Comments on: Partial vs. Full Content Feeds http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds Alex King's blog - software, photography, sports, etc. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:30:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: For the Love of the Web, Please Use Full Content Feeds! | Devlounge http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-63341 For the Love of the Web, Please Use Full Content Feeds! | Devlounge Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:24:37 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-63341 [...] between full content vs. partial content is a non-issue because eventually partial feed sites will risk being made irrelevant by the quality full feed sites. However, something that is a “non-issue” sure irks the [...] […] between full content vs. partial content is a non-issue because eventually partial feed sites will risk being made irrelevant by the quality full feed sites. However, something that is a “non-issue” sure irks the […]

]]> By: Stephen Cronin http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-59789 Stephen Cronin Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:22:46 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-59789 Alex, I know you say that many feed readers offer the choice to get a summary feed, but most of the ones I use don't! Anyway, in an effort to stop people arguing about this, I'll blatantly plug my <a href="http://www.scratch99.com/wordpress-plugin-dualfeeds/">DualFeeds plugin for WordPress</a>, which lets you offer BOTH a full post feed AND a summary feed. Let your subscribers choose what's best for them... Alex, I know you say that many feed readers offer the choice to get a summary feed, but most of the ones I use don’t!

Anyway, in an effort to stop people arguing about this, I’ll blatantly plug my DualFeeds plugin for WordPress, which lets you offer BOTH a full post feed AND a summary feed. Let your subscribers choose what’s best for them…

]]> By: Enough With The Partial RSS Feeds! » Blog-Op http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-56433 Enough With The Partial RSS Feeds! » Blog-Op Tue, 29 May 2007 13:10:38 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-56433 [...] are many bloggers that feel this way about partial feeds, and if you read into the comments, you’ll see that the vast proportion of the commenters [...] […] are many bloggers that feel this way about partial feeds, and if you read into the comments, you’ll see that the vast proportion of the commenters […]

]]> By: Duncan http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-56243 Duncan Wed, 16 May 2007 11:22:07 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-56243 Your so right, giving people the choice is the most important thing, if its about adverts then they can be perfectly well embedded in the feed. Feedburner is fairly good at stat gathering as well. I got so annoyed with the BBC news website I bodged up a script one evening to convert some of their partial feeds to full. Bit over the top but hopefully soon they'll do it themselves. Your so right, giving people the choice is the most important thing, if its about adverts then they can be perfectly well embedded in the feed. Feedburner is fairly good at stat gathering as well.

I got so annoyed with the BBC news website I bodged up a script one evening to convert some of their partial feeds to full. Bit over the top but hopefully soon they’ll do it themselves.

]]> By: Devlounge | For the Love of the Web, Please Use Full Content Feeds! http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-55690 Devlounge | For the Love of the Web, Please Use Full Content Feeds! Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:51:24 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-55690 [...] between full content vs. partial content is a non-issue because eventually partial feed sites will risk being made irrelevant by the quality full feed sites. However, something that is a “non-issue” sure irks the [...] […] between full content vs. partial content is a non-issue because eventually partial feed sites will risk being made irrelevant by the quality full feed sites. However, something that is a “non-issue” sure irks the […]

]]> By: Claudius http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-54802 Claudius Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:04:24 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-54802 I still can't decide if I shoud go partial or full feed... Basically I don't want anyone to take my content and also becauase I'd like people to go to my site if they wanna read it, but then I also understand that if someone - like me - uses a feed reader, it's a lot less hassle to go to all the sites/pages. I still can’t decide if I shoud go partial or full feed…

Basically I don’t want anyone to take my content and also becauase I’d like people to go to my site if they wanna read it, but then I also understand that if someone - like me - uses a feed reader, it’s a lot less hassle to go to all the sites/pages.

]]> By: Dicontas http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-53564 Dicontas Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:22:14 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-53564 Can I raise another side issue of duplicate content - in that, if you present your whole post as a RSS feed, then other *immoral* websites (that copy this content from your feeds onto their own websites) could result in Google penalising you for non unique content - even though your site has published the original content. Can I raise another side issue of duplicate content - in that, if you present your whole post as a RSS feed, then other *immoral* websites (that copy this content from your feeds onto their own websites) could result in Google penalising you for non unique content - even though your site has published the original content.

]]> By: Agylen http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-9719 Agylen Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:47:01 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-9719 <strong>Partial content feeds headed for irrelevancy</strong> Alex King: “Remember in the early days of the web when newspapers wouldn’t put their content online? Same thing here… eventually enough quality content will be in full content feeds and the partial feed folks will have to play along ... Partial content feeds headed for irrelevancy

Alex King: “Remember in the early days of the web when newspapers wouldn’t put their content online? Same thing here… eventually enough quality content will be in full content feeds and the partial feed folks will have to play along …

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-9601 Geof F. Morris Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:37:25 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-9601 I agree with Alex: I want the choice. Do what you have to do on your end to monetize the content for the full feed if you need to do that---I understand! I will take the convenience of a full feed if it comes with an ad penalty. There are times when I want a summary feed, but not many; for a personal site, I want the full feed every damn time. I agree with Alex: I want the choice. Do what you have to do on your end to monetize the content for the full feed if you need to do that—I understand! I will take the convenience of a full feed if it comes with an ad penalty.

There are times when I want a summary feed, but not many; for a personal site, I want the full feed every damn time.

]]> By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-9575 Alex Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:39:21 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-9575 The point is to give the reader a choice. By offering only a partial content feed, the user has no choice to get the full content if they want it. Offering a summary feed as well as full content feeds is nice, and many feed reading programs give the option to show the first N characters - you get the idea. I'm referring more to CNN, Washington Post, ESPN, etc. The point is to give the reader a choice. By offering only a partial content feed, the user has no choice to get the full content if they want it.

Offering a summary feed as well as full content feeds is nice, and many feed reading programs give the option to show the first N characters - you get the idea.

I’m referring more to CNN, Washington Post, ESPN, etc.

]]> By: Chris http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-9574 Chris Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:34:10 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2005/11/30/partial-vs-full-content-feeds#comment-9574 Hi Alex, I really enjoy your posts - but fyi the reason I do partial feeds isn't for money-grubbing or anything. It's for organizational ease for the reader; I would love to only receive the first 100 characters of every post, with each entry evenly spaced, instead of being bombarded with someone's 28-paragraph pontification when I just wanted to skim the main idea. Check out the post <a href="http://200minutes.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-wish-my-rss-aggregator-provided-slim.html" rel="external">here</a> and then thoroughly disagree with me: :-) Luckily, I'm the only one reading my blog, so I'm already irrelevant and don't need to play along... Hi Alex,

I really enjoy your posts - but fyi the reason I do partial feeds isn’t for money-grubbing or anything. It’s for organizational ease for the reader; I would love to only receive the first 100 characters of every post, with each entry evenly spaced, instead of being bombarded with someone’s 28-paragraph pontification when I just wanted to skim the main idea. Check out the post here and then thoroughly disagree with me: :-)

Luckily, I’m the only one reading my blog, so I’m already irrelevant and don’t need to play along…

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