Thankfully, reader gives an average posts / week for each feed, and I could work out how long I had been subscribed to each feed by looking at dates of the first post starred in that feed and the most recent.
Google is no stranger to deprecation, as many of us have recently experienced from the phase-out of Google Reader. Google promises weekly updates to the site, but you can still subscribe to the RSS feed.
Interestingly, if you buy my argument that sometimes we are aware of our sense of satisfaction due to completeness vs.not completeness and you continuously strive to write “completely”, you will have developed a readership at least, in part, by...
Use this as your modern feed reader. I don’t use RSS feed readers anymore. Search your niche or service plus forums to find ideas. They'll try to get you to spend money on an upgraded listing or some other search marketing options.
Blog more and blog regularly: Writing content that is useful for end users will not just increase your reader base but force search engines to crawl, index, and rank your site. You can import your RSS feed from your blog, bring in your Twitter...
Both factors impact a reader's trust to socially engage with content. Your challenge is to find a happy medium that serves business objectives - drive traffic, improve SEO, and boost reader trust. Long titles also present a feed scannability...
It's not the reader's job to entice users to view your content. Update the widget title accordingly so it's clear to users what the feed is displaying. Facebook Activity Feed Social SEO - More shared links depicts you as an authority to search...
Below is my attempt at translating Google's tech-heavy, though thorough schematics, into a reader-friendly guide. Google Product Search has recently released new Unique Product Identifier (UPI) requirements in June and new data feed requirements as...
Also, make your content available via RSS feed, so subscribers can regularly view your latest content on their news reader of choice. If you’re writing and publishing blog posts, but not putting in the few extra steps to optimize and align them...
A reader of SEW passed this video onto us. To improve the online shopping customer service experience, the 3 team featured in the video created a multi-touch interface which can overlay onto a live video feed so that an online shopper can interact...
Every message you post should provide some value for the reader, unless it is such good publicity that you simply have to share it. Deliver both and your Twitter feed will be a success. Ways Twitter Can Be Leveraged for B2B Search Engine Marketing
Another alternative is Twitter, as you may find "follow me" a far easier proposition to put to your readers than "find a Reader you like and then subscribe to my feed. The feeds come into your feed reader and among that constant stream of...
YouTube introduced AutoShare in 2009, which allows YouTubers to automatically share their Activity Feed to Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader. By opting into AutoShare, when you perform certain actions specified in your Activity Feed on YouTube...
Hopefully, my dear reader, taking this to heart will help you avoid my link building mistake. They were junk because these links only served one purpose: to feed the bots. Failure in search engine optimization (SEO) can be a good thing, too.
Google Buys eBook Technologies, Is Reader On Way Or Maybe GPad by Frank Watson Speculation that Google plans on creating an electronic book reader were given more fuel with the company's acquisition of eBook Technologies - "a company that...
Another bonus of Google Reader is that you can add any URL to it -- not just RSS feeds -- and Reader will monitor the page for changes and present them as if a feed has updated. I can't think of an industry news site that doesn't have an RSS feed...
A reader recently asked me how to know when their content quality was good enough. It helps feed the long tail of search and can increase the search engine's perception regarding the quality of the pages of your site.
There's no need to tell Google anything if you use Google Reader, Gmail, Profiles or other Google services. Here's another case for full-text RSS feeds: a subscribed feed containing just the first paragraph or so of complete articles will have...
When they add Gowalla and Google Reader support, I'll really be set. You can also view a feed of your network updates and activity in Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Delicious, Digg - and now, MySpace, and Foursquare.
Feedburner Goes All Permanent on Their URL Redirects Posted by Nathania Johnson Oct 1, 2009 If you've ever clicked on a link in your RSS reader and that link is associated with a site that uses Feedburner, you've probably noticed that the initial...
