Backlinks TO RSS Feeds vs. Traditional Web Pages

[TClendaniel]

Anthony, Tim and Forum Friends-

HELP! I am working with RSS feeds for building backlinks, and something occurred to me. Does a hosted RSS feed get a PageRank? If so, how do you find out what it is, since most PR checkers don't work on a display of an RSS page?

Does it help to build backlinks to RSS feeds just the same way you would build backlinks to a Web 2.0 page?

The reason for all these questions is a simple one. Since an RSS feed can have links to a large number of other pages, theoretically building backlinks to the RSS feed would pass link juice to all of the pages in the RSS feed. So, for example, let's say you create an RSS feed with links to your articles, Twitter pages, and your money page. Each backlink you build to the RSS feed would then pass on link juice to all those properties and eventually feed your money site.

However, if backlinks to RSS feeds don't count, or don't pass link juice, it's a waste of time.

So what is the answer, oh Marketing Assassins? And THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING! :-)

Kindest regards,

T. Scott Clendaniel

[Tim Buchalka]

Anthony, Tim and Forum Friends-

HELP! I am working with RSS feeds for building backlinks, and something occurred to me. Does a hosted RSS feed get a PageRank? If so, how do you find out what it is, since most PR checkers don't work on a display of an RSS page?

Does it help to build backlinks to RSS feeds just the same way you would build backlinks to a Web 2.0 page?

The reason for all these questions is a simple one. Since an RSS feed can have links to a large number of other pages, theoretically building backlinks to the RSS feed would pass link juice to all of the pages in the RSS feed. So, for example, let's say you create an RSS feed with links to your articles, Twitter pages, and your money page. Each backlink you build to the RSS feed would then pass on link juice to all those properties and eventually feed your money site.

However, if backlinks to RSS feeds don't count, or don't pass link juice, it's a waste of time.

So what is the answer, oh Marketing Assassins? And THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING! :-)

Kindest regards,

T. Scott Clendaniel

Hi there

Technically it's possible that an RSS Feed could get page I guess, I have never tried to do that though. I think Market Samurai might let you check that (specify a particular page).

In most cases the RSS Aggregator sites take the feed and "reprocess it" i.e. take the contents out of the RSS feed and create a page on their site bypassing the feed. But in some cases the RSS Aggregators do link to the RSS feed. That's why we leave the RSS feeds on the server.

I personally would not bother with backlinking RSS Feeds mainly because of the human experience. They are not the best looking page for a visitor to arrive on.

You could instead create a blog page and pull in your RSS feeds and backlink that. Far more enticing for human visitors and you can do all sorts of cool internal linking, etc on a blog.

Cheers


Tim

[TClendaniel]

Thank you so much for replying! I suppose that even if the original feed doesn't have PageRank that it will still pass along link juice to the pages referenced in the feed.

A few more quick questions, if I may:

* I am using the awesome Web Traffic Genius software (everyone should get it, I believe). Is there a way to see the combined feed it creates that it submits to the aggregators?
* Is the functionality in Web Traffic Genius for adding an aggregator currently operational, or is that a future enhancement?
* Not to be an idiot, but how/ where do I create my forum signature?

Thank you yet again!

[Tim Buchalka]

Thank you so much for replying! I suppose that even if the original feed doesn't have PageRank that it will still pass along link juice to the pages referenced in the feed.

A few more quick questions, if I may:

* I am using the awesome Web Traffic Genius software (everyone should get it, I believe). Is there a way to see the combined feed it creates that it submits to the aggregators?
* Is the functionality in Web Traffic Genius for adding an aggregator currently operational, or is that a future enhancement?
* Not to be an idiot, but how/ where do I create my forum signature?

Thank you yet again!

Every single page on the internet has some page rank so yes you will get some link juice. Of course the more authority you have/more backlinks to the that page the better.

Yes, you can see the combined feed it creates. Just go into your cpanel account and browse the "Feeds" folder you created when installing it, and all feeds are in there.

