2.6.3. Submitting Feeds

The next step is to submit your syndication feed to syndication aggregators and search engines. The RSS Compendium provides a great list of sites for submitting syndication feeds for inclusion at http://allrss.com/rsssubmission.html. The RSS Specifications site also has an extensive list of sites that maintain syndication feed databases at http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-submission.htm.

It's a good idea to continue to submit your feeds as you add content items. Particularly if you are publishing multiple feeds, this can become an unpleasant chore. RSS Submit is a tool that automates this process. Shown in Figure 2-12, RSS Submit is available for download at http://www.dummysoftware.com/rsssubmit.html in an evaluation version or (with free updates) for $35.

The updates to RSS Submit add new syndication indexes as they come online and make sure the submission pages for older feeds stays accurate.

Figure 2-12. RSS Submit automates the process of syndication feed submission

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