Comments on: Feed Me – RSS isn’t an option, it’s a must http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/454/feed-me-rss-isnt-an-option-its-a-must/ Social web & social media, consultancy, training and advice from a flâneur of the internets. Blogger, writer, broadcaster and runner of Birmingham: It's Not Shit. I also do the odd bit of art. Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:25:00 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stef http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/454/feed-me-rss-isnt-an-option-its-a-must/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Stef Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:53:28 +0000 http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/?p=454#comment-738 Another important point is that it's not necessarily 'consumers' who most benefit from RSS. If your site offers itself up via RSS, then other sites can then grab your stuff and automatically get it to a wider audience without you even knowing about it. One of the barriers to some companies using this is the cost of getting their web developers to sort out their site so that it has RSS feeds all over it. This can easily run into the thousands for older sites. A good stepping stone if you're in that situation is to use Page2RSS.com or to get a free blog on Wordpress.com Well said Jon. Although I'm not too hot on the 'name and shame' thing in this instance, I've been arguing for similar for some time. Let's make it happen! Another important point is that it’s not necessarily ‘consumers’ who most benefit from RSS.

If your site offers itself up via RSS, then other sites can then grab your stuff and automatically get it to a wider audience without you even knowing about it.

One of the barriers to some companies using this is the cost of getting their web developers to sort out their site so that it has RSS feeds all over it. This can easily run into the thousands for older sites.

A good stepping stone if you’re in that situation is to use Page2RSS.com or to get a free blog on WordPress.com

Well said Jon. Although I’m not too hot on the ‘name and shame’ thing in this instance, I’ve been arguing for similar for some time. Let’s make it happen!

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