> Neil: Polling every fifteen minutes is an enormous waste of > CPU and bandwidth... for both you and the source sites. For > example, if you're aggregating individual blogs, once every > 24 hours will cover the vast majority just fine.
I disagree. RSS was originally built as a solution to provide near real-time updates on a site. Fullasagoog polls every 15 minutes, not sure how often MXNA does it. RSS load is a common problem for website admins, but I don't ever hear people saying "I need to stop my visitors from hitting my site so often", but rather "I need to find a way to deal with the load." I know that was a problem for SlashDot when they first released RSS for their site. But again, they didn't try to limit the traffic but rather dealt with the load. If I were using an RSS reader (like the squirrel), and it didn't tell me about an update for 24 hours, I'd find a different reader. -------------- This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:238194 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
