The other day I read a review of Feedage.com:
by Garry Conn from SEO Hosting.
The article is neither really positive nor really negative. It is well thought out and I felt it was fair and accurate. I encourage everyone to go read the article and share your thoughts. What I appreciated the most in the article is the acknowledgment that Feedage.com does benefit the content owner and is successful in promoting users content.
I Agree
There are many RSS directories that are pure spam/splog and there are definitely sites that monetize other peoples’ content with no benefit back to the content owner. I agree there is the chance that the Feedage.com page will rank better then the source. I also agree that providing links to your RSS Feed on Feedage.com should improve the ranking of the page which will lead to better back links and increase the chance that readers will find your content. To help facilitate these links we have a wordpress plugin, Feedage Certification and Feedage Tracker that will allow Feedage.com to track your subscriptions and provide links back to your Feedage.com page.
Why Does Feedage.com Work?
There are several factors that are key to Feedage.com’s success. We try very hard to make a site that helps users find quality RSS Feeds and we know we must provide good benefit to the content providers. We do this by leveraging our technology, knowledge and experience in SEO to promote both our users content and the Feedage.com brand. We understand this is a balance.
The Balance
There is a balance between using peoples content to generate revenue, and providing a valuable service. Feedage.com provides a venue for people to promote their blogs and websites. This includes a place to find readers and to provide valuable links and ranking for the large search engines. In return we generate revenue from ads. I appreciate the feedback about ad placement and I will look into how we might improve the site to look better and feel less spammy.
Feedback is Always Welcome
In the form of a reviews, emails or comments; I want to hear your feedback. Tell me how we can better help you find quality RSS Feeds. Tell me how we can better promote your content. Tell me how we can improve your Feedage.com experience. Tell me what you are thinking.
October 17th, 2009 in
Communications |
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Today Feedage.com launched a collection of RSS directories that target Niche areas.
Building on the success of Feedage.com this first round of categories represents improvements for both content readers and content providers.
The concept is very straight forward. By creating many, smaller more focused directories readers searching for content can narrow-in on the smaller set of RSS Feeds faster. Content providers benefit from additional outlets for their content increasing their exposure.
The new niche sites are driven from the over 3.3 million RSS Feeds in the Feedage.com directory. By submitting your RSS Feeds to the Feedage.com directory we will automatically assign it to the most appropriate niche directories.
Here is the current list of Feedage.com Niche RSS Directories:
This is the second of a two part article describing how to make the most of the features and services offered on Feedage.com. Feedage.com provides features and benefits for both content readers and content publishers. This article will give content publishers some ideas on how they can get the most from Feedage.com.
Most publishers submit their RSS Feeds to Feedage.com to increase their exposure. While our directory is the primary way to get exposure we also have several other features that will help to increase the visibility of your RSS Feed and ultimately your content. Here are 4 tools that you should use to make the most of Feedage.com.
1. Submit your RSS Feed to our directory. This will create a Feed preview page where readers can preview your RSS feed and easily subscribe to it. The preview maintains all the links back to your website which will have SEO benefits. The directory allows users to find your feed by both search and categories. Submitting your RSS Feed is Free and easy. Once in the Feedage.com directory, you can also track the number of views and subscriptions. If you have a blog, make sure you submit the RSS Feeds for both your blog entries and for your blog comments.
2. HTML2RSS is a free tool to convert any web page to a RSS Feed. This is very valuable for sites that do not generate RSS Feeds directly. Even if you already have a RSS Feed, you should use our HTML2RSS tool to create a unique content view and submit it to our directory. Using HTML2RSS is as simple as entering the URL (address) of your website and receiving the URL of your generated RSS Feed.
3. RSS Blender creates a custom RSS blend (mashup) from multiple Feeds. This easy to use tool allows you to enter up to 5 RSS Feeds and select the number of items to be included from each feed. If you have multiple feeds you can create unique content by blending them together.
4. My Groups is a tool where you can create a group of RSS Feeds. Readers can search for these groups and export them as OPML to be import into other RSS tools. By creating a group of RSS Feeds that cover a specific topic, with a clear title and good description you create another page where readers can find your content. Creating a group is straight forward. You can add and remove Feeds from your groups at any time. An example of a Feed group.
Now start mixing and matching. You can create a number of unique RSS feeds by combining these tools. For example you could submit your blog entries RSS Feed (1), create a unique version with HTML2RSS (2), blend them (3) and create a group(4). This is getting the most from your 1 RSS Feed.
This is the first of a two part article describing how to make the most of the features and services offered on Feedage.com. Feedage.com provides features and benefits for both content readers and content publishers. This article will give content readers some ideas on how they can get the most from Feedage.com.
Most readers find our pages by using external search engines such as Google and Yahoo. Once on Feedage.com we have developed a number of features that help readers find and follow RSS Feeds.
1. Finding RSS Feeds. Feedage.com provides three ways for readers to find RSS Feeds. First; we submit all feeds to many external search engines. This allows readers to find Feeds from outside of Feedage.com using the major search engines. Second; readers can search using a familiar full text search interface. Search results are sorted by relevance and grade with other sort options. Lastly; every Feed is categorized. Readers can browse through the categorized feeds.
2. Reading Feeds. Readers can use the Feedage.com preview feature to read RSS feeds. While this is not as full featured as some RSS readers, it does provide the basic functionality.
3. Easy to subscribe to any RSS Feed using the major RSS readers. Every preview page has links to allow readers to subscribe to the RSS Feed with a single click. A single click can add a RSS Feed to Google, Yahoo, AOL and may other readers.
4. My Groups is a tool where readers can create groups of thier favorite RSS Feeds. My Groups will help them quickly access the feeds and will also allow them to export OPML to be used by other tools.
5. RSS Blender allows readers to create custom blends (Mashups) of RSS Feeds. Easily create a blend of RSS feeds allowing you to follow multiple Feeds with just one. Want a sampling of news across different sources, create a blend of the top 5 news sources and follow their latest news all in one RSS Feed.
6. RSS Grading. Feedage.com grades every feed to help readers find the highest quality RSS Feeds. Feeds are graded on many aspects and receive a lettered (A-D) grade. Using this grade for both search results and submission to search engines gives readers the ability to quickly filter out old and junk RSS Feeds.
Feedage.com is always working to make our services better for both content readers and content providers. This article covered some of the current features that we have developed to allow readers that are looking for high quality RSS Feeds to find and subscribe to them.
Want to keep up with the latest improvements and features from Feedage.com? Follow us on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/feedage).
Whether you are generating content, or looking for the best RSS Feeds Feedage.com is continually improving to best meet your needs. To help you better follow our progress we want you to follow us on Twitter.com.
We will be sending out notices on the latest changes and happenings here at Feedage.com.
Send us your feedback! We are always looking for feedback. Please feel free to send us any thoughts you have to support (at) feedage.com.
May 30th, 2009 in
Communications | tags:
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Back on September 25, 2008 I received a Google alert about a blog post that mentioned Feedage.com. When I read this particular post I was very surprised to read the someone was going to build a RSS aggregator like Feedage.com but better. There are many aggregators out there and one more did not bother me. But when I looked at the site and saw the resemblance to Feedage.com I got a chuckle out of it. I figured imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
If you look at the two sites you will see many similarities. Here are some specific similarities:
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Today I was working on Feedage.com, trying to make sure our users are getting the best exposure and service possible, I came across a new site by the same person who created the Feedage.com clone. The name of the site is html2rss.com. The funny part is in March of this year (2009) Feedage.com created a tool called , you guessed it, html2rss. I first thought maybe html2rss.com was first and that we somehow used their name. A quick check with `whois` says `it aint so`. html2rss.com was register on may 8th 2009.
So we are back to “Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery”.
There is one area he does not seem to have duplicated:
I wonder what he will copy from us next?
To best support our users, both content providers and those searching for the best RSS Feeds, we are looking for feedback on what features or improvements you would like to see from Feedage.com.
Here are some idea’s but feel free to tell us any that you feel would make our service better.
Some ideas:
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Improved help and tutorials
- Improved Feed groups
- Improved Feed reader
- Advanced search
I’m looking forward to hearing your input and to continue to provide the best tools and service possible.
Thanks,
Mark Savoca
For a while now I wanted to have some Feedage.com tee-shirts to help spread the Feedage.com word. Today I have enabled the Feedage.com Store.
The Feedage Store will sell tee-shirts and hats (soon) to allow people to show their support. I am sure we will add other goodies over time.
Our first offering is a 50/50 ash colored tee-shirt with our logo across the chest. We have set the price very reasonable ($7.99), because we are not trying to make money from the items. Instead, we are trying to promote Feedage.com.
So checkout the Feedage Store and show your support.
December 21st, 2008 in
New Features | tags:
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I have read a couple of different articles about how fast Feedage.com pages get indexed by Google. I thought it would be interesting to analyze some data.
To know when Google has Indexed a page, I use Google Alerts. I find this very handy for getting notified when Google adds Feedage.com related pages to it’s index. I receive a Google alerts e-mail every day. I used the time-stamp from the e-mail as the time when Google indexed the page.
When pages are added to Feedage.com they are marked with a time-stamp (Date Added). This will be used for the time-stamp for when the feed was added to Feedage.com.
I chose the following 5 Examples. You will note that 4 of these the time from when the RSS Feed was submitted to Feedage.com till when Google indexed the page was less 12 hours. The fifth example took around 9 months. I can’t say that I understand why this last example took so long. Looking quickly through my past Google Alerts, I did not see any other example that took more then a couple of days.
Example 1:
Feedage.com URL: http://www.feedage.com/feeds.php?feed=2451002
Feedage Date Added: 2008-11-09 05:30:50
Google Alert time: 2008-11-09 10:30
Time from being submitted into Feedage.com until it was indexed by Google: ~5 hrs
Example 2:
Feedage.com URL: http://www.feedage.com/feeds.php?feed=2446720
Feedage Date Added: 2008-11-07 04:03:03
Google Alert time: 2008-11-07 07:39
Time from being submitted into Feedage.com until it was indexed by Google: ~3.5 hrs
Example 3:
Feedage.com URL: http://www.feedage.com/feeds.php?feed=2444288
Feedage Date Added: 2008-11-06 02:34:51
Google Alert time: 2008-11-07 06:50
Time from being submitted into Feedage.com until it was indexed by Google: ~4.5 hrs
Example 4:
Feedage.com URL: http://www.feedage.com/feeds.php?feed=2440816
Feedage Date Added: 2008-11-04 22:33:28
Google Alert time: 2008-11-05 06:52
Time from being submitted into Feedage.com until it was indexed by Google: ~7.5 hrs
Example 5:
Feedage.com URL: http://www.feedage.com/feeds.php?feed=256501
Feedage Date Added: 2007-02-28 08:10:31
Google Alert time: 2008-11-08 14:35
Time from being submitted into Feedage.com until it was indexed by Google: ~9 months.
November 9th, 2008 in
Information | tags:
google,
index,
seo |
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Increased Traffic
Whether you are trying to promote your Blog, sell a product or build branding; we are all trying to increase the traffic to our websites. Feedage.com helps you accomplish this in several ways.
Users of Feedage.com can search the Feedage directory and preview your RSS Feed. If you provide a high quality RSS Feed with good content our users are likely to subscribe to your Feed. Our users have subscribed to over 900,000 feeds, approximately 30,000 a month from Feedage.com.
SEO Back-links
Feedage.com gives our users a preview of your current RSS Feed. This allows the users to better judge if your RSS feed contains information they are looking for. This preview also gives you links back to your website. These back-links can be very valuable.
Related articles:
I put together the following list of articles that talk about the benefit of submitting RSS Feeds to RSS aggregators.
November 2nd, 2008 in
Information | tags:
google,
index,
seo |
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