Comments on: Bloggers: Give Me the Whole Post or Give Me a Link http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/ Tactics, Strategies and Ideas For Small Business From Someone in Small Business Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Jules http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-176 Jules Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:09:24 +0000 http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-176 I read my RSS feeds in Opera. Some of the feeds include the complete article, like yours, and other RSS feeds contain just a short exerpt. However, all of the feeds I see have a link to the article on the originating web site, even if I can read the whole post (the advantage is that I can click on the link and comment on the article). None of the feeds are without a link which leads me to wonder if what you experience is a Thunderbird issue. Some feeds, such as 456BereaStreet.com, include a link within the RSS feed so I see two links to the originating post. I am thinking now that perhaps Opera is providing the link to the article's RSS feed so there is no dependence on the post providing one. I read my RSS feeds in Opera.

Some of the feeds include the complete article, like yours, and other RSS feeds contain just a short exerpt. However, all of the feeds I see have a link to the article on the originating web site, even if I can read the whole post (the advantage is that I can click on the link and comment on the article).

None of the feeds are without a link which leads me to wonder if what you experience is a Thunderbird issue. Some feeds, such as 456BereaStreet.com, include a link within the RSS feed so I see two links to the originating post. I am thinking now that perhaps Opera is providing the link to the article’s RSS feed so there is no dependence on the post providing one.

]]> By: jay http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-177 jay Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:54:06 +0000 http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-177 Jules, You could be very right about Thunderbird. I should try Opera's reader. I hadn't thought about my client being wrong. I haven't looked at the actual delivered feeds to see if there is a "more" link in them. That being said. The only reason that bloggers should not deliver whole posts is if they are concerned with content theft and there are apparently tools for that. My real pet peeve is the fact that I have to keep app switching while reading posts and it takes me way longer to get through all the blogs. I read. Cheers, Jay Jules,

You could be very right about Thunderbird. I should try Opera’s reader. I hadn’t thought about my client being wrong. I haven’t looked at the actual delivered feeds to see if there is a “more” link in them.

That being said. The only reason that bloggers should not deliver whole posts is if they are concerned with content theft and there are apparently tools for that. My real pet peeve is the fact that I have to keep app switching while reading posts and it takes me way longer to get through all the blogs. I read.

Cheers,
Jay

]]> By: Jules http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-178 Jules Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:17:19 +0000 http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-178 You could consider submitting an enhancement request to the Thunderbird/Mozilla team. You could consider submitting an enhancement request to the Thunderbird/Mozilla team.

]]> By: jay http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-179 jay Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:26:22 +0000 http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-179 Jules, I think I will have to do that. I imported my feeds into Opera after your comment and it seems to only place them in as feeds. It does not seem as though you can place feeds into categories. This is one of the reasons I am using TBird as well as the fact that it is my mail client. Jules,

I think I will have to do that. I imported my feeds into Opera after your comment and it seems to only place them in as feeds. It does not seem as though you can place feeds into categories. This is one of the reasons I am using TBird as well as the fact that it is my mail client.

]]> By: Jules http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-186 Jules Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:16:10 +0000 http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-186 I just noticed on WebStandards.org is a post about Firefox 2 Beta 1 released (http://www.webstandards.org/2006/07/12/firefox-2-beta-1-live-today/) and one of the features is improved feed support. This might be of interest to you. I just noticed on WebStandards.org is a post about Firefox 2 Beta 1 released (http://www.webstandards.org/2006/07/12/firefox-2-beta-1-live-today/) and one of the features is improved feed support. This might be of interest to you.

]]> By: Destination: World Class by Jay Gilmore » In Search of a Desktop Feed Reader Client http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-188 Destination: World Class by Jay Gilmore » In Search of a Desktop Feed Reader Client Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:55:20 +0000 http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-188 [...] I posted the other day about unsubscribing from blogs because I was getting only partial feeds and no link. I have come to realize that the bloggers in question are not to blame and it is really a function of my feed reader client. On an average day I read between 20-50 posts. I don’t necessarily read the whole post. I usually skim the article and if they are sending me partial feeds it takes me out of flow. [...] […] I posted the other day about unsubscribing from blogs because I was getting only partial feeds and no link. I have come to realize that the bloggers in question are not to blame and it is really a function of my feed reader client. On an average day I read between 20-50 posts. I don’t necessarily read the whole post. I usually skim the article and if they are sending me partial feeds it takes me out of flow. […]

]]> By: In Search of a Desktop Feed Reader Client — Destination: World Class http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-1556 In Search of a Desktop Feed Reader Client — Destination: World Class Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:25:04 +0000 http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/#comment-1556 [...] posted the other day about unsubscribing from blogs because I was getting only partial feeds and no link. [...] […] posted the other day about unsubscribing from blogs because I was getting only partial feeds and no link. […]

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