Comments on: Are RSS Subscribers Worthwhile if they Don’t Visit Your Blog?

By: Steff (Inari)

Steff (Inari) — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:56:35 +0000

I’m both an RSS subscriber and a blogger. The blogs I subscribe to via RSS are not those that I visit on a day-to-day basis, but I read their feeds religiously, Tweet the articles I find most interesting and sometimes use as jumpling-off points for my own posts. Apart from the blogs and websites that I absolutely must read to do my (other) job, if a blog only offers a summary, I unsubscribe. Readers are busy too, and having to click through feels like an inconvenience.

As a blogger, my blog is very young and doesn’t carry any advertising, so it makes no difference to me whether somebody reads my posts in a reader or on the blog itself. What I am using my blog for is a way of reaching out and communicating with people. For the moment. I do have a couple of plans for monetising the blog, but even when I begin, I don’t see summaries as the way to go. Readers (or customers, or even profit units) appreciate convenience.

By: SEO Link Builder

SEO Link Builder — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:48:59 +0000

I say, if it doesn`t hurt, then it`s helping. Creating Brand Awareness is never a bad thing. Your feed is putting your brand into the users head. They may not be visiting, but this doesn`t mean they aren`t telling their friends….

By: desiree fawn

desiree fawn — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:44:19 +0000

I’ve often thought about this, but I figure hey, some like to subscribe because it’s SO simple. I value them just as much as those who choose to subscribe to my page.

By: sikiş videoları

sikiş videoları — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:56:55 +0000

I just started my official blog about a week ago now, I’ve kind of been experimenting for a couple of months to get the hang of it, and I’ve learnt quite a lot. I cannot wait till I get RSS subscribers on my blog, even if they don’t actually visit my blog, you must do everything you can to get your blog to read as many people as possible. You never know, those readers can tell their friends, and then hey, you just gained another subscriber. I feel that blogging is all about networking, getting yourself known and showing how many sikiş videoları people actually read the content on your website. RSS is kind of a leech seed to be honest, you are tempting them to read the content on the blog, rather than the feed itself. All I can see is benefits really, theres no reason not to use RSS.

By: ginevra

ginevra — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:31:31 +0000

No-one’s mentioned that Google Reader has a little script that lets you click from blog to blog reading your subscriptions.

For me, the first time I come to your blog it’s an audition. If I like it, I’ll subscribe, otherwise, I’ll never be back (unless at least 3 other bloggers I respect post about how good your blog is…).

I have 400+ feeds in my reader, that’s average, isn’t it? I read them, in full, each day, takes about 1 hour

Only thing I wish for is that Google Reader would let me read all my feeds in a particular folder (category of interest) together, rather than presenting them in a time-based way …

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:30:16 +0000

I don’t know that I’d ever read a blog with any frequency if it weren’t for email feeds. I get the posts in my inbox, don’t have to keep checking on blogs for updated content…just makes my life easier. And, many times, when I see interesting articles, I link to them via Twitter. So, I feel like I’m sending ppl to the blog even if I’m not visiting them myself.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:12:51 +0000

I hope that those who subscribe to my RSS feed are actually enjoying reading my posts, at least at the end of the day it shows that someone is reading my blog and in some hope they will also visit the blog to see what the comments are that people have hopefully made on the blog posts.

By: Peggy Duncan

Peggy Duncan — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:42:44 +0000

Great post! Many people have subscribed to so many feeds that they’re suffering from information overload…to the point that they’re not reading most of the feeds they subscribe to. I’m keen on the fact that my blog helps my expertise stay at the top of Google’s organic searches.

To increase readership, I have my blog feed set up in my email marketing software, iContact.com. Every time I write a new post, it goes to the people who sign up for my private email list that’s on my Website. The post and other related articles, all my links within the post, etc. go to all of my subscribers.

By: Eva

Eva — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:58:06 +0000

As a speaker and seminar leader, I send traffic to my blog when I speak. It makes me smile to hear you say that one’s blog can help you get a speaking gig. ie., it all comes full circle. We can make revenue not only from our blog but because we blog. We can speak to many from our blog and because we blog. Perfect.

By: Robert Gebbie

Robert Gebbie — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:17:33 +0000

I like the concept of influence over traffic. RSS is a convenient way for friends, clients, associates and followers to receive the latest posts or articles without the additional time required to visit my site. In my opinion it helps to retain contact with people I would otherwise be unable to get my message to.

By: peakclick

peakclick — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:14:34 +0000

mmmmhhhh building a tribe :) interesting definiton

By: Jason Slater

Jason Slater — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:12:57 +0000

For me, I see it as offering choice, visitors can either visit my blog at http://www.jasonslater.co.uk, subscribe using RSS, or get updates via various social media sites for example LinkedIn or Facebook. As long as the content is proving useful to someone somewhere I don’t really mind which of the forms mentioned above it comes in.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:12:35 +0000

I haven’t really tried promoting my RSS feeds much either. I try spreading them around to get more exposure to my sites, but haven’t really focused on getting subscribers. Perhaps I should start doing that more earnestly and try to get them to subscribe and visit my sites more often.

By: One billion time viewed page

One billion time viewed page — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:04:50 +0000

RSS subscriber are very essential weather they pay a visit to website or not . As seth gobin said build your tribe I think RSS subscriber are our tribe who follow us.

Well to be honest I don’t have billion subscriber but yeah had billionth viewed page which tragically earned 2 dollars coz nobody bothered to click adsense advert.
Anyway I am working on it though.

By: Frontline Blogger

Frontline Blogger — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:03:43 +0000

I’ve never really focused on promoting my RSS feed. Sure, I add it to the occasional directory, but not on a massive scale. But like you said rather have a subscriber visiting you once in several months.

By: PennySeeds.com

PennySeeds.com — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:36:58 +0000

Personally, I keep up to date on my favorite websites by RSS alone. It tells me about things I want to read, and make sure I know what’s going on. Even if I forget to visit it’s in my reader – So if I see something interesting I click over.

You shouldn’t show the entire blog post in your RSS feed. That’s just suppose to notify people of new content they may like. “Hey! Look over here! I’ve got a great post about widgets!”

Title, attractive image, short description, and then they can click over to the full article of course.

By: Franck Silvestre

Franck Silvestre — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:06:24 +0000

Someone who subscribed to your RSS feed is somewhat already in your sphere of influence, and one of your followers.

As an example, I didn’t visit your site for a long time (several months), but I’m here today looking for what you got.

Franck

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:31:17 +0000

Great post. I have been wondering about this as my RSS base grows. I even used RSS to calculate the value of each reader, not a great gauge.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:28:36 +0000

Many times i noticed that visitors count to my blogs is far less than the feed burner subscriber counts. So even if there are many rss subscribers, reader who really visits your blog will be less…many be many reads directly from rss readers like google reader and wont come to blog.

By: venkat

venkat — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:54:51 +0000

I definitely prefer email subscription over RSS ,because email subscribers read the content they tell their opinions on blog by commenting,I want to be touch with my subscribers and also with this RSS the subscriber count shows some times low ,this will not apply when you have only email subscribers it stays the same.