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Hello,

I could really use opinions in the fallowing issues. I am participating in development of a local news site (articles are divided in categories). First of all I am thinking how to structure rss files.

One rss for all articles (could be really big one) or one for each category?

Than what is the best way to submit those rss files to Google (I mean that pages are already submitted through sitemap), so does have any meaning to add those rss files urls in a sitemap , or do you thing there is a better way to submit and not think about duplicated urls submitted ? (Of course in latter option the rss icon in each category will point to the RSS file for that category).

Also does inclusion of these rss files in rss directories play role in SEO like links to the site (more? in a deferent way?)

Also any other aspect of RSS role and use for SEO I didn’t caver is more than welcomed. Thank you in advance for your responses

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Short answer for : offer both a site‑wide feed and category feeds. Category feeds are better for subscribers and targeted syndication; a single site feed is fine for general subscribers but can grow huge and is less useful as the primary discovery mechanism. For indexing you should still maintain a full XML sitemap of canonical article URLs — feeds are useful for discovery/updates but usually only contain recent items and are not a replacement for a full sitemap. Google Search Central: build & submit a sitemap. Using RSS/Atom for discovery (Google blog). (developers.google.com)

Practical setup notes: expose category feeds (one feed per topic) and a site feed for “all content”; keep each feed compact (recent N items), use absolute links and accurate publication dates, and add a <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"> in the page head so readers and services discover the feed. Make sure feeds aren’t blocked by robots.txt, and consider using WebSub (PubSubHubbub) to push updates. You can submit feed URLs as sitemaps to Search Console or list them in robots.txt as supplemental hints. [Google Discover / feed guidelines] and sitemaps docs. (developers.google.com)

On directories and SEO: and were right that aggregators can help discovery and referral traffic, but don’t expect strong ranking value from mass submissions. Many directories don’t parse full content and bulk submissions can look like link‑schemes; Google’s guidance discourages manipulative link tactics. Prioritize reputable aggregators, direct publisher partnerships, or news pipelines. If partners republish full text, request a cross‑domain rel="canonical" back to your article (or have them use noindex) to avoid duplicate‑content confusion. (developers.google.com)

Quick checklist: provide category + site feeds; keep a complete XML sitemap of canonical URLs and submit it to Search Console; make feeds discoverable and crawlable (rel="alternate", robots.txt allowed, WebSub if possible); use directories selectively and protect originals via canonical/noindex when syndicated. This preserves the distribution and repeat-visitor benefits and mentioned while keeping Google focused on your canonical pages.

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Member Avatar for erikko

All I know is that spiders easily crawl the content of your site when you submit your rss feed in a feed directory/service.

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Mostly use RSS in SEO for the purpose of blog because RSS have more application beyond just blog.

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All I know is that spiders easily crawl the content of your site when you submit your rss feed in a feed directory/service.

Yes, It's all right, I'm agree with you.

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RSS is a free and easy way to promote a site and its content without the need to advertise or create complicated content sharing. It is a authentic standard based on XML with the purpose of carrying updates to web based content. It is basically an XML-based format for content distribution.

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RSS means one kind of instant news or information about update of service or product. So if any visitor has subscribe rss for our site , then the visitor can get instant update about that through email. And he visit our site to know more about that update and we can get traffic this way.

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Submit the RSS urls in different RSS directories will help you to crawl your site or page at more pace...

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Hello,
First of all thank you all for your replies, there weren’t a question though “what is RSS…”. If you can help in any of those please share your opinions.

1> One rss for all articles (could be really big one) or one for each category?

2> Do you submit rss files thought sitemap to Google or thought other way?

The third question involved rss directories and erikko and linkbuildings suggested that helps (for crawling clearness and pace).

Does any body have any idea if this also helps as it were a link from other site, or in deferent way ?

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