SEO Benefits of RSS
The benefits of RSS feeds to internet users are quite obvious, which accounts for its popularity. RSS has many uses but the two most popular are probably for syndication of one’s website content and displaying the latest news, articles, and other content of interest in your own website. Thanks to RSS feeds users are now able to easily keep up with the latest in news, blogs, and website updates via RSS readers.
Aside from the benefits to users RSS also benefits one’s SEO efforts. Though not that obvious, using RSS feeds can help improve your search engine rankings. In an article written by Satyajeet Hattangadi entitled “Get Better Search Engine Rankings with RSS”, he discussed the three ways in which RSS feeds help improve your ranking. According to the article RSS feeds help improve rankings by:
- Providing instant themed content,
- Providing fresh and updated content, and
- by resulting in more frequent search engine spidering.
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