If you take the time to look at your blog’s stats (you are right?), you might be noticing that more and more of your readers are not coming to your blog at all but reading it through your RSS feed. At least that is what I have been noticing.
Don’t know what RSS is? RSS is a type of XML file which includes content from a variety of websites and web services. It allows people to easily track new content being added on sites. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0).
Setting it up in Wordpress is a snap. It is built in and most of the themes that are approved for Wordpress 2.3 have it built in.
You should promote it on your site by using a well placed icon on the page as well as continuing to write good content (something you should be doing anyway).
I have seen sites that will add a header on a page or an article that will welcome you to the site if it is the first time you have been to it. I am not a fan of that. The times I have seen it done, it always looks intrusive to me.
For more information (and the site that gave me the idea to write this) go read Devlounge | How to Increase RSS Feed Subscribers
I hope this helps. Drop me a comment to let me know how your RSS feeds are doing, and if you do anything to help them.
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