Are RSS Feeds Really Dead? Boating Aggregator Website Looking to Add
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Hello! I know that the use of RSS feeds has been thoroughly debated but we are thinking of the using them for a niche website that will be the Drudge Report of the boating world. Well thats the idea at least. This website will be a culmination a bunch of content from a variety of sources into a one website The idea is that sailors, yactties, fisherman, etc can search/find boats and be presented with content. Also the website will have tons of original content as well but this will take time.
So will having the mixture of new/original and rss content cause any potential issues?
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RSS isn't really dead. However, people are using different sources to get their news so you will need to share your feed content on those platforms.
Here is a not so old article I like on RSS feed that shows why it still matters https://recurpost.com/blog/rss-feed-is-not-dead-steps-on-how-to-use-rss-for-social-media-marketing-automation/
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Hi Listr,
But who uses a feed reader today? I guess some people do but you have to pay monthly for a decent one and certainly, sailors have better things to spend $10 or $15 per month on and power boaters, probably even more so. The bulk of your traffic, at least for the first loooong while, is still probably going to come from search or social media, why start off on and antiquated foot?
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