Hi all,
The way feeds are handled is based entirely on their data URL. The site URL isn't a factor in how the site detects and downloads feeds. The site URL is only used during the periodic collection of additional metadata. This because RSS itself lacks the ability (across all versions) to express extra metadata. That and the metadata for it, even when properly namespaced in the feed, wouldn't be picked up by that many reader programs anyway (and would thus just waste bandwidth). So if a feed moves to a new data URL then it gets treated as an entirely new feed. The old one is then marked as a 'Redirect' to the new feed ID. (This is a manual process an editor provides). This way anything that went looking for the old URL would be able to find the new one. Likewise, the feed info data shown is pulled from the feed itself. So if a description or other data changes the system will pull it from there. There's no manual editing of these fields. This is also not an automatic process as a way to prevent the sort of search engine gaming we all despise. A feed's description is generally expected to remain 'stable' over time, not change on all that frequent a basis. As to the question at hand, the correct procedure is to submit the new URLs and point the old feeds to their new IDs. -Bill Kearney Syndic8.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Both of the Feed URLs return 404, so I suggested changing them to > that specified at the Site URL. (Looking at the Poll Results, it > seems likely the site amended the Feed URL on or around March 20th.) > > On second thoughts, in this scenario, should we update the original > FeedID, or create a new FeedID and redirect the old to the new? I > guess the latter, as the feed will need to build up new stats before > being eligible for approval. If somebody can confirm this approach, > I'll go ahead and create two new FeedIDs, and redirect the old to > the new. ------------------------ 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/
