Comments on: Make Your Posts Scannable – RSS Feeds that POP

By: Boston SEO Freelancer

Boston SEO Freelancer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:56:22 +0000

I defiantly agree with short paragraphs are way more effective and readable by feeds. Also a great way to make feeds work even better is to interlink them all because some people think only static pages has to be interlinked. Keep interlinking those post and feeds will be more effective. Great insights

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By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:28:56 +0000

I’m a google reader user these days.

By: Vyom

Vyom — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:38:49 +0000

I started using netvibes after you suggested it Darren and i have no regrets its just great. So far i have not experienced any kind of problem.

I got one question for you which one is the best feed reader according to you ?

By: Fashion Industry Ceo

Fashion Industry Ceo — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:12:09 +0000

this could definitely be of some help because it would make the rss feed seem more like a part of your website.

By: Saman Sadeghi

Saman Sadeghi — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:07:12 +0000

Well, I am glad to hear that I am doing some of these tips already! Now I only have to adjust a few things!!

By: Anthony C

Anthony C — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:49:57 +0000

Great article, Darren!

I Really can not wait to read the rest of the series

By: Maki

Maki — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:42:43 +0000

I use and love Google reader.. it’s pretty clean and I like how easy it is to use. I occasionally use Netvibes also because it allows you read feeds at a much faster pace.. by looking at the headlines of several posts in multiple blogs at the same time.

The predominance of feed reading just emphasizes the importance of having attention grabbing post titles ..

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One By One Media » Darren’s tips for skimable–scannable posts — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:05:40 +0000

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By: Josh Puckett

Josh Puckett — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:03:12 +0000

This is definitely true. Making text easy to scan is like one of the first lessons in Design 101. Being a designer, it makes me very happy to see blog’s (and indeed anything, be it packaging, magazines, etc.) that are designed with scanning in mind. Great post :)

By: Dawud Miracle

Dawud Miracle — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:55:30 +0000

Has anyone done a post comparing how different feed readers render content?

By: alec

alec — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:07:23 +0000

I actually use Sage — a Firefox plugin that is clean and small. I think if I had a lot of sites I was pulling feeds from (I only do around 10 sites), I’d have to do a standalone program.

Quick question: what WordPress plugin do people recommend for WordPress 2.0 or 2.1 for feeds? I’m just using FeedWordPress which doesn’t do a whole lot for me… thanks!

By: Jim Logan

Jim Logan — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:50:27 +0000

I use Netvibes…formatting is handled well, I haven’t noticed anything rendering improperly.

Related to your post, how do you assess pictures used with posts? I’ve written for blog networks that require pictures with every post and others who are indifferent.

In your experience, does a post with a picture “perform” better than the same post offered without one?

By: Avinio

Avinio — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:46:56 +0000

Nice point!
I’m always seeing in my reader posts that…let’s say it seems
they doing all to make run away from them ;)

pity, cause imagine how many interesting things i could find,
and the most important, maybe i wont delete it later.

great article Darren!

By: j. noronha

j. noronha — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:32:46 +0000

I don’t think I’m the usual RSS reader, I use it just to keep up with what’s new and open the blog itself in a new tab. But one thing is certain: long blocks of text are exausting on screen. Short paragraphs help to keep the interest. I’ve always used this way of writing and even my long posts have a lot of comments.

By: Joshua Minton

Joshua Minton — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:00:09 +0000

I’m a big fan of Newsgator. I’ve used Bloglines and Google Reader but I think the Newsgator format and interface is much more user-friendly and lends itself to easier reading. Plus, I like the way that I can quickly scan posts and “tag” them to automatically be placed into “My Clippings” file that I can then go and read.

I’m a big believer in providing links at the end of my blog posts and it’s very convenient to simply go through my Newsgator “My Clippings” folder and link to the more interesting items on my blog post.

By: MJR/slef

MJR/slef — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:38:47 +0000

Good tips. I’ve just updated my work home page to be more scannable, but I’ve not really thought about how many of the above I do for my blog and where I could improve.

For what it’s worth, I’m using a homebrew aggregator (with the horrendous name schycyrssmerge2) and it now handles html, but I view it without images, video or scripts – they can’t be trusted for feeds in general.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:35:42 +0000

When I’m scanning, I usually completely blow over the “partial feeds” because they’re so short. Unless the title grabs me it doesn’t even register. Full feeds I’m more likely to scan and see something I want to read.

Further fodder for the partial vs. full feed debate.

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