RSS Feed Trends

A recent post on Site Reference explored where to ping when your feed is updated. Here are some of the many places:
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://1470.net/api/ping
http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php
http://bitacoras.net/ping
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
http://www.blogoon.net/ping/
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
http://ping.amagle.com/
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.myblog.jp
http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://ping.weblogs.se/
http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/
http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de/
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://api.feedster.com/ping.php
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://www.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/

Site Reference has a new article Tips for Promoting RSS Feeds. Tha article is excellent at giving some quick tips on making sure your feed gets noticed and subscribed to by your users. Check it out!

Dave Winer, one of the most popular bloggers, has recently launched a site designed for the sharing of OPML. From Dave’s FAQ: OPML is “an XML-based format that allows exchange of outline-structured information between applications running on different operating systems and environments”. In short, it allows you to share information about which feeds you subscribe to, and how they should be organized. Check out Dave’s “Share your OPML” site now!

Pheedo reports that RSS feed click-through rates range from 7 to 11%. DoubleClick says the average e-mail CTR is only 8.3%. RSS is right with email, as far as Click-Through-Rates are concerned. Visitors using RSS are likely a more tech saavy group than the average internet user, but that will surely change as the mainstream embraces RSS over the next two years.

An RSS marketing study is currently underway at marketingstudies.net. The study will examine results, benchmarks, and best practices for using RSS in marketing campaigns. By participating in the study, you may see the results. RSS is becoming a vital part of every major site’s marketing plan - don’t be left behind!

with mySiteFeed.com, RSS Feeds can be easily created from popular shopping cart applications like Actinic, GoECart, Mal’s eCommerce, Miva Merchant, MonsterCommerce, osCommerce, Volusion, X-Cart, Zen Cart. Our service can help merchants highlight new products and store features, encouraging return visits from customers.

Using RSS feeds can also helps merchants running these shopping carts with their search engine placement. RSS Feed Directories will offer high quality inbound links to merchant feeds, helping merchants to increase their search engine ranking.