Comments on: Is RSS dead?

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:19:18 +0000

Just a note re advertising. If the Main purpose of truncated feeds is advertising then it is stupid since I use adblock plus in any case.

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By: Chris M

Chris M — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:02:31 +0000

@Eduard - Spot on, it’s simple enough to inject adverts into RSS feeds and although they won’t convert nearly as well as they do on the website, the important thing is that the user will remain loyal and will eventually visit the website

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By: Chris M

Chris M — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:00:40 +0000

I agree, having to click through to a website from an RSS feed is incredibly annoying from so many different aspects.

Nice article Andy!

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By: Eduard Grebe

Eduard Grebe — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:39:28 +0000

@Andy I understand the need for online publishers to monetize their sites by driving traffic to view ads. But isn’t it a better solution to inject ads into the RSS feed? I have seen very few sites do this and I wonder why.

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By: Steve Mathew

Steve Mathew — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:57:34 +0000

The best way to solve the “truncated view” and still use Google Reader, is to use Firefox plus the “Better GReader” add-on. It replaces Google Reader’s article summary with a frame containing the actual blog’s web page - but still clean(ish).

Sure it doesn’t solve the mobile Google Reader issue, but it sure makes RSS very usable.

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By: idale

idale — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:15:10 +0000

I hear your concern and I agree, mainly because I browse a lot on my phone. But when I’m on my notebook, I generally like to go to the original source of a story I find through my reader.

RSS was designed to bring the news to you so that you don’t need to go looking for it. They never specified ALL or SOME of the news though.

There are benefits of visiting original sources such as gaining links to related article, the ability to comment, etc.

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By: Andy Hadfield

Andy Hadfield — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:01:21 +0000

AH HA!

That’s because Tech Leader, which is out of my control, truncate their RSS feeds. So, how was the user experience for you?

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By: Eduard Grebe

Eduard Grebe — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:45:10 +0000

The irony is that I had to click through from Google Reader to read all but the first two lines of your post…

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