Bill, I am really new to all this RSS mullarkey. On checking my entry on Syndic8 all is well except for my site URL. It should read http://www.grahammarsh1999.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk and not as listed. Can you rectify this error please.
Regards, Graham Marsh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Kearney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:23 AM Subject: Re: [syndic8] RSS and site traffic > > 1. Suggest it (which involves entering the URL of your RSS File). > > (http://www.syndic8.com/suggest_start.php - requires registration) > > The reason it requires registration is to cut down on hit-and-run spammers. > Having a login at least slows the scammers from polluting the database. It > certainly doesn't stop them but that's also why we use manual approvals by > real people, not automated. > > Bear in mind, pings can be submitted without a login (currently). > > > 2. Email this list and say here is the URL of my RSS file. (requires no > > registration, but an email with a smile) > > And personal requests get immediate attention. Ask and ye shall recieve, so > to speak. > > > Now that is the simple version of the process > > Yep, nicely summarized! > > > Why would a website want to put that in? > > Ah metadata, that long neglected wonder. It's really a tragic sort of > chicken-and-egg situation. Without enough sites using metadata it's hard to > give accurate search results (at least not without a LOT of guesswork). > That and there's no mechanism for including it directly inside a feed > itself. Which is actually sort of a good thing. But we'd have to wander > down a long road discussing the merits of RDF and such to solve that puzzle. > > > So the more information you providing in your meta tags/ RSS fields (RDF > > ??), the better. > > Most definitely, we do keep tabs on how the addition of metadata is going. > Slowly, sad to say. But as more sites use it we'll be able to do more with > it. > > -Bill Kearney > Syndic8.com > > > > If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) > > To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: > http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join > (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) > > To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.22/238 - Release Date: 23/01/2006 > > If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
