Friday 31 August 2007 - 10 Tips For Optimizing RSS

Here are 10 tips to optimize your RSS feeds

1.    20 or more items, not 10.

2.    Use full feeds, not partial feeds – "It's the links, stupid," says Klau. "The mass reader base strongly prefers full text feeds. If you don't have full text feeds, you are missing out on a potentially huge amount of traffic."

3.    Use multiple feeds, organized by category, including latest comments by post.

4.    Include compelling site description.

5.    Don't put tracking codes in URLs.

6.    Free is good. Feedburner's Pro features are free and they are good.

7.    RSS feeds that contain enclosures (like podcasts) can get into additional RSS directories and engines.

8.    Google Sitemaps supports feeds. If you can't make an XML sitemap, you can use an RSS feed as one.

9.    Add show notes to your podcast feeds.

10.    Facebook allows you to import and promote your feed through the "import notes" feature.