> RSS was originally built as a solution to provide near > real-time updates on a site.
Jacob: The blogosphere has mechanisms to handle real-time updates, and syndication feeds ain't one of 'em. Never has been. > Fullasagoog polls every 15 minutes, not > sure how often MXNA does it. If all they're doing is HEADing the resource, fine. If they're GETting it, then something's broken. > 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"... You're not paying attention to the syndication community, then. :D Complaints about overly aggressive aggregators are common. > But again, they didn't try to limit the > traffic but rather dealt with the load. Slashdot explicitly insists that feeds only be polled once every thirty minutes. And they've been known to block IPs. -- Roger Benningfield http://admin.mxblogspace.journurl.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:238221 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
