Comments on: To syndicate or not to syndicate http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/10/to-syndicate-or-not-to-syndicate/ A blog on entrepreneurship, user experience, and web innovation. Published by Fred Oliveira. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kris http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/10/to-syndicate-or-not-to-syndicate/comment-page-1/#comment-40360 Kris Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:51:21 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/?p=147#comment-40360 Nice! Nice!

]]> By: Steve Ryan http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/10/to-syndicate-or-not-to-syndicate/comment-page-1/#comment-924 Steve Ryan Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:02:37 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/?p=147#comment-924 In my opinion, web site design is there to support the content. In most sites the layout is just decoration and I don't need it. I prefer a quick check of the news feed. That said, I often click through to the site if what I see looks interesting but isn't complete. That could be because it's a teaser, I want to see comments, or it just seems to need the context of the site. I just looked at my Bloglines page. I have 45 feeds, and there are 8 I would visit regularly "by hand". The rest would be visited rarely, if at all. In my opinion, web site design is there to support the content. In most sites the layout is just decoration and I don’t need it. I prefer a quick check of the news feed.

That said, I often click through to the site if what I see looks interesting but isn’t complete. That could be because it’s a teaser, I want to see comments, or it just seems to need the context of the site.

I just looked at my Bloglines page. I have 45 feeds, and there are 8 I would visit regularly “by hand”. The rest would be visited rarely, if at all.

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/10/to-syndicate-or-not-to-syndicate/comment-page-1/#comment-923 Zoli Erdos Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:12:17 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/?p=147#comment-923 It's the information, not the layout... <a href="http://www.zoliblog.com/blog/_archives/2005/9/14/1227123.html" rel="nofollow">full feed or nothing</a>.  I hate to say it, but in the age of infoglut very few people are "irreplaceable". If bloggers dropped their feed, I’d probably find other sources on the same subjects that provide full feed.  It’s the information, not the layout… full feed or nothing.  I hate to say it, but in the age of infoglut very few people are “irreplaceable”. If bloggers dropped their feed, I’d probably find other sources on the same subjects that provide full feed. 

]]> By: Elliot Anderson http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/10/to-syndicate-or-not-to-syndicate/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Elliot Anderson Thu, 03 Nov 2005 05:33:32 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/?p=147#comment-891 I like feed readers but they are not for me. For me the blog reading experience is about going to the persons site and reading the content there. That way you can check out the design and layout of the blog while also seeing things like link lists that don't usually come up in the rss feed. Going to the site also helps to support a lot of blog because of the adverts. I like feed readers but they are not for me.

For me the blog reading experience is about going to the persons site and reading the content there. That way you can check out the design and layout of the blog while also seeing things like link lists that don’t usually come up in the rss feed. Going to the site also helps to support a lot of blog because of the adverts.

]]> By: Josh Seiden http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/10/to-syndicate-or-not-to-syndicate/comment-page-1/#comment-888 Josh Seiden Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:13:38 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/?p=147#comment-888 My question to readers is this: is content that can be parsed by RSS the only thing of value on a site? Isn't context important? People keep saying that syndication gives control to the consumer of the content, but that's only a partial truth. The consumer who works with code may be happy, because this consumer will create a new context for presentation. But the end user? Syndication gives that consumer control to see content however they like--as long as they like using crappy RSS readers, and as long as they like content without the original context. You can't expect to suck "content" out of context and expect that you're not changing it somehow. My question to readers is this: is content that can be parsed by RSS the only thing of value on a site? Isn’t context important?

People keep saying that syndication gives control to the consumer of the content, but that’s only a partial truth. The consumer who works with code may be happy, because this consumer will create a new context for presentation. But the end user? Syndication gives that consumer control to see content however they like–as long as they like using crappy RSS readers, and as long as they like content without the original context.

You can’t expect to suck “content” out of context and expect that you’re not changing it somehow.

