Comments on: RSS Feeds Should Contain Full Posts http://inluminent.com/2004/01/15/rss-feeds-should-contain-full-posts/ my comments on business, marketing, advertising, email, CAN-SPAM, selling as a profession, photography, computers and other stuff... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Richard Mulholland http://inluminent.com/2004/01/15/rss-feeds-should-contain-full-posts/#comment-1504 Richard Mulholland Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=839#comment-1504 I couldn't agree more mate...! I couldn’t agree more mate…!

]]> By: Jeremy C. Wright http://inluminent.com/2004/01/15/rss-feeds-should-contain-full-posts/#comment-1505 Jeremy C. Wright Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=839#comment-1505 k, so teach me... I've upped the settings in MT to be 3000 characters, but formatting and linebreaks still aren't transferred so it looks awful. If you have any tips drop me an email :-) k, so teach me… I’ve upped the settings in MT to be 3000 characters, but formatting and linebreaks still aren’t transferred so it looks awful.

If you have any tips drop me an email :-)

]]> By: jason http://inluminent.com/2004/01/15/rss-feeds-should-contain-full-posts/#comment-1506 jason Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=839#comment-1506 Ah, but if you're attempting to make money via advertising, it's pretty hard to drain all your traffic away. Even adding RSS ad items seems pretty risky. For regular blogs, though, i agree it's the way to go. -jason Ah, but if you’re attempting to make money via advertising, it’s pretty hard to drain all your traffic away. Even adding RSS ad items seems pretty risky.

For regular blogs, though, i agree it’s the way to go.

-jason

]]> By: Richard Soderberg http://inluminent.com/2004/01/15/rss-feeds-should-contain-full-posts/#comment-1507 Richard Soderberg Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=839#comment-1507 My interest in blogs is not purely graphical aesthetics; in fact, it is heavily weighted on the side of plain old text. I grew up reading books and computer screens, and then text files, and then the web; in every case, the formatting also never went so uncorrectably wrong that the content was hidden from me. I do think that RSS should contain the full article from a website. It would do wonders for communication, and there's one current side effect: I see the site every time I post a comment. That's the golden key, that can't be faked: saying things people feel like replying to. It does mostly good to your position to publish yourself over as many media outlets as possible (as discovered by Clear Channel and Disney); in the end, your message gets out. People may like it or not, but you Two side effects of RSS are an initially-limited visual aesthetic and a temporary loss of individual user tracking; neither of these affects your message, for those who read the content as opposed to presentation. I do, however, quite enjoy the variety of looks I see when I go to leave comments, or to bookmark something for future use; a world devoid of appearance would be too bland. Thank you all for keeping it so interesting. My interest in blogs is not purely graphical aesthetics; in fact, it is heavily weighted on the side of plain old text.

I grew up reading books and computer screens, and then text files, and then the web; in every case, the formatting also never went so uncorrectably wrong that the content was hidden from me.

I do think that RSS should contain the full article from a website. It would do wonders for communication, and there’s one current side effect: I see the site every time I post a comment.

That’s the golden key, that can’t be faked: saying things people feel like replying to. It does mostly good to your position to publish yourself over as many media outlets as possible (as discovered by Clear Channel and Disney); in the end, your message gets out. People may like it or not, but you

Two side effects of RSS are an initially-limited visual aesthetic and a temporary loss of individual user tracking; neither of these affects your message, for those who read the content as opposed to presentation.

I do, however, quite enjoy the variety of looks I see when I go to leave comments, or to bookmark something for future use; a world devoid of appearance would be too bland. Thank you all for keeping it so interesting.

]]> By: Jon Gales http://inluminent.com/2004/01/15/rss-feeds-should-contain-full-posts/#comment-1508 Jon Gales Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=839#comment-1508 I agree with Jason. Commercial sites are not going to have full text RSS feeds. That's just not smart. I agree with Jason. Commercial sites are not going to have full text RSS feeds. That’s just not smart.

]]> By: pete http://inluminent.com/2004/01/15/rss-feeds-should-contain-full-posts/#comment-1509 pete Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=839#comment-1509 I'm too am torn between my desire to offer full posts, and the needs of an organization who expects visitors to come to the site to see the site and accompanying banner ads... Right now I've introduced a feed with an excerpt rather than full text, and in the future we'll determine how much farther we can push things. We'll also be looking at how our content can be distributed within the confines of individual writers contracts and licenses... Interesting times ahead. I’m too am torn between my desire to offer full posts, and the needs of an organization who expects visitors to come to the site to see the site and accompanying banner ads…

Right now I’ve introduced a feed with an excerpt rather than full text, and in the future we’ll determine how much farther we can push things. We’ll also be looking at how our content can be distributed within the confines of individual writers contracts and licenses…

Interesting times ahead.

]]> By: Richard Soderberg http://inluminent.com/2004/01/15/rss-feeds-should-contain-full-posts/#comment-1510 Richard Soderberg Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=839#comment-1510 Unfortunately, excerpt-only feeds often lose me as a reader, simply because I don't have the connectivity to chase down the full article. I haven't clicked a banner ad for several years now, so it's not as if I would have been a source of revenue, either :) Thus, for my use case, no benefit is reaped by publishing excerpt-only; not only is the banner ad revenue lost (from the start), but now my attention is, too. Where do you stand on the scale of "profit" to "communication"? I'm a communication purist; I respect that many aren't. Unfortunately, excerpt-only feeds often lose me as a reader, simply because I don’t have the connectivity to chase down the full article.

I haven’t clicked a banner ad for several years now, so it’s not as if I would have been a source of revenue, either :)

Thus, for my use case, no benefit is reaped by publishing excerpt-only; not only is the banner ad revenue lost (from the start), but now my attention is, too.

Where do you stand on the scale of “profit” to “communication”? I’m a communication purist; I respect that many aren’t.

]]> By: Jon Gales http://inluminent.com/2004/01/15/rss-feeds-should-contain-full-posts/#comment-1511 Jon Gales Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=839#comment-1511 Richard: My publisher half wants to not care that you don't read. You're just an expense. That's probably because I do CPC not CPM. Richard: My publisher half wants to not care that you don’t read. You’re just an expense. That’s probably because I do CPC not CPM.

]]> By: Richard Soderberg http://inluminent.com/2004/01/15/rss-feeds-should-contain-full-posts/#comment-1512 Richard Soderberg Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=839#comment-1512 Hm. I suppose the "income" that results from my attention to all these blogs is unmeasurable in the form of currency; have I commented enough to balance out the cost of the bandwidth I've used? Hm. I suppose the “income” that results from my attention to all these blogs is unmeasurable in the form of currency; have I commented enough to balance out the cost of the bandwidth I’ve used?

]]> By: Cantoni.org http://inluminent.com/2004/01/15/rss-feeds-should-contain-full-posts/#comment-1513 Cantoni.org Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=839#comment-1513 <strong>Excerpts vs Full Entries</strong> When providing feeds for a web site (RSS, for example), there tend to be two camps: those who provide full entries and those who provide just an excerpt or summary. In the latter case, the rationale is often to drive... Excerpts vs Full Entries

When providing feeds for a web site (RSS, for example), there tend to be two camps: those who provide full entries and those who provide just an excerpt or summary. In the latter case, the rationale is often to drive…

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