How to "feed" pinborards. RSS or Feedburner? What's the difference? - GoFuckYourself.com

johnny001 · 07-22-2013, 06:01 AM

Hi there,
what's the point in using feedburner and the feedburner ID to feed pinboards if I can use the feed address at mywebsite.com/feed/?

If I'm using RSS feeds only to "feed" social media and pinboards, how's feedburner useful?
Isn't mywebsite.com/feed/ enough?

Thanks

CIVMatt · 07-22-2013, 06:28 AM

I'm not even sure feedburner is even relevant for anything anymore. Once google took it over it just kind of starting dying out and I no longer see it doing anything better then basic WP does nowadays as far as my subscribers go. So why filter my traffic through a 3rd party?

Also since google reader was killed on July 1st my rss feed numbers are nearly gone now.

johnny001 · 07-22-2013, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by CIVMatt

Also since google reader was killed on July 1st my rss feed numbers are nearly gone now.

Hi Matt, thanks.
I'm not talking about subscribers but only about "feeding" pinboards with automated content. Is there any advantage in using feedburner over mywebsite.com/feed/?

Thanks

fris · 07-22-2013, 07:19 AM

are you talking about grabbing a pinterest feed, or autoposting to pinterest?

johnny001 · 07-22-2013, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by fris

are you talking about grabbing a pinterest feed, or autoposting to pinterest?

Hi, I'm talking about feeding sex.com, snatchly... with my blog content, so that when I publish new stuff it gets automatically delivered.

In the sex.com setting I would put mywebsite.com/feed/ but I've read somewhere I need to put my feedburner ID address, so I'm wondering what the difference is and why it's more convenient to use feedburner instead of my /feed/ URI...

Thanks

mortenb · 07-22-2013, 07:32 AM

Maybe it is because they know that feedburner feeds follow the standards and their parser only has to know how to parse that exact type of feed. I don't know their reasoning, but only having to parse one exact type of feed is much easier than having to deal with tons of different non-standard feeds. WP feeds ought to be standard, but people do all sorts of funny stuff with them

johnny001 · 07-22-2013, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by mortenb

Maybe it is because they know that feedburner feeds follow the standards and their parser only has to know how to parse that exact type of feed. I don't know their reasoning, but only having to parse one exact type of feed is much easier than having to deal with tons of different non-standard feeds. WP feeds ought to be standard, but people do all sorts of funny stuff with them

Hi, thanks but I'm not sure I understand what you mean. What funny stuff?

mortenb · 07-22-2013, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by johnny001

Hi, thanks but I'm not sure I understand what you mean. What funny stuff?

Sometimes people change the feeds so they don't follow the RSS standards......................................... ..............

rogueteens · 07-22-2013, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by johnny001

Hi, I'm talking about feeding sex.com, snatchly... with my blog content, so that when I publish new stuff it gets automatically delivered.

Where's the option to add your RSS feed in snatchly please?

johnny001 · 07-22-2013, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by rogueteens

Where's the option to add your RSS feed in snatchly please?

I don't even know if there's one... I'm trying to figure out what RSS to use first... but I haven't succeded in that yet. I might just go for the website.com/feed/ and forget about feedburner until I'll discover by myself it was the wrong choice...

Anyways google will probably shut feedburner down soon... I dont think they're making much money out of it

07-22-2013, 06:01 AM	#1
johnny001 Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 58	How to "feed" pinborards. RSS or Feedburner? What's the difference? Hi there, what's the point in using feedburner and the feedburner ID to feed pinboards if I can use the feed address at mywebsite.com/feed/? If I'm using RSS feeds only to "feed" social media and pinboards, how's feedburner useful? Isn't mywebsite.com/feed/ enough? Thanks

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CIVMatt Amateur Pimpin Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 13,075	I'm not even sure feedburner is even relevant for anything anymore. Once google took it over it just kind of starting dying out and I no longer see it doing anything better then basic WP does nowadays as far as my subscribers go. So why filter my traffic through a 3rd party? Also since google reader was killed on July 1st my rss feed numbers are nearly gone now. __________________ Make easy money with Webcams Last edited by CIVMatt; 07-22-2013 at 06:29 AM..

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fris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55,359	are you talking about grabbing a pinterest feed, or autoposting to pinterest? __________________ Since 1999: 69 Adult Industry awards for Best Hosting Company and professional excellence. WP Stuff

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mortenb Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Denmark ICQ: 7880009 Posts: 2,203	Maybe it is because they know that feedburner feeds follow the standards and their parser only has to know how to parse that exact type of feed. I don't know their reasoning, but only having to parse one exact type of feed is much easier than having to deal with tons of different non-standard feeds. WP feeds ought to be standard, but people do all sorts of funny stuff with them