RSS Marketing For SEO, Is it a Useless Time Wasting?

A Bary · 12-03-2009, 08:37 PM

Hello Warriors,
I need to check with you today about using RSS feeds for SEO purposes..

I started using RSS lately, and I read many opposite comments and opinions about them here..
Some warriors are saying RSS is an excellent way to promote your content and backlinks in the SEs, some other warriors are saying RSS is a waste of time, and from my side, I have got funny findings, as my SE ranking became worse since I started to use RSS marketing (most probably these bad results are related to something else, but at least RSS didn't help to limit the harm)

What do you think?
I'll appreciate sharing your experience about this type of marketing as it is a real time consumer and if not many of you are seeing a real boost with it, I think it's better not to bother with it anymore..

And if any of you seeing good results with it, let's know the best practice to use it effectively.

entry · 12-03-2009, 08:38 PM

is it successful for getting your content to more and more sources? if so, have you done tests?

SurviveUnemployment · 12-03-2009, 08:39 PM

I've experimented with it. The more your feeds get pulled, the more traffic. Takes time and you gotta have feeds people want. SEs like it -- easy to spider. Feedburner helps... a lot.

innocent07 · 12-03-2009, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SurviveUnemployment

I've experimented with it. The more your feeds get pulled, the more traffic. Takes time and you gotta have feeds people want. SEs like it -- easy to spider. Feedburner helps... a lot.

Silly question, but how can you get your feeds pulled in more? or more people to pull your feeds?

Sllavi Garkoff · 12-04-2009, 01:35 AM

It's useful only for quick indexing. Besides that, I've never seen any increase in my rankings just from submitting my RSS feeds. Lately I've been using RSS Marketing just to get my "Angela and Paul links" indexed fast.

Daniel McGonagle · 12-04-2009, 09:55 AM

Almost everyone isn't using RSS properly which is why they don't see the results from it.

Is your main site feed on an indexed, Dofollow feed aggregator site or on a noIndex, nofollow feed agg site?

Are you ONLY submitting main site feeds?
Are you merging your feeds?

Are you linking to your DoFollow feeds hosted with your dofollow do index rss aggregator of choice?

That's just PART of what people are missing out on.

Most just use it to get sites indexed, which is gonna happen eventually with pinging.

Pinging your feed urls has limited value as well since you don't get anything seperate added to the indices, just an updated, added reference

View Poll Results: What Do You Think About RSS Marketing Regarding SEO?
It's very helpful, my sites got a huge boost in the SE using RSS feeds	1	20.00%
Ok, it helps, but less than what I was expecting	2	40.00%
It's useless and a real waste of time	1	20.00%
Actually, my organic ranking are getting worse since I used RSS feeds	1	20.00%
I don't know because I never used RSS for SEO purposes	0	0%
Voters: 5. You may not vote on this poll

12-03-2009, 08:37 PM	#1
A Bary AKA as Goldmind123 :) War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 814 Thanks: 145 Thanked 136 Times in 102 Posts Contact Info	RSS Marketing For SEO, Is it a Useless Time Wasting? Hello Warriors, I need to check with you today about using RSS feeds for SEO purposes.. I started using RSS lately, and I read many opposite comments and opinions about them here.. Some warriors are saying RSS is an excellent way to promote your content and backlinks in the SEs, some other warriors are saying RSS is a waste of time, and from my side, I have got funny findings, as my SE ranking became worse since I started to use RSS marketing (most probably these bad results are related to something else, but at least RSS didn't help to limit the harm) What do you think? I'll appreciate sharing your experience about this type of marketing as it is a real time consumer and if not many of you are seeing a real boost with it, I think it's better not to bother with it anymore.. And if any of you seeing good results with it, let's know the best practice to use it effectively.

12-03-2009, 08:38 PM	#2
entry Senior Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,755 Thanks: 211 Thanked 21 Times in 21 Posts	Re: RSS Marketing..Is it Really Useful Anymore? is it successful for getting your content to more and more sources? if so, have you done tests?

12-03-2009, 08:39 PM	#3
SurviveUnemployment Glad I Got Canned Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NY Posts: 681 Thanks: 329 Thanked 61 Times in 57 Posts Social Networking	Re: RSS Marketing..Is it Really Useful Anymore? I've experimented with it. The more your feeds get pulled, the more traffic. Takes time and you gotta have feeds people want. SEs like it -- easy to spider. Feedburner helps... a lot.
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12-04-2009, 01:35 AM	#5
Sllavi Garkoff Warrior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 9 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Contact Info	Re: RSS Marketing For SEO, Is it a Useless Time Wasting? It's useful only for quick indexing. Besides that, I've never seen any increase in my rankings just from submitting my RSS feeds. Lately I've been using RSS Marketing just to get my "Angela and Paul links" indexed fast.

12-04-2009, 09:55 AM	#6
Daniel McGonagle Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: , , USA. Posts: 1,415 Blog Entries: 14 Thanks: 25 Thanked 189 Times in 74 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: RSS Marketing For SEO, Is it a Useless Time Wasting? Almost everyone isn't using RSS properly which is why they don't see the results from it. Is your main site feed on an indexed, Dofollow feed aggregator site or on a noIndex, nofollow feed agg site? Are you ONLY submitting main site feeds? Are you merging your feeds? Are you linking to your DoFollow feeds hosted with your dofollow do index rss aggregator of choice? That's just PART of what people are missing out on. Most just use it to get sites indexed, which is gonna happen eventually with pinging. Pinging your feed urls has limited value as well since you don't get anything seperate added to the indices, just an updated, added reference