Technically the functionality in WTG for adding aggregators is operational, but you need to be a geek to work it out. We have decided to focus efforts on more regular updates to WTG and getting the coders to add the rss aggregators, rather than "wasting" development trying to add an interface for people to add their own (which might well delay the release of the new version).

and of course this way everyone benefits by getting access to the new RSS Aggregators.

Regarding setting your forum signature, login to the forum and then click Forum Actions (top left) and EDIT PROFILE.

You will see the Edit Signature option to the left.

And no, your not an idiot, I am still coming to grips with all the options with this forum software. It's staggering really!

Cheers


Tim

[dphunk]

hi tim.

this is something that i just want you to peruse, as you are the man who knows...it seems that sometimes *out there* in internetland, there is conflicting information (probably one of the great understatements of the 21st century...)

maybe i have indeed misunderstood what i read last nite, but i would like you to clear this up for me/us, so i can more *clearly* move forward...

below is an excerpt from a thirty day challenge webinar from mid 2009 or so, and i point your attention to the paragraph starting with 'Most of the other things that Traffic Bug does...' (near the bottom)

the comment the guy makes about RSS feeds NOT providing backlinks has me totally confused...i am setting up WTG as per your videos and have read up on the RSS module where you explain it all in step by step detail.

so what YOU say seems to contradict what this guy is saying (about RSS providing backlinks)...i mean, 30DC has some credo, but is this guy talking through his proverbial??!!??

obviously, social bookmarking as well provides exposure, but i thought it was also about backlinking as well.

please clarify this for me. is this guy just full of it??

cheers,

phil


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[Ed Dale] What I want to do is pass over to Rob on this one, because we were talking about Traffic Bug at length yesterday, and I really don’t think people have a clear understanding of exactly what it does and why it’s so cool, and the very specific role that it takes. People seem to confuse it with a link- building tool, and I would argue that while there’s an element of that, that’s not what it’s all about.

So Rob, take us through it. What is Traffic Bug, and why should people use it?

[RS] OK. What Traffic Bug does is automate things that you really should do when you either put up new content onto the Internet, or a new Web Site.

The first thing that you should do when you put new content online is to engineer some services in relation to that site which get that site noticed by the Search Engines. Until your new site or new content is “Spidered” [looked at and indexed] by the Search Engines, then there’s no way that it can appear in the Search Engines results pages. So, the first thing we do when we put new content online is get it noticed.

Now, previously, the way you would do that is through manually bookmarking the site in the various bookmarking sites, maybe submit the RSS feed to the RSS Directories and aggregators, and maybe submit your site to various Search Engines. Traffic Bug essentially automates that process.
What Traffic Bug also does is submit the Site, where appropriate, to various Directories. Now, those Directory submissions over time (and when I say over time, this can be anywhere from several weeks to many months) may lead to a link [back to your site], and you are given credit for that link by the Search Engines.

Most of the other things that Traffic Bug does – the Search Engine submission, the RSS submission and the Social Bookmarking – they don’t lead to links, but they do lead to your site getting quickly recognised and indexed by the various Search Engines, and that’s what we want.

As you alluded in your opening comment, Ed, Traffic Bug is not (in and of itself) a link-building tool, in the sense that you can just ignore any other link-building activities and just use Traffic Bug. If you do that, you’re not going to get a very strong outcome.

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PS. i read a lot of bad reviews re traffic bug on the noble samurai forum (from whence this was taken)...is it a *good* product or not???!!! i need to make a purchase decision and i am thinking bookmarker demon is the way to go for my social bookmarking...

and what are the implications for my blogs if some of the directories that TB submits to have been red-flagged as dodgy?? one user reckons it submitted to some *bad* sites...will this get us into hot water down the track???

[Tim Buchalka]

Phil,

I cannot reall comment on this, as that is an opinion that Ed and Robert have on the product.

There is not doubt that RSS Feeds will give you backlinks, but they are also great at getting your content noticed. Maybe that was they were indicating? That it's great for getting your content noticed/found. But they certainly do give you backlinks as well.

cheers



Tim