two weeks later, not a thing.

I have one splog working on feeds from cam sites with models and whatnot. I hadn't checked it closely, I went over and found out that none of them were updating their feeds anymore... last entry for any of them was 3 weeks ago.

*sigh*.

That's why we hand write ours at least every other day. A lot of sponsors rushed to get their RSS out because it was a buzzword on the boards but didn't bother to wrap thier heads around the concept first.

Jace · 05-31-2007, 12:47 AM

StarkReality · 05-31-2007, 12:55 AM

More examples: Paul Markham (apparently static, never updated), Anna Sucks from Real Sex Cash (didn't update for months, both other feeds are fine), Perfect Gonzo (very sporadic updates).

Loads of others do 2 updates a month max. Pretty sad, since they are missing alot of traffic this way.

Juicy George · 05-31-2007, 12:58 AM

We update our RSS feeds every friday at Juicybucks.com! :D

RevSand · 05-31-2007, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Juicy George

We update our RSS feeds every friday at Juicybucks.com! :D

http://www.juicybucks.com/rss.php?A=...site=22&num=10

http://www.juicybucks.com/rss.php?A=YOURID&site=19

http://www.juicybucks.com/rss.php?A=...site=24&num=10

umm do not think so since those are the 1st and only 3 I just checked..

Jace · 05-31-2007, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by RevSand

http://www.juicybucks.com/rss.php?A=...site=22&num=10

http://www.juicybucks.com/rss.php?A=YOURID&site=19

http://www.juicybucks.com/rss.php?A=...site=24&num=10

umm do not think so since those are the 1st and only 3 I just checked..

yeah, I gave up on juicybucks...they keep saying they are updating and shit, and every time I check them they have 2006 dates on them

RevSand · 05-31-2007, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Jace

yeah, I gave up on juicybucks...they keep saying they are updating and shit, and every time I check them they have 2006 dates on them

Yea I just think its funny for him to make a big thing about updating when its full of shit...

tsanko · 05-31-2007, 01:16 AM

Score Cash has every day updated feeds.

just a punk · 05-31-2007, 01:34 AM

Real-Bucks and ETU-Cash feeds their blogs regularly.

Baxter · 05-31-2007, 01:51 AM

I update the blog everyday at mpbabes.com

check us out.....if your into the pornrstar niche that is

RevSand · 05-31-2007, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Baxter

I update the blog everyday at mpbabes.com

check us out.....if your into the pornrstar niche that is

I have yours and THANK YOU...

Doug E · 05-31-2007, 03:26 AM

Most of them are slapped together shit. And they never seem compatible with each other in style and all that. Needs to be some industry standard sizes and layouts set.

RevSand · 05-31-2007, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Doug E

Most of them are slapped together shit. And they never seem compatible with each other in style and all that. Needs to be some industry standard sizes and layouts set.

Man you are dreaming!! I agree that would be nice but I do not see it happening..

Tempest · 05-31-2007, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by jayeff

I have over 150 feeds listed on a page in my sig.....

How many of those are actually blogs and how many are just standalone feeds? Maybe you could add that info to your list as I'm looking for more blogs with feeds like twistys, mpbabes etc.

RandyD · 05-31-2007, 05:21 AM

Moss Rss feeds are shit for sure - Sponsors big and small just don't want to or can't be bothered making decent RSS feeds

RevSand · 05-31-2007, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by RandyD

Moss Rss feeds are shit for sure - Sponsors big and small just don't want to or can't be bothered making decent RSS feeds

Alot start out making a big deal about having them and how great they are and some are decent to start.. They just do not seem to be lasting in most cases INCLUDING some big ones and regular posters on here...

Digipimp · 05-31-2007, 05:39 AM

I announced the CamSpot Cash feed was back up and it's still updating and will continue to do so. Im surprised at how few people get on board with a good updating feed since it's so little work to pop in and let it roll. You can look at it, its still going.

CamSpot Blog

Jace · 05-31-2007, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Digipimp

I announced the CamSpot Cash feed was back up and it's still updating and will continue to do so. Im surprised at how few people get on board with a good updating feed since it's so little work to pop in and let it roll. You can look at it, its still going.