]]> By: joao http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/10/to-syndicate-or-not-to-syndicate/comment-page-1/#comment-886 joao Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:09:01 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/?p=147#comment-886 I still visit websites. Personally i dont like to use feed aggregators but I dont know exactly why, i tend to come back to check the website instead. It feels like I loose a important part of the reading experience when i use a aggregator - the visual identity gets lost. I tend to select more and more precisely the content i'm looking for and let other people filter the content for me using social tools and checking personal selected resources/links, it helps me find interesting things the most efficient way. I still visit websites. Personally i dont like to use feed aggregators but I dont know exactly why, i tend to come back to check the website instead. It feels like I loose a important part of the reading experience when i use a aggregator – the visual identity gets lost.
I tend to select more and more precisely the content i’m looking for and let other people filter the content for me using social tools and checking personal selected resources/links, it helps me find interesting things the most efficient way.

]]> By: andr3 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/10/to-syndicate-or-not-to-syndicate/comment-page-1/#comment-885 andr3 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 05:16:52 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/?p=147#comment-885 Bernardo, you still have to convince the user to subscribe your feed. Even if you have spanking-awesome content, a good layout will help making that good impression that will lead the user to add your feed to their aggregators. ;) Bernardo,

you still have to convince the user to subscribe your feed. Even if you have spanking-awesome content, a good layout will help making that good impression that will lead the user to add your feed to their aggregators. ;)

]]> By: Bernardo Raposo http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/10/to-syndicate-or-not-to-syndicate/comment-page-1/#comment-882 Bernardo Raposo Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:34:07 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/?p=147#comment-882 You're just looking at one side of the coin. Yes, syndication is a big problem to those who worry about their blog/site look. But in other hand, those who can't give a pleasant design to their websites have a major boost of readers who use aggregators. Nowadays you check the content first and only have the look&feel after. As I said before, is bad for designers and great for writers as all the blogs/sites have the same look in a aggregator. You’re just looking at one side of the coin.
Yes, syndication is a big problem to those who worry about their blog/site look. But in other hand, those who can’t give a pleasant design to their websites have a major boost of readers who use aggregators.

Nowadays you check the content first and only have the look&feel after. As I said before, is bad for designers and great for writers as all the blogs/sites have the same look in a aggregator.

]]> By: Richard Ziade http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/10/to-syndicate-or-not-to-syndicate/comment-page-1/#comment-881 Richard Ziade Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:15:38 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/?p=147#comment-881 In an eerily weird coincidence - I just blogged about this on my site. I've gotta say, I feel completely deprived when I find out WAY after everyone else that a site has been redesigned. In an eerily weird coincidence – I just blogged about this on my site.

I’ve gotta say, I feel completely deprived when I find out WAY after everyone else that a site has been redesigned.

]]> By: Michael Vigor http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/10/to-syndicate-or-not-to-syndicate/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Michael Vigor Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:39:24 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/?p=147#comment-879 Who has the time to go through all of their favourite websites to check for new content?. Personally, I use Bloglines for my RSS feeds, because its web based and I can access it from wherever I am working. I check it pretty regularly throughout the day for new posts, but I’ve never got more than a few minutes to see what’s new, read an article, and then carry on working. I could never do this if I was checking the websites one at a time, and it’s invaluable that everything I could want to see is presented on one screen without searching around for new content. N.B. For any website that does decide to remove its RSS feed – here is a new tool, via Lifehacker, that will create an rss feed for any web page just by analysing the content. It looks like there’ll be no stopping the newsreaders now! http://www.lifehacker.com/software/rss/rss-feeds-from-feedless-pages-134175.php Who has the time to go through all of their favourite websites to check for new content?. Personally, I use Bloglines for my RSS feeds, because its web based and I can access it from wherever I am working. I check it pretty regularly throughout the day for new posts, but I’ve never got more than a few minutes to see what’s new, read an article, and then carry on working.

I could never do this if I was checking the websites one at a time, and it’s invaluable that everything I could want to see is presented on one screen without searching around for new content.

N.B. For any website that does decide to remove its RSS feed – here is a new tool, via Lifehacker, that will create an rss feed for any web page just by analysing the content. It looks like there’ll be no stopping the newsreaders now!

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/rss/rss-feeds-from-feedless-pages-134175.php

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