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RSS (Real Simple Syndication) feeds have become really popular in within blogging circles. Using an RSS reader, a user can read content from multiple websites/sources without having to visit the actual source.

From a blogging perspective, this means that a blogger can read all of their blogroll/blogging associates’ posts within one place without having to go to multiple sites to read them separately. This would be a big inconvenience if a blogger has a large blogroll, or a lot of blogs to read.

I have found that subscribing to my blogroll’s RSS feeds are a great way to keep updated with their happenings. If you have a medium-large amount of blogs that you want to be updated with on-the-go, I would highly recommend subscribing to their RSS feeds.

With this premise in mind, the more the blogosphere grows, everyone’s blogroll with grow with it. Will we one day get to a point where we do not actually post to a blog, but post to a place where it will automatically push the post through an RSS stream, and the post not really having a central location?

What are your thoughts on the future of RSS-related blogging?

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Comment by domy gryfino
2009-02-26 09:21:32

RSS feeds are genious. It’s not even the “one place” thing that makes them great. I love how I’m always up-to-date with new posts. I don’t need to enter countless sites every morning and checking if by some accident someone posted a new post – I get a clean list, especialy in Opera, of new posts and I can choose what I want to see now and what I want to see later.

 
Comment by Startup Reviews
2009-02-26 12:12:06

Interesting post. Im not too sure you get the full concept!

 
2009-02-26 12:16:16

Im not really too sure what your talking about. RSS is a great way to keep track of several blogs in one location but you should be using an RSS reader to do so

 
Comment by TwoWishes
2009-02-26 23:55:46

No matter how fabulous the blog, I will not read it unless it publishes an RSS feed. Life’s just too busy for me to track down blogs — they have to come to me.

A blogging friend recently raised a similar issue of publishing summaries of posts in a blog feed as opposed to full posts. The issue was a bit controversial because everyone recognizes that bloggers need traffic to their actual blogs for most advertising to pay off. But the consensus from blog READERS was pretty firmly in favor of full posts. Personally, I’ve decided not to follow some truly wonderful blogs for the simple reason that they don’t publish full posts to my reader.

 
Comment by Gurnee car dealer
2009-02-27 13:09:23

I think there will always be a central place that a blogger posts first then just like now a place that aggregates blogs. Blogs are read and chosen personally so there will be places that are a hub for blogs probably by category, there will always have to be the physical blog to give and reward ownership of the post.

Just my thoughts.

 
Comment by Cheap Mobile Calls
2009-03-03 05:02:16

I kind of like reading everything on the original website. However I do have an RSS feed for work related sites, and it does prove useful. As for the future, who knows!

 
Comment by webkinz
2009-03-03 15:56:57

I think it’s more past of the blogging =) They become popular long time ago…

 
Comment by Jimmy
2009-03-03 19:30:46

RSS feeds are really great. I love them. The best way to promote your rss feed is using rss feed directories.
Great post and great blog!

 
Comment by Dintz
2009-03-05 10:41:11

I don’t think anyone still visits sites by their URL, RSS is the way to go!

 
Comment by Steaks
2009-03-05 16:31:30

I’m one of the old school guys. Used to design in notepad for years and when I finally started using DreamWeaver I wish I made the switch earlier.

Maybe it’s about time I start using RSS feeds too?

 
Comment by Matty Byloos
2009-03-05 20:23:04

I go back and forth on this — I think the best part of blogs is not just the content, but the total experience of seeing the design, the ads or affiliates they choose, etc. So the RSS is great to put it all in one place for easy reading, and subscriber tracking is great, but don’t you feel like you miss out on part of the experience?

 
Comment by web development
2009-03-06 04:58:26

I always visit that blog which have RSS (Real Simple Syndication)and this is the best part of any website or blog.

 
Comment by Love Handles
2009-03-07 01:15:58

It’s great to have RSS feeds but just like my email. Even though I see that it says 0, I still log in sometimes. :(

 
Comment by Ben Pei
2009-03-07 03:54:11

I doubt it can replace blogging. That makes the interaction part pointless.

 
Comment by Kindle 2
2009-03-08 13:38:00

I like to get rss feeds sent to my email but I also do use an rss reader on some occasions. Sometimes I like to just go to the sites and look around.

 
Comment by breast cancer
2009-03-09 10:55:29

I think the rss will be more modern,but the pages will exist forever like that!

That’s my opinion!

 
Comment by Urpo Salonen
2009-03-10 10:42:02

I like RSS feeds, but use also Comment sniper.

 
Comment by Online Shopping
2009-03-10 23:51:01

RSS are quite the trend now.Its convenient and easy to use! Good to have blogs that support RSS so that your readers are able to update themselves with your latest post without much hassle

 
Comment by Nicole Price
2009-03-11 12:56:17

I personally prefer direct email subscriptions via feedburner to be more useful.

 
Comment by Free Game Gallery
2009-03-12 11:01:12

With time being a limiting factor for most of the world, simplification and aggregation of tasks and information will only become more popular. RSS helps to address this giving people a quick way to read and filter through their information sources. We even added an RSS feed to our free flash games site so players can subscribe to see which games are recently added letting them quickly see and decide if they want to check out a game without even visiting our site.

 
2009-03-13 14:56:35

Heard about RSS many a times, but never knew the usefulness. i’ll give it a try now for sure. Thanks buddy :)

Comment by Las Vegas Nightlife
2009-03-27 01:58:58

that is how i feel.

 
 
Comment by Technology
2009-03-13 14:59:40

I prefer aweber for my email subscription, but i also love RSS.

 
2009-03-14 02:15:24

RSS is the olny way to go – there is no way i would be able to stay up to date on all the blogs i frequent if i didn’t subscribe to there rss. I would be lost without it.

 
2009-03-20 05:55:14

I have read your blog.Interesting post you have. I am sure you get the full concept and description. Thanks for sharing.

 
Comment by latest gadgets
2009-03-22 21:27:26

RSS is one solution for blog sharing!

 
Comment by Green Marketing
2009-03-24 17:00:54

I think RSS feeds are a key aspect of blogs, especially with the thousands of new blogs popping up each day. Subscribing to blogs via RSS, and of course bookmarking sites, are the only ways to keep your head on straight.

 
Comment by Las Vegas Nightlife
2009-03-27 01:58:15

RSS has been around for a while, but I have yet to try it. I think it will take along time for it to be user friendly enough for everyone to use it.

 
Comment by Police Exam
2009-03-28 20:01:37

RSS is the future of the net. It doesn’t matter if you’re blogging tweeting or writing an article. Put it in an RSS and ping it.

 
Comment by Odchudzanie Poznan
2009-04-14 08:49:36

RSS is not the future of blogging. It’s the now of blogging. If the site doesn’t have RSS feed available I usualy won’t even bookmark it. And I’m sure I’m not the only one.

 
2009-04-22 03:00:01

RSS is indeed a great tool for reading blogs and other articles but I still think that it is nice to read from the original website if you have free time.

Nice post though. Thumbs Up!

 
Comment by egos
2009-06-11 10:18:51

I think RSS-related blogging is really necessary thing. People can read RSS on the phones. It is to see what you want to read, but you can’t read the comments, where you can get extra information

 
2009-06-15 14:22:26

I also prefer to read the articles on the actual blog, but I do understand that I miss a lot of blogs sometimes… so a reader is necessary in situations, such as a long planetrip, where I have longer amounts of freetime and no real access to the internet

 
Comment by PS3
2009-10-27 10:19:03

i use bloglines to collect all the feeds of the blogs i read. RSS is a great thing, especially because of the time factor.

 
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