Thanks Bill.
I've submitted two new Feed URLs, and added a note to the old FeedIDs. 132712 is redirected to 355163. 165781 is redirected to 355164. Nick --- In [email protected], "Bill Kearney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Tcy2bD/SOnJAA/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/
