When this site was on the Blogger platform and had a members section, I had a bunch of feeds, some were full text, some were partial, some had both. At the time, partial feeds meant less scraping and more more page views.
Now, I wonder if page views even matter when the bottom line is really getting read, not getting displays – unless of course you’re running a site where you don’t get paid unless the ad is clicked or at least displayed, on a web page. And I hear the de-emphasis of the page view as a measurement echoed across the Net.
So a couple of days ago where I read that Steve said “Want People to Read Your Blog? Go With a Full Text Feed” it got me to thinking. Here’s a quick quote – short because I think you should go read the whole thing. If you’re a blogger or a blog reader, weigh in.
Someone should commission a study on bloggers who choose to syndicate the full text of their posts in RSS feeds vs. those who abstain. Something tells me they’re read more. Consider the contrasts between these two bloggers.
I thought about the time when I had about a third of my audience following me by feed instead of around 14%. And the big difference was the full text feed. I’m thinking about jumping into the deep end again…
What will determine that is what you think. Would you rather have my posts in full? Or are you pretty much cool with the way things are? Or do you not care at all?
Holla back…
