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RSS feeds seem to be the breakout technology for the year. With more users turning to them for
driving traffic to their site, it's no wonder that a trail of RSS feed spam is following in the wake. A
careful editing of your RSS feed could make the difference between being classified as genuine
content or RSS spam.
RSS search engines are just beginning to pick up steam. As more RSS feeds become searchable,
the number of visitors will increase and spam is sure to follow. It is an unfortunate side effect of
free communication. While RSS users can typically unsubscribe to feeds they deem as spam,
browsing with keywords in an RSS search engine is where the problem arises.
RSS spam largely consists of three main types most often found in the RSS search engines. The
first type is keyword stuffing.
Keyword stuffing involves filling each RSS feed article with high-value keywords for a specific
topic. The articles are not intended for human visitors, but instead for search engine robots to
direct traffic to a target web site. This RSS spam technique is nothing more than an adaptation of
the typical keyword-stuffed web page, often banned by major search engines.
The second type involves RSS feed link farms. These RSS articles often contain very little content,
if any, other than a simple keyword. Their main attraction is the feed title. Clicking the feed title
takes the user to a blog containing tens or hundreds of other blogs and RSS feeds, each directing
to more links within the farm. The goal of this type of RSS spam is to trick the user into clicking
advertisements or directing them to a product web site.
The third type is the creation of fake RSS feeds. These appear as legitimate, but often duplicated,
article content. Whether they provide value or not is certainly debatable. These feeds are usually
created in mass, using automated scripts, and appear similar in nature to the link farms. By
attracting the users to seemingly valuable content, they hope to gain advertisement clicks or
product web site traffic.
Your RSS feed might happen to fall into one of these three categories. While you may currently be
experiencing increased traffic from the RSS search engines, these directories are working on
filtering out the RSS spam techniques. However, you can still take advantage of RSS feeds and
their power by following an RSS-friendly guideline.
Refrain from using automated scripts to create online content used by your RSS feeds. Instead,
write your own original thoughts, product descriptions, and reviews. It takes a little more time, but
the search engines will value this content much more highly, your visitors will appreciate the
unique content, and the subscription count to your RSS feed will grow. It is also important to keep
your feed updated with changing content as opposed to using a static feed, which remains the
same. Search engines value dynamic feeds and will likely rank you higher as a result.
There are tools and services available, which aid in keeping an RSS feed updated with your
changing content. Such services include FeedFire for converting your web site content to a
periodically updated RSS feed or software such as FeedForAll for creating and editing RSS feeds.
A successful RSS feed is very much the same as a successful web page. It may take a little more
time to digitize your thoughts, but the end result is well worth the effort. By avoiding the tricks in
RSS feed spam, you can help make the difference in quality of feeds and enjoyment in your
readers.
About the Author:
KSoft is a software company specializing in Internet products including RSS Submit
http://www.dummysoftware.com/rsssubmit.html, software for submitting RSS feeds and pinging
blogs to over 65 RSS directories.
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