Hello All,
I have been starting at the beginning of the queue and have been reviewing sites that have had NO content changes since 2003. Those I've been tagging as dead. Am I doing that wrong? Don At 09:12 PM 2/9/05 -0800, you wrote: >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/>http://www.just-stuart.com/ > > >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>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/>http://www.syndic8.com/ > > >Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >ADVERTISEMENT ><http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129nju9ss/M=298184.6018725.7038619.3001176/D=groups/S=1706173512:HM/EXP=1108098744/A=2532114/R=2/SIG=12k66vifk/*http://clk.atdmt.com/NFX/go/yhxxxnfx0020000014nfx/direct/01/&time=1108012344917968>26105c5.jpg >2610774.jpg > > >---------- >Yahoo! Groups Links > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > * > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/ > * > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > * > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service. Dr. Donald M. Bell, Ph.D., MBA, PA President and COO Venture Strategies, Inc. http://www.venturestrategiesinc.com http://vsinc.blogspot.com 410-729-1573 Office 410-729-1574 Fax 443-794-6394 Cell [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EpW3eD/3MnJAA/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/
