Blogspot's Atom Feed
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Jennifer, RSS is beneficial to you and your readership.
All three of your blogs publish an RSS feed already.
Format Versions:
Your blog publishes the following feeds
http://goodnessgraciousness.blogspot.com/rss.xml
http://goodnessgraciousness.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
http://goodnessgraciousness.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
A link to your post atom feed is at the bottom of your page. Scroll to
the bottom and you'll notice it says Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
http://goodnessgraciousness.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
How Do I Change My Site Feed Settings?:
You have your feed set to full, I recommend logging into your account
and setting it to short.
The best way to deal with content theft, is to have your
site feed set on short.
Click on settings/ site feed/ and change it to Blog Posts Feed short.
If you have your feed set to full when splogs scape your content they
are getting your full content.
In July of this year Pankaj Saini was republishing my content without
permission and the content from a missing children's site on his porn
sites in a bid to promote "teen" pornography.
Grabbing content from feeds is a growing concern for many bloggers.
Blog content theft is not just a tiny problem. It is a huge one.
Sploggers are making money off your hard work that you are creating. I
don't know about you, but I resent this.
How do people use feeds?
Now with your feed url, I can syndicate your posts on my blog.
"You can add content from a site feed to your blog by clicking on
layout add a page element, feeds, enter the feed URL and click
"Continue." You will then be able to add a title, select the number of
items to show (up to 5 max.) and display the item dates and/or authors
by selecting the appropriate check boxes."
You can also use your feed to syndicate your posts on sites like
rojo.com
Users can take your RSS feed and read it in a news reader.
Notice when you click on your feeds there is a drop down menu that says
subscribe to this feed using and then it gives you the option to
subscribe to your blog and read it using Bloglines, Yahoo, and Google
reader.
This means that I could subscribe to your blog, log into My Yahoo and
read your blog.
http://my.yahoo.com/
By publishing an RSS feed people do not have to go to your blog.
Telling People About Your Feed
You can add a subscribe to button in your sidebar. To do this, log in
to Blogger. Click on layout, add a page element and choose
HTML/JavaScript, add to your blog and paste the code into the box and
save. You can then move the page element to where you want it position
on your sidebar. If you don't want to use feedburner you can use
http://www.toprankblog.com/tools/rss-buttons/
RSS can be very beneficial for your blog. There are several directories
online where you can submit your RSS feed too.
I hope this helps you better understand RSS.
Feel free to pm me at bloggertalk.net or email me if you have any more
questions.
Rose
http://rosedesrochers.com
Jennifer, RSS is beneficial to you and your readership.
All three of your blogs publish an RSS feed already.
Format Versions:
Your blog publishes the following feeds
http://goodnessgraciousness.blogspot.com/rss.xml
http://goodnessgraciousness.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
http://goodnessgraciousness.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
A link to your post atom feed is at the bottom of your page. Scroll to
the bottom and you'll notice it says Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
http://goodnessgraciousness.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
How Do I Change My Site Feed Settings?:
You have your feed set to full, I recommend logging into your account
and setting it to short.
The best way to deal with content theft, is to have your
site feed set on short.
Click on settings/ site feed/ and change it to Blog Posts Feed short.
If you have your feed set to full when splogs scape your content they
are getting your full content.
In July of this year Pankaj Saini was republishing my content without
permission and the content from a missing children's site on his porn
sites in a bid to promote "teen" pornography.
Grabbing content from feeds is a growing concern for many bloggers.
Blog content theft is not just a tiny problem. It is a huge one.
Sploggers are making money off your hard work that you are creating. I
don't know about you, but I resent this.
How do people use feeds?
Now with your feed url, I can syndicate your posts on my blog.
"You can add content from a site feed to your blog by clicking on
layout add a page element, feeds, enter the feed URL and click
"Continue." You will then be able to add a title, select the number of
items to show (up to 5 max.) and display the item dates and/or authors
by selecting the appropriate check boxes."
You can also use your feed to syndicate your posts on sites like
rojo.com
Users can take your RSS feed and read it in a news reader.
Notice when you click on your feeds there is a drop down menu that says
subscribe to this feed using and then it gives you the option to
subscribe to your blog and read it using Bloglines, Yahoo, and Google
reader.
This means that I could subscribe to your blog, log into My Yahoo and
read your blog.
http://my.yahoo.com/
By publishing an RSS feed people do not have to go to your blog.
Telling People About Your Feed
You can add a subscribe to button in your sidebar. To do this, log in
to Blogger. Click on layout, add a page element and choose
HTML/JavaScript, add to your blog and paste the code into the box and
save. You can then move the page element to where you want it position
on your sidebar. If you don't want to use feedburner you can use
http://www.toprankblog.com/tools/rss-buttons/
RSS can be very beneficial for your blog. There are several directories
online where you can submit your RSS feed too.
I hope this helps you better understand RSS.
Feel free to pm me at bloggertalk.net or email me if you have any more
questions.
Rose
http://rosedesrochers.com
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