http://grundyhome.com/2006/11/01/rss-consumption/ web marketing in higher ed Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://grundyhome.com/2006/11/01/rss-consumption/comment-page-1/#comment-14 William H. Harle Jr. Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:26:48 +0000 http://grundyhome.com/2006/11/01/rss-consumption/#comment-14 I think if someone's stuff is worth reading, then they are definitely worth clicking on a feed reader link and going to the site. Yes, I do prefer being able to read everything in one place, but how much does that really help you? If you just want to get content out, then full posts in your rss is a great move. If you want site visits, you are better off not giving all the content. The only other mixture is writing entries so provocative that people want to comment and thus clicks in to do so. Oak won't click in to read your articles, but he's willing to do so to leave a comment. And so would your readers if they liked your writing and decided they wanted some more info on you. I don't think it will end up having much of an effect either way, except for in your site statistics, which don't really mean much when you think about it. I think if someone’s stuff is worth reading, then they are definitely worth clicking on a feed reader link and going to the site. Yes, I do prefer being able to read everything in one place, but how much does that really help you? If you just want to get content out, then full posts in your rss is a great move. If you want site visits, you are better off not giving all the content. The only other mixture is writing entries so provocative that people want to comment and thus clicks in to do so. Oak won’t click in to read your articles, but he’s willing to do so to leave a comment. And so would your readers if they liked your writing and decided they wanted some more info on you. I don’t think it will end up having much of an effect either way, except for in your site statistics, which don’t really mean much when you think about it.

]]> http://grundyhome.com/2006/11/01/rss-consumption/comment-page-1/#comment-12 John Nunemaker Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:23:09 +0000 http://grundyhome.com/2006/11/01/rss-consumption/#comment-12 I currently have 252 feeds. I rarely read them in the rss reader. I skim them and click through if I want to read them because rss readers never style the content to my liking the way a site author would. I currently have 252 feeds. I rarely read them in the rss reader. I skim them and click through if I want to read them because rss readers never style the content to my liking the way a site author would.

]]> http://grundyhome.com/2006/11/01/rss-consumption/comment-page-1/#comment-11 -oAk- Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:11:11 +0000 http://grundyhome.com/2006/11/01/rss-consumption/#comment-11 that's right. give me what i want or i'll go elsewhere for my daily fix of grundy musings. that’s right. give me what i want or i’ll go elsewhere for my daily fix of grundy musings.

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