What is an rss feed?

Blogs most often use rss feeds because they get updated regularly. NoAdware Blog rss feed is: http://www.deletespyware-adware.com/blog/atom.xml

So it's the blog url then just add either atom.xml or rss.xml

An rss feed (click the link above to see) contains usually the blog posts titles and a small part of the actual blog post... and whenever new blog posts are added the list is automatically updated. So if you bookmark that rss feed and I add new blog posts you get to see them on that page as well.

But how much is it useful to get backlinks?

Of course, there are Rss Directories where you can submit your rss feed. And they list your rss feed into their directory. This in turn displays in their directory your recent blog posts, and gets automatically updated.

That gives you one way links from rss directories!

There are plenty of rss directories and basically to get backlinks that is the most common method to use with rss feeds. There are software you can use to submit the rss feed to rss directories.

Allow also your blog visitors to bookmark your rss feed. This will give you links possible from social sites like delicious.com You can use a tool like http://www.www.feedburner.com to do that.

So YES! You can turn your rss feed into backlinks.

There are other places where you can submit your RSS feed to get the backlinks. (Pretty much any website that asks you for your rss feed).

Here is a small list:

Submitting to your Google and/or Yahoo pages/account does not really mean you get one way links. These may be blocking the certain pages using robots.txt or .htaccess files...

But I still submit to them.

>> 1: iGoogle (get a free account at www.google.com/ig and login. Then click on Add stuff, then click on Add feed or gadget).

>> 2: Yahoo (Go to My.yahoo.com and click login, and click on Sign up if you do not have a free account. Then login and click on Add content, then click on Add RSS feed).

>> 3: Squidoo (Go to www.squidoo.com and click on Join the community, then login. Click on My lenses and then click on Create a lens now! Follow step by step instructions until it is created. Then go to Dashboard, click on My Lenses and click on the lens name. Then on the right side click on Edit this page.

Search for the option called: RSS: Add Your Own Feed: and click Edit.

>> 4: Orkut (Use the same Google account you have with iGoogle and login at www.orkut.com On the left menu under the heading Apps click on Edit applications. If there is a tab called My feeds click on it to submit your feed. If you do not see it, click on Add More Apps and use the search box to search for the feed application)

So remember next time you are going to signup anywhere (could be a forum, a social site, etc) look out for the option to submit your rss feed.

Even when filling up profile pages (of forums, social sites, practically anywhere), if it asks you for your website url, make sure you put it down, if it asks you for your rss feed start putting this too. Some profile pages get indexed and you do get the backlink!

Take for example Squidoo. You can edit your profile and you can fill in your:

*blog
*twitter page
*facebook page

I do all that because it helps to index my twitter profile page and facebook profile page - In those profile pages I have submitted my website url as well, so getting the profile page indexed is worth it. Even though not all profile pages eventually will get indexed (because like faceobook they don't show up) it's quick one to do.

Check out my Linkedin profile page for example.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlsultana

I added my website there as well. It ook it a step further by linking to my linkedin profile page from one blog I have. So the profile page is more likely to get indexed and I get the backlink. I did that because I knew thanks to the SEO Aid Plugin, that the page is not being blocked by robots file, nor are they using nofollow tags on links.

Bottom line is... you don't have to check for each profile page if it's being blocked with robots.txt or not, etc, it can be time consuming.

Just watch out when creating profiles, etc for the option to submit your website, blog or rss feed. Just do it!

Karl Sultana

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