CamSpot Blog

looking good for sure

RevSand · 05-31-2007, 05:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Digipimp

I announced the CamSpot Cash feed was back up and it's still updating and will continue to do so. Im surprised at how few people get on board with a good updating feed since it's so little work to pop in and let it roll. You can look at it, its still going.

CamSpot Blog

Ever get that thing we talked about fixed?

Digipimp · 05-31-2007, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by RevSand

Ever get that thing we talked about fixed?

trying to figure it out, i've been trying figure the html out but it seems a mystery to me at this point since it works with everything else

RevSand · 05-31-2007, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Digipimp

trying to figure it out, i've been trying figure the html out but it seems a mystery to me at this point since it works with everything else

Goin to crash now.. when I get back up I will give it a spin again and see what happens.. Its looks like it should to me now so HOPEFULLY it will work!

Digipimp · 05-31-2007, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Jace

looking good for sure

what he said is true

themachinelavene · 05-31-2007, 08:41 AM

TCG & Satancash feeds are pretty much dead as well...very dissapointing

RawAlex · 05-31-2007, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by xxxjay

That's why we hand write ours at least every other day. A lot of sponsors rushed to get their RSS out because it was a buzzword on the boards but didn't bother to wrap thier heads around the concept first.

This is true. One piece of advice on your feeds, using flash movies can be a real pain, because most aggregation software doesn't handle that very well. At bare minimum all your declarations for the movie should be made with full URLs, no relative links.

OCCash feeds update regularly, which makes them a rarity in this business.

Intruder · 05-31-2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by RevSand

Alot start out making a big deal about having them and how great they are and some are decent to start.. They just do not seem to be lasting in most cases INCLUDING some big ones and regular posters on here...

can I get feedback on our feeds, these are updated every week:

http://bondagebank.com/feed.php?w=YOURID&s=1

and

http://bondagebank.com/feed.php?w=YOURID&s=3

Fabien · 05-31-2007, 10:13 AM

Talk about it
Incredibledollars feeds WELL THEY ARE DONE

Fuck everything, let's pull the plug and that's it

RawAlex · 05-31-2007, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intruder

can I get feedback on our feeds, these are updated every week:

http://bondagebank.com/feed.php?w=YOURID&s=1

and

http://bondagebank.com/feed.php?w=YOURID&s=3

Nice, but being Canadian, I can't use them, because you have bondage and penetration in the same images.

Redmanthatcould · 05-31-2007, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Update: Just got an email from Brad as Video Secrets, they had a programming issue that was resolved and their feeds are back up - one of the better daily camgirl feeds IMHO, actual workable text and all. Thanks for the fix Brad!

We appreciate you giving us a heads up on this. They are still being updated daily; the issue was that there was an unescaped "&" symbol that killed the feed parsing. The data was still there, just that a strict parsing application would choke on it.

And thank you for the kind words

Redmanthatcould · 05-31-2007, 10:34 AM

Double post

05-30-2007, 02:04 PM	#1
RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	RSS: Dead feeds galore There have been a whole bunch of programs announce RSS feeds in the last little while. I think some of these programs don't realize that RSS feeds are like a garden: You have to spend a little time regularly to keep it going. Best one for May: Mac and Bumble. Brand new feed, and for 3 days they had a new entry every day. After that, nothing. Nada. Zip. Two weeks later, not a thing. I have one splog working on feeds from cam sites with models and whatnot. I hadn't checked it closely, I went over and found out that none of them were updating their feeds anymore... last entry for any of them was 3 weeks ago. sigh.

05-30-2007, 02:27 PM	#3
jayeff Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,944	The picture is a lot worse than you painted. I have over 150 feeds listed on a page in my sig but Monday, when I wanted to use some for a new site - no special niche, just decent quality, fair-sized pics and text for a blog, regularly updated - I ended up with SIX. Okay, so maybe I'm picky, but even to work with as few as that, I had to do things like setting line-heights to zero on empty lines and forcing new lines after pics, so a couple didn't look like crap on the page. I still ended up with warnings about invalid but hopefully - for most surfers at least - viewable code. I don't agree with but can understand, people who don't produce RSS feeds, but what on earth is the point of bothering with them at all if you make affiliates jump through hoops to get the links and after all that, the feeds are rubbish? Last edited by jayeff; 05-30-2007 at 02:29 PM..

