Written on September 25th, 2007 at 08:09 am by Darren Rowse
Full or Partial Feeds - Poll Results
Last week’s Poll of the week asked readers whether they use Full or Partial feeds on their blogs (or whether they offered readers the option of both).
The results were very clear with 75% of ProBloggers preferring to offer Full Feeds.
Here’s the breakdown of the results.
Don’t forget to respond to this week’s Poll Question - How many unique visitors does your biggest blog get per day?
27 Responses to “Full or Partial Feeds - Poll Results”
Sportaphile
September 25th, 2007 8:17 am
I definitely prefer to get the full feeds out there. At the end of the day I enjoy the fact that people out there are reading my content and enjoying it. As long as they know where it originally came from then I don’t have a problem.
Alex Brooks
September 25th, 2007 8:50 am
Glad to see a result from this poll. Will help many decide which way to swing.
Any chance of knowing how you made that sexy looking pie chart?
Patrick Britton
September 25th, 2007 8:57 am
It might be just me, with my need to read so much in a short period of time, but I like partial feeds. It lets me take a look at what all there is to read. Sometimes I even read just the headlines and figure out if I want to read it. That’s probably because I’m not only reading for pleasure I’m also looking for good materials to blog about on my own site.
Mason from SmallFuel Marketing
September 25th, 2007 9:04 am
And the full feeds pull a commanding lead…
As they should, I think. It’s good to see that at least most of the blogger community is in agreement.
By the way, it is a very pretty chart. Well done.
- Mason Hipp
Baris Unver
September 25th, 2007 9:09 am
I believe that a similar question must be asked to RSS “readers”. After all they are the ones we die to reach, not ourselves.
Darren Rowse
September 25th, 2007 9:18 am
chart was made using ‘keynote’ (mac presentation software)
Squirrel
September 25th, 2007 9:33 am
This is totally off-topic, but does anybody know what Daren uses to create pie charts like the one for this post? They look far better than what Excel can normally produce.
In relation to the post, I like partial feeds when at least a few sentences from the post are included. When all they contain is a headline and one sentence, it’s usually frustrating because I can’t tell enough to know if I want to continue reading. All else being equal, I’d say go with full feeds.
Warren
September 25th, 2007 9:41 am
It is definitely not black and white which is to use but there is clearly a popular consensus among the community. That does speak volumes about the subject I think.
WarriorBlog
September 25th, 2007 10:37 am
I am still gonna go with partial feed anyway - it has its benefits.
Bob
September 25th, 2007 11:02 am
There nothing more irritating than reading a few lines and have to go click a link to see the whole article.
Webd360
September 25th, 2007 11:04 am
Both have their pros and cons, but I am behind full feeds all the way.
Terra Andersen
September 25th, 2007 11:33 am
Wow, there is definitely a winner here! I personally don’t mind… I end up going to the site anyhow…l so partial feeds don’t bother me.
Peter (Iwillchangeyourlife.com)
September 25th, 2007 12:10 pm
I want full feeds from the blogs I subscribe to, so that’s what I offer my subscribers.
Michael Boateng
September 25th, 2007 12:23 pm
For me as a new blogger, i wouldnt mind using full feeds, but just last week i realised one of these MFA sites was using my content for his site. It really does hurt …. but then what can u do ….. ?
BTW i though Darren was on a break …lol …
radreport.net
September 25th, 2007 1:29 pm
I was expecting even more people voting for the full RSS feeds.
Kim
September 25th, 2007 2:00 pm
could you probably start a poll which kinda rss the readers of RSS feed prefer?
I think that could be kinda interesting, cause that’s what we SHOULD be offering ;)
Darren Rowse
September 25th, 2007 3:09 pm
Michael - Darren is ’sort of’ on a break. I’m still moderating comments but am working on a different little project this week - just not posting…. much :-)
Asako
September 25th, 2007 5:26 pm
I am ashamed, I am still having issues in adding RSS Feed because of my multiple weblog set up in expression engine…
I have to figure it out this weekend, after seeing this result. If partial feed is not enough, no feed must be outrageous…
I am realizing the power of WordPress, the forums, add-ons, and community of pro-bloggers these days…
markowe
September 25th, 2007 9:05 pm
OK, OK, you win! Full feeds it is..! :) Well, I’ll give it a go…
Rob Malon - Automating Websites
September 25th, 2007 11:11 pm
I use google reader. The widget on igoogle displays the top 10 recent so I generally click through on those to the actual post. If I haven’t been on in a while (usually after a weekend) I go to my reader and scroll through things…its easier. So I hate not having the full RSS available which accounts for only 1 of the blogs I regular.
Thejesh GN
September 26th, 2007 1:26 am
Good to see support for full feeds
Michael
September 26th, 2007 2:51 am
I don’t think that anyone should be using partial feeds. Learn to monetize your feed instead of forcing readers to go to your website.
Thilak
September 26th, 2007 3:58 am
It’s pretty interesting to see Full Feeds leading the pack. I was always under the misconception that most blogs prefer using Partial Feeds. I didn’t get what you folks mean by both? I mean.. does it really work out well?
Alec
September 26th, 2007 12:14 pm
Hey Darren:
Thanks for running and sharing the cool stats.
While 75% of those who responded to the poll indicated a preference for full feeds, it would be interesting to see how that breaks out in terms of the length and subject of blogs–a segmentation study, sort of speak.
I could see, for example, how it would be silly (and annoying to the read) to have partial feeds for two-paragraph blogs entries. In same vain, I could also see how cumbersome to it might be to receive full feeds for long and involved blogs (with images, diagrams, etc.)
Also, it would be interesting to see how subject matter might influence preferences as well. A blog on quick practical business tips, for example, might work for full feeds, but a blog on photography (with lots of photo essays) fit better for a partial feed.
Just some food for thought here on a potential follow up to your already great initial survey. :>
Thanks, again, Darren.
–Alec
Kirk Warren
September 26th, 2007 12:25 pm
Full feeds all the way. I hate having to click to read more and I’d never make others do that to read my site. Glad to see the majority agree.
BW
September 29th, 2007 10:38 am
I’m with the full feed crowd after seeing a post in here way back.
CENIT
April 23rd, 2008 11:10 am
please, I’m interested about how post on blogs. Full content or partial content ( post ) ?, what is better as SEO ? thanks in advance
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