Comments on: RSS Feeds for MT Categories http://cogdogblog.com/2003/04/22/rss-feeds/ Alan Levine's blog space for barking about instructional technology Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:41:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Valerian http://cogdogblog.com/2003/04/22/rss-feeds/#comment-11 Valerian Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2003/04/22/rss-feeds-for-mt-categories/#comment-11 RSS is great for sites that have traditionally published content either in HTML pages, or in e-mail newsletters, because it offers users another option. I am not the first person to say this, nor will I be the last (in fact, this isn't the first time I've said this). RSS currently can't scale because parsing utilities must download and analyze the entire page at every single update event, which for a site with one million RSS subscribers would amount to one million page views every single time the RSS clients on the other end check for an update. RSS is great for sites that have traditionally published content either in HTML pages, or in e-mail newsletters, because it offers users another option. I am not the first person to say this, nor will I be the last (in fact, this isn’t the first time I’ve said this). RSS currently can’t scale because parsing utilities must download and analyze the entire page at every single update event, which for a site with one million RSS subscribers would amount to one million page views every single time the RSS clients on the other end check for an update.

]]> By: Alan http://cogdogblog.com/2003/04/22/rss-feeds/#comment-12 Alan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2003/04/22/rss-feeds-for-mt-categories/#comment-12 Okay, I miss your logic completely. First of all, I doubt that any single RSS feed would truly get 1,000,000 subscribers. And your logic assumes that all 1,000,000 will all request updates at the same time. I huess you can ponder what happens when all 1,000,000 click for your home page at the same time. I really do not understand how a web page must be "downloaded" when an RSS update request only asks for the RSS file, a few k at the most. I have no clue what RSS parser must analzye an entire web page. Nothing here supports a case of "RSS not scaling", but maybe you have much mroe knowledge than myself, I just do not get it. Maybe you are suggesting problems when/if RSS gets widely scaled in use and there are frequent update requests for people who set for hourly updates. All of this leads to a suggestion for slim, svelte RSS feeds. Help me understand. Okay, I miss your logic completely.

First of all, I doubt that any single RSS feed would truly get 1,000,000 subscribers. And your logic assumes that all 1,000,000 will all request updates at the same time. I huess you can ponder what happens when all 1,000,000 click for your home page at the same time.

I really do not understand how a web page must be “downloaded” when an RSS update request only asks for the RSS file, a few k at the most. I have no clue what RSS parser must analzye an entire web page.

Nothing here supports a case of “RSS not scaling”, but maybe you have much mroe knowledge than myself, I just do not get it. Maybe you are suggesting problems when/if RSS gets widely scaled in use and there are frequent update requests for people who set for hourly updates.

All of this leads to a suggestion for slim, svelte RSS feeds.

Help me understand.

]]> By: Alan http://cogdogblog.com/2003/04/22/rss-feeds/#comment-13 Alan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2003/04/22/rss-feeds-for-mt-categories/#comment-13 Oh, Valerian, I understand you now from visiting your web site. You promote spamming in the name of making money. How freakin' noble. Oh, Valerian, I understand you now from visiting your web site. You promote spamming in the name of making money. How freakin’ noble.

]]> By: The Do-It-Yourself Librarian http://cogdogblog.com/2003/04/22/rss-feeds/#comment-14 The Do-It-Yourself Librarian Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2003/04/22/rss-feeds-for-mt-categories/#comment-14 <strong>More fun with MT</strong> I am currently trying to update another UWinnipeg blog used to promote our "information resources (http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/InfoResources/), which we are featuring a bit more prominently on our website through our rss feeds (thus the need to make it a ... More fun with MT

I am currently trying to update another UWinnipeg blog used to promote our “information resources (http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/InfoResources/), which we are featuring a bit more prominently on our website through our rss feeds (thus the need to make it a …

]]> By: The Do-It-Yourself Librarian http://cogdogblog.com/2003/04/22/rss-feeds/#comment-15 The Do-It-Yourself Librarian Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2003/04/22/rss-feeds-for-mt-categories/#comment-15 <strong>More fun with MT</strong> I am currently trying to update another UWinnipeg blog used to promote our "information resources" (http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/InfoResources/), which we are featuring a bit more prominently on our website through our rss feeds (thus the need to make it a... More fun with MT

I am currently trying to update another UWinnipeg blog used to promote our “information resources” (http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/InfoResources/), which we are featuring a bit more prominently on our website through our rss feeds (thus the need to make it a…

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