05-30-2007, 02:33 PM	#4
jayeff Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,944	FYI Mac & Bumble updated yesterday. But can a copyright 2002 watermark big and bold on some of their pics really help anyone?

05-31-2007, 12:29 AM	#8
RevSand Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Porn Valley Posts: 8,151	This seems to be WAY too common.. Most feeds seem to launch with some good shit but then are dying off faster then anything.. Even alot of the bigger programs are doing this and it kinda blows.. __________________ BadBitchesGoodWeed Hire me for all your video shooting needs!! Skype = RevSandx

05-31-2007, 12:58 AM	#12
Juicy George Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Aussie Posts: 289	We update our RSS feeds every friday at Juicybucks.com! :D __________________ MSN - [email protected] Yahoo - [email protected] AIM - juicygeorgy ICQ -392086396

05-30-2007, 02:11 PM	#2
RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	Update: Just got an email from Brad as Video Secrets, they had a programming issue that was resolved and their feeds are back up - one of the better daily camgirl feeds IMHO, actual workable text and all. Thanks for the fix Brad!

05-30-2007, 02:44 PM	#6
RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	The M&B feed is updating, but the feed isn't being served correctly - so autobloggerpro is ignoring the updates because I guess it doesn't parse. it serves as text/html, which is wrong, and the coding of the character set line is wrong which causes the rest of the feed to be invalid (and extra ? in that line, I think). So there are updates I can see on a feed reader, but ABP and feedwordress both puke out on it.

05-31-2007, 12:47 AM	#10
Jace FBOP Class Of 2013 Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: bumfuck, ky Posts: 35,562

05-31-2007, 12:55 AM	#11
StarkReality Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: 4 8 15 16 23 42 Posts: 4,444	More examples: Paul Markham (apparently static, never updated), Anna Sucks from Real Sex Cash (didn't update for months, both other feeds are fine), Perfect Gonzo (very sporadic updates). Loads of others do 2 updates a month max. Pretty sad, since they are missing alot of traffic this way.

05-31-2007, 01:16 AM	#16
tsanko Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 230	Score Cash has every day updated feeds. __________________ \|\|Free sex blog\|\| Sex toys\|\| Natural hair loss treatment\|\|Adult Dating Club\|\|

05-31-2007, 01:34 AM	#17
just a punk So fuckin' bored Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 32,386	Real-Bucks and ETU-Cash feeds their blogs regularly. __________________ Obey the Cowgod

05-31-2007, 01:51 AM	#18
Baxter Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 535	I update the blog everyday at mpbabes.com check us out.....if your into the pornrstar niche that is __________________ Baxters Network - Baxters Network of high qaulity porn sites!!! Medium Pimpin - Sells Better Than Condoms On Prom Night!! Email: [email protected] ICQ Number: 297-381-398 Location: Michigan

05-31-2007, 03:26 AM	#20
Doug E Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 511	Most of them are slapped together shit. And they never seem compatible with each other in style and all that. Needs to be some industry standard sizes and layouts set.

05-31-2007, 05:21 AM	#23
RandyD Confirmed User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 283	Moss Rss feeds are shit for sure - Sponsors big and small just don't want to or can't be bothered making decent RSS feeds

05-31-2007, 05:39 AM	#25
Digipimp BP4L OT DL Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: BP4L Swap Meet Posts: 13,481	I announced the CamSpot Cash feed was back up and it's still updating and will continue to do so. Im surprised at how few people get on board with a good updating feed since it's so little work to pop in and let it roll. You can look at it, its still going. CamSpot Blog __________________ Still Hosting at Webair and You Should Be Too

05-31-2007, 08:41 AM	#31
themachinelavene Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 415	TCG & Satancash feeds are pretty much dead as well...very dissapointing __________________ ,\|,,(-_-),,\|,

05-31-2007, 10:13 AM	#34
Fabien Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,787	Talk about it Incredibledollars feeds WELL THEY ARE DONE Fuck everything, let's pull the plug and that's it

05-31-2007, 10:34 AM	#37
Redmanthatcould Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,771	Double post