Does not really matter what your blogging platform is, the fact is that if you have set up a blog it is more likely your software has RSS capabilities. This function can be enabled from the administration control panel, usually under the "reading" option, but it can be located elsewhere. In poorly structured web applications, this feature cannot be configured but still coded into it.
Whenever the configuration section is present, you will be have two possible options to choose from; number of RSS feeds to be distributed and format of the feeds; full text or summary. Publishing systems such as WordPress may offer extended functionality by means of add-on plug-ins, but since there are so many of these, we will not focus on any in particular.
Going back with the basic configuration, select how many feeds you want to syndicate. The default and average number is ten, but you can deliver as many or as little as you want. This number should match the type of feeds accordingly. Full-text feeds are best suited for a low number range, while summary feeds can be more than ten or, even less feeds, which is mostly recommended when the site does not produce many content or news on a regular basis.
Having setup this basic configuration, get ready to go farther. A popular RSS distribution service that usually comes integrated into most blog publishing system is Ping-O-Matic, a free online service committed to save your time pinging and delivering your news to some of the most popular updating services on the net... However, not to all them!
Distributing your feeds manually can be a rough time, but the effort put into this task is really worth to unleash RSS potential. Even easier if your blog publishing system allows to enumerate the updating services that you want to ping, or if each new published article includes a field to list what the services to send pings and trackbacks should be contacted on submitting the new content.
Naturally, make sure to include in your web design a link to your RSS feeds, if those links do not already exist in your navigation bar. You may also add a notice to invites surfers to subscribe and stay informed. They say one should not put all the eggs in the same basket, so do not set for a pre-configured pinging service, research for a whole list of RSS distribution websites and go for them.
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