RSS Feeds - How do I get people to subscribe to my feeds without having to go to my site first?

Question

I understand that if I add RSS buttons to my site, people who visit my site can subscribe to the RSS and read it in their reader - But, how do people find out about my feeds without knowing about my site first.... Where do I submit my feeds so people can find it by typing in keywords about topics they are interested in?

I want to use the RSS to promote my site and content for those who don't know about my site in the first place.

I believe Yahoo and Google have pages to submit my RSS feeds to so people can access them through their MyYahoo or iGoogle, but are there others - and how do people find it with keywords?

How do I submit my feeds and where so people actually know they are out there?

I am using FeedforAll right now to make the feeds, now I just want to know my feeds are out there.... Or... do these feed readers like NewsGator etc, do searches on the web for .xml pages and then add them to their subscribers searches for feeds?

Or is Yahoo and Google the only search engines for feeds?

Answer 1

Hi,
There are *tons* of feed directories and search engines. Some are small and vertical like:

Medical Feeds - http://www.medical-feeds.com
Sports Feeds - http://www.sports-feeds.com
Realty Feeds - http://www.realty-feeds.net/

While others are more generic and accept feeds on any topic. I find the best list of places to submit feeds is on RSS Specifications - http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-submission.htm

Use the above list for manuel submissions. If you are looking for software to assist you with the process consider RSS Submit by Dummy Software - http://www.dummysoftware.com/rsssubmit.html

Keep in mind when submitting your RSS feed, most feed directories will ask for the URL of the feed, they extract keywords from your Channel Title and Description so they should be keyword rich without being spammy!

Additionally make sure that you are using "auto-discovery" code on your website, that will help users using many RSS readers "automatically" know you have an RSS feed available for the content. FeedForAll has a free tool to help with the code - http://www.feedforall.com/autodiscovery.htm

Goodluck

Answer 2

regrettably, if that internet site proprietor needs to redirect people, there isn't something you are able to truly do to end it. you are able to attempt to discover different feeds which will in simple terms link you to the story although.

Answer 3

you could use a free service like Feedshark
http://feedshark.brainbliss.com/

or Feedburner
http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home

Answer 4

i dont think so. whats ur sites url