Which RSS directories do you use?

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I only know of one that is good - feedage. MillionRSS doesnt seem to be working anymore, they always list 0 feeds added today. Can you guys suggest more?

Thanks.
#directories #rss
  • Profile picture of the author areaK
    Some of these I haven't used yet, have been compiling a list of additional RSS sites to use, I know some of them are good but haven't gotten through all of these yet. And sorry there's no direct links attached to them...haven't gotten that far on this batch of sites yet (actually passing it to the team to sift through) but it's somewhere to start, hope it helps at least a little =-)

    feedcat
    feedraider
    feedoyoo
    feedagg.com
    rss micro
    feedage
    icerocket
    technorati
    pure rss
    golden rss
    rssmotron
    feedest
    uncle feed
    octora
    feedfury
    Feedest.com
    Blogoculars.com
    2RSS.com
    FeedMill.com
    RSS001.com
    RSSaround.com
    BLOGBal.com
    Feedbees.com
    FeedsHoster.com
    Plazoo.com
    Page2go2.com
    Feedooyoo.com
    RSSmicro.com
    FeedFury.com
    Octora.com
    RSSMountain.com
    FindRSS.net
    FeedBase.net
    RSSmotron.com
    MoreNews.be
    DayTimeNews.com
    Rss-Feeds-Submission.com
    MillionRSS.com
    Yahoo RSS Guide
    ReadABlog.com
    GoldenFeed.com
    BlogDigger.com
    RSSFeeds.com
    feed24.com
    88tem.com
    WeBlogAlot.com
    FeedBoy.com
    Chordata.info
    BlogPulse.com
    DayPop.com
    IceRocket.com
    RSS-Network.com
    Jordomedia.com
    Feeds2read.net
    Feedcycle.com
    FeedShark.BrainBliss.com
    FeedPlex.com
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  • Profile picture of the author dushhhhhh
    Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author blackcat123
    Thanks a lot for the list areaK
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  • Profile picture of the author warrick
    Hey the list is EXCELLENT. Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author atwellpub
      Do you guys get traffic from this practice?
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  • Profile picture of the author areaK
    Sure thing! Happy to help =)

    YES you can get traffic but at least equally as important is BUILDING LINKS with feeds, I always submit my own RSS feeds all over the place, even mash them up sometimes, often submit the feeds of pages I generate links from and submit my client's feeds (+ the feeds of places we created links for them). RSS can be really powerful.

    But if you haven't optimized your feeds, I highly suggest you do so. Get a Feedburner feed first of all, don't just use the standard feed that is often generated from your site and make sure you go through ALL of the tabs, and all links on sidebar on each tab) on Feedburner after setting it up to reallyyyy optimize (change from no follow, make browser friendly, use smart feed & feed flare, headline animator, socialize if you want & don't use another socialize method, set up email subscribe link/form if wanted, etc.)

    Look at my feed here: Link Vines

    If you look at bottom you'll see I added (via Feedburner) email this, Facebook this, Newsvine, Mixx & Stumble (yes my sociable shows up from my original post too but it could potentially not show up so just to be sure they have options, plus sociable doesn't have the email option).

    I also use the RSS Footer WP plugin to allow me to customize the footer in my RSS to push more link juice (with anchor text). In my feed, notice at the bottom where it says "xxx is a post from "Link Vines, Link Building Service & SEO News" and that text is anchored to my URL.

    It not only adds it to my feedburner feed but the regular feed generated from my site ...which I generally submit also =)
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  • Profile picture of the author areaK
    P.S. If you look at the feed referenced in my above post, you'll see that the animated headline kicked in at the bottom (it's not really necessary on the feed itself because it points right back to it but I like the life of it) and you can add that code (generated at Feedburner in your account) anywhere you can add html to get people's attention and hopefully entice them to click through to your feed. Because it's now on my feed and I'm importing the feed to the Link Vines Facebook page, it appends it there too =)
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  • Profile picture of the author Goatboy
    I admit that I am confused about how this will build links, but I have taken your advice and I am testing one of my blogs with the Feedburner turned up on high.
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    • Profile picture of the author areaK
      Originally Posted by Goatboy View Post

      I admit that I am confused about how this will build links, but I have taken your advice and I am testing one of my blogs with the Feedburner turned up on high.
      The feed contains links back to your site, and optimized properly, will also contain your links anchored to your text/keywords. So, for best practice, optimize it (as talked about above) and submit it to RSS directories.

      You can even create new feeds, submit feeds that are generated by sites you place your content on (Squidoo, etc.) and I LOVE to use Friendfeed to create a big mashed up feed! RSS is a pretty powerful tool.
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  • Profile picture of the author Goatboy
    I understand about the links. I guess where I am confused is in understanding where this feed goes that those links would be found. What happens to it once I submit it? Does it end on the feedburner site?
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    • Profile picture of the author areaK
      Originally Posted by Goatboy View Post

      I understand about the links. I guess where I am confused is in understanding where this feed goes that those links would be found. What happens to it once I submit it? Does it end on the feedburner site?
      Of course it gives your readers the option of subscribing to your feed and staying updated with your content but it's another method of publishing your content & links to the web. Think of it as similar to bookmarking your site/post/link/whatever. Just like BMing is a way of telling people and the web, "Hey I have new content, read it & oh, P.S. - to the search engines, here's another link for me", so is RSS.

      Take your feed(s) and submit them to RSS directories (like the ones listed above) and they essentially notify the web so-to-speak of your content and links.
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