Hi, > Last Good Parse:2005-02-09 08:51:25 > Average Response Time: 1.49 seconds > Availability:100% > Average Headlines Per Day: 0.00 > Headline Percentile Rank: 0.000 > Compressed:No > > Wouldn't that feed be considered "Dead"?
Not by my reckoning. If the server reports "404 - Not Found" and has done so for the visible polling history, or if the visible polling history is nothing but a list of errors about the host not resolving, then I'd probably consider it dead. The feed you mention is still responding "100%" of the time, with an average response of 1.49 seconds -- doesn't sound dead. If the Availability was 0% that would be a different story. I was going to give an example of a feed that your criteria might consider "dead" that is very much a live (if not regularly-active) feed (which I help maintain), but I'm currently getting the "We'll be Right Back" database maintenance message. It only has one entry a month, sometimes less frequent than that, but it's still alive and I don't know of any plans to end it. I don't think it should be "discriminated against" just because it's not as active as others, as long as it's carrying valid data at the interval expected by its audience. -- Stuart "Rattlesnake Stu" Whitmore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.just-stuart.com/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Rcy2bD/UOnJAA/cosFAA/IRislB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
