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RSS feeds are intended to keep our visitors aware whenever something changes on the original content, not of the whole content itself, with all the back issues.
2. Find the appropriate balance in amount of content – Your visitors want a quick idea of what news there is related to a topic, maybe not the whole topic itself. If they want to read about the whole content, the feed will provide them with a link to the site that has the whole article published. Be brief in the amount of information you show, but not exceedingly brief so that the visitor understands what the news is about. On the other hand, if you want to use feeds to populate your site with content, then you will probably lengthen the amount of information to be shown. In both cases, make sure the length of the content complies with your objective.
3. Keep the feed’s topics updated – Although the feeds can update automatically with new content from the original site, you must make sure that the topic itself is updated. For example, if there was an important subject on the news that you wanted to keep your visitors informed about whenever visiting your site, make sure to change the topic when that subject becomes old news.
4. Have a clear objective for the feeds – It’s very important to think about the objective of your feeds before including them on your site. As stated, if you just want to alert your visitors about changes on a certain topic, then perhaps providing just, for example, a table of contents may be enough.
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