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RSS Feeds - Right and Wrong

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RSS Feeds - Right and Wrong

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My list of RSS feeds is divided into three big buckets - News, SEO, and Politics.  And I happened to notice something pretty interesting.

Where is the Monkey in This Picture?

Here is a screen shot of a blog post we wrote when we launched Digg Friend Finder:

Promote My Site Digg Friend Finder Launch

And here is a post on Instapundit:

Instapundit RSS Preview

Right, we should all have the luxury of a bazillion readers a day who will (like me) put up with stuff like that.  (Note that I am not climbing onto my partial-article-feed hobby horse!)

Who Makes an Effort? 

Well, it turns out that it depends on what "make" means:

  • 42 SEO feeds, 126 posts reviewed: 0% mangled text, 65% of posts had a graphic or something visual
  • 55 news feeds, 165 posts reviewed: 10% mangled text, 0% graphics (excepting posted videos)
  • 25 political news feeds, 75 posts reviewed: 25% mangled text, 0% graphics (excepting cartoons and videos)
What's Up With That?

I think the graphics thing is explicable, but I don't really have an explanation for not caring that your text is mangled.

Has anyone else thought about this and come up with a good explanation?

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