RSS Takes Ireland By Storm
May 24, 2007 at 7:47 am
RSS was really big in the US a couple of years ago. So was blogging. Both have gone mass now are like old news. [last bit to be read in a 'The OC' accent!]
I was just reading IQ Content’s analysis of the new Independent website and it’s great to see that one of the largest dailies has added RSS feeds to most sections.
Indeed, not just an RSS feed for every section, but for subsections too. For example, I’m not too interested in soccer or the Gaelic games but that’s okay, I can just subscribe to the Rugby feed (RSS).
Does this mean that large numbers of Irish people will start to use RSS feeds? I hope so. Purely from a selfish point of view, I know by the traffic on this blog that it has a fair few readers. But I’d be ashamed to show the number of RSS subscribers because that number would be so low!
When I’m out evangelising about the web, I always make a point of showing people the options for keeping on top of your favourite site’s updated content. First I show adding to favourites. Ask for a show of hands of how many people have ‘favourited’ many things, but never remember to actually go in and read them. [An ocean of hands]. Then I reveal the “Amazing Transformation That Can Be Brought About By RSS Feeds”. And people love it.
I only got myself sorted using RSS about 18 months ago, so I’m hardly one to talk. But now that the Indo has introduced RSS to the nation, maybe I will start looking at plugins that show number of subscribers for adding to this here blog!
Comments (3 responses)
Hi Maryrose,
thanks for the mention, and of course for the comment pointing out my omitted link to the Indo site. Appreciate you keeping me on my toes
Hey Maryrose,
Good post. Have you come across any good feed counter plugin so far? If not, here is one give you a push
http://www.mapelli.info/feed/feed-count-11
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