Google RSS Feeds!

[tushar123]

Hi Members

Recently I read an article for Google RSS Feeds, (for submitting your feeds to Google)

It was like creating a personalized home page and creating a new category for the feeds and submitting them directly.

I wanted to know that, I have done the same for one of the site.

But, how will it be clear that those feeds were processed by Google.

As it's my own personalized page.

As in Yahoo site Explorer it's being clearly mentioned about the status of the threads/feeds, is it the same for Google also!

Please advice.

Regards
Tushar Pant
SEO
TUSHARVICKKIE

[amar]

Yahoo site explorer is something like Google site maps where you will have the information of the last download of the page and all.

Where as in Google personalized pages you are just adding your favorite sites, I am not sure Google will give importance for the links in your Google personalized page.

[tushar123]

Thanks a lot.

For your reply! But it was being mentioned that, Google gives importance to feeds.

Please suggest!

Regards

Tushar

[amar]

I think you read about Google base where you can submit your content..

[Ann]

Hi Tushar,

In order to know whether Google processed your RSS feed, is to give a search with complete URL in Google Search. If you get results means your RSS feed is processed & indexed by Google (same as we find for our website). But i mostly submit my RSS feed in RSS director, Google indexed those directory & thus my RSS feed get indexed. I use Google personalised page to check its proper functionality.

Secondly, to know the status or to submit your rss feed in google directory, i think you need to create a Google gadget & submit it in Google gadget directory under suitable category. For more information visit: Google Help : Add to Google button

Thanks & Regards -- Ann

[dviney]

There are many ways to get Google to pick up your RSS feed.

1) Link to it from your XML Sitemap and your regular HTML sitemap
2) Ping your RSS feed to a number of aggregators (Technorati the best)
3) Tag your blog posts at social bookmarking services (del.icio.us, wink, etc.)
3) Put LINK-REL mark-up into your blog pages themselves:

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Jon Doe’s Blog Feed" href="http://doe.com/feed.xml" />

Google will find it in the end, don't worry.

Good to also provide ways for users to easily subscribe to your RSS feed (addthis.com has some good buttons and RSS email subscribe at feedburner.com also handy).

Check out my syndication page at SEO Expert Services - Syndicating the SEO Expert Blog Feed

D.