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RSS Feeds: Full or Partial Posts?
Just curious on everyone's thoughts on this subject. For those of you who have the option (I know it's available in hosted Wordpress blogs, not sure what others) ...do you publish the FULL post to your RSS feed or just the partial "teaser" to make people click-through to your site?
From a blog-reader standpoint, I tend to prefer full RSS feeds, but from a blog-author standpoint, there are a lot of reasons I'd prefer someone to click-through to my site too. (Though I do publish a full RSS feed for my blog anyway.)
Thoughts?
From a blog-reader standpoint, I tend to prefer full RSS feeds, but from a blog-author standpoint, there are a lot of reasons I'd prefer someone to click-through to my site too. (Though I do publish a full RSS feed for my blog anyway.)
Thoughts?
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Sara B. on -
As a reader, I find it lots easier to have the full post available to me in my reader. Honestly, depending on how much time I have or even how interested I am in the post, if I only have the partial post in front of me, I may skip over it and go to the next one. I hate to say that, I feel like it makes me a bad blogger, but it really is much more convenient to have the full post available
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Permalink Reply by Ginger on -
Since I mostly read on my iPhone anymore, it's full or nothing for me. I get the reasons why partial feeds are theoretically a good idea, but in practice...ick. I'll unsubscribe immediately anymore if a blog shows up as partial feed. I've lost some nice blogs that way over the years, but so it goes.
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Permalink Reply by Mary on -
I'm totally with you on this one. I publish the whole post because I know that I prefer to be able to read the whole thing in my reader (especially when I am reading sneakily at work ;). I usually click through when I can to comment, so as a reader it doesn't really keep me from clicking through. However, I know that there are plenty of people who do not click through, and as a blog author that is kind of disappointing.
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Permalink Reply by Sarah on -
I'm not much of a clicker-througher. I'd rather read the whole post in my reader and, unless I've been reading that blog for a long time, I'm likely to unsubscribe if I'm always getting teases. Hows that for the ultimate in lazy?
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Permalink Reply by Rachael, The Southified Masshole on -
I tried switching to partial once, just for shits and giggles.
I received so much backlash I changed it back, oh, 2 hours later.
The people want what they want. ;-)
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Permalink Reply by Manderz on -
Definitely full feeds for me. I tend to view Google Reader from my Blackberry, and clicking through to a physical blog from there is much too time-consuming.
If I'm using my computer, 9 times out of 10 I will go view the blog directly anyways. I enjoy viewing what people do to their sites, and it's easier to leave a comment.
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Permalink Reply by Michelle on -
i'm with everyone else - full feeds please. 90% of the time i read my favorite blogs through google reader. i will click through to leave comments and occasionally check a new layout, but that's about it :)
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Permalink Reply by Maria Lopez on -
i like full because i read all blog on reader and it its partial i just keep moving to the next blog/post. if i read something i like im interested i click to read others comments and to include my own! i publish full feeds
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Permalink Reply by Chanel on -
FULL IS DEFINATELY BETTER. AND LIKE "WRITING TO REACH YOU" SAID... UNLESS THE POST IS SUPER-CATCHY....I WON'T CLICK ON READ MORE. :(
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Permalink Reply by Shannon on -
Wow. I am seriously glad I changed my entire layout and feed to be full post. I had no idea that the feelings were this strong about it, but I totally get it. Sorry for anybody I put through that, LOL.
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Permalink Reply by Elly on -
I prefer full RSS feeds, and if I want to comment I'll click through to the site. As a reader I hardly ever read partial feeds, which means that I'm not going to comment or click through, and it's unlikely I'll even continue reading the blog! :( I vote for full rss feeds.
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Permalink Reply by Tellie on -
I post full blogs on my feed because as a blog reader I don't bother reading a partial feed. It's annoying and time consuming